© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Boxing fans worldwide want to see one fight: IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko against WBA Heavyweight Champion David Haye. Now, triple champion Klitschko is taking action and officially calls out David Haye: “David, don’t be a coward and run away!”
Frank Maloney has called for Rendall Munroe fans to create an intimidating atmosphere for Victor Terrazas. Munroe meets the dangerous Mexican in a WBC super-bantamweight title final eliminator at Coventry Skydome on April 23 in the toughest test of the Leicester binman’s 21 fight career. Promoter Maloney said: “Rendall has been fighting in the first…
Female professional boxer Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston announced this week the launch of her new website as well as a series of boxing, and boxing based fitness, classes at The Boxing Clinic in Islington, North London and The Tokei Gym in Southwark, South London. In 2009, Marianne, the protégé of Heavyweight Champion of the World…
Lucian Bute is back in Montreal after spending the last nine weeks in Florida training at the Thump Boxing Gym facilities in Miami with Head Trainer Stephan Larouche and Physical Conditioning guru Andre Kulesza.
On Saturday, April 17, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik defends his titles against Sergio Martinez, the WBC super welterweight champion, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Bob Arum: This fight on Saturday, April 17, will be one of the most important middleweight championships that we will see in a very long time — Kelly…
Arena’s Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis advances to the no. 1 spot in the new WBC rankings. Originally “La Sombra“ was scheduled to fight Ray Austin in a final elimination bout but Austin declared to be unavailable due to legal problems. Therefore Solis took Austin’s spot in the rankings. “This is a great honour for…
El Paso’s Antonio Escalante stood toe-to-toe with Juarez’ Mickey Roman, on February 26 at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center in what many are calling — the 2010 “Fight Of The Year.” Escalante won a hard fought decision and left his legion followers craving more of the non-stop action he has come to be known for. The…
By Per Ake Persson WBC junior light champ Vitaly Tajbert makes the first defence of the title May 22 in Rostock in the co-feature to Ruslan Chagaev vs Kali Meehan in a WBA heavyweight eliminator. Opponent is to be announced. Both Tajbert and Chagaev are trained by Magomed Schaburow. Bild writes today that Arthur Abraham…
From the office of WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Due to the unavailability of Ray Austin, as declared in testimony given under oath in a court of law, and based in an overwhelming majority vote of the WBC Board of Governors, the WBC is ordering a final elimination fight between the two highest available contenders in…
Tony Jeffries wants to land his first professional title by the end of the year. The Olympic bronze medallist has fully recovered from a spate of injuries and returns to action at Coventry Skydome on Friday April 23. ‘Jaffa’, 25, will be bidding to stretch his unbeaten record to six when he tackles tough Welshman…
Ricky Hatton believes Denton Vassell is following him all the way to world title glory. The undefeated Mancunian takes a big step towards emulating ‘The Hitman’ on Hatton Promotions bumper show at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Friday 16th April. That’s when Vassell challenges Colchester’s Lee Purdy for the vacant Commonwealth welterweight crown in a…
From The Desk Of: Jeff Grmoja, Vice President On behalf of me and staff we send our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to Don Chargin and his family on the loss of our beloved Lorraine. I met the Chargins in San Jose, CA in 1982 and have been blessed with their friendship. Lorraine left us as…