Fight Previews
In a comeback that has surprised many, Mexican legend Erik Morales makes the first defence of the WBC version of the 10 stone [140 pound] title when he faces unbeaten American Danny Garcia in Houston, Texas. In August, 2007, Morales career looked to have been over. Having suffered his fourth consecutive defeat, a lightweight title…
© Richard Slone / sloneart.com Tonight at Madison Square Garden, Sergio Martinez, 48-2-2, 27 KO’s, defends his WBC Diamond title against challenger Matthew Macklin, 28-3-0, 19 KO’s. This is Macklin’s second world title shot in a row, after a gutsy performance last June against Felix Sturm. He dropped a split decision to Sturm and it…
Tonight in San Juan, Puerto Rico, former two weight World Champion and big hitting Puerto Rican icon Juan Manuel Lopez will be gunning for retribution against his conqueror, the current WBO Featherweight champion Orlando Salido at the Arena Roberto Clemente, which is to be almost certainly a pro-Lopez house. The first bout, which was a…
At five feet, eleven and one half inches, and 215 and one half pounds, at first glance, Jean-Marc Mormeck of France would seem to be too short and too small to fight Dr. Wladimir Klitschko for the World Heavyweight championship. After all, Klitschko is six feet six inches and 242 pounds. But the bout isn’t…
WBO cruiserweight titlist Marco Huck takes a long rumored step up in weight this evening as “Kapt’n Hook” challenges WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. This move is a big ask of Huck but at least it’s not a fight against one of the heavy punching Klitschko brothers, who happen to…
Vitali Klitschko defends his WBC title for the tenth time against game, but fresh Derek Chisora tonight, Saturday 18th February 2012. Chisora, 15-2-0 with 9 KO’s, is really up against it here. Klitschko’s record is slightly better at 43-2-0 with 40 KO’s. Vitali, the older Klitschko by five years, holds the WBC belt while brother…
Tonight, up and coming star of the British bantam weight scene Scott Quigg, 23-0-0 with 16 KO’s, defends his British title against the always game Jamie Arthur, 18-5-0 with 4 KO’s, with the vacant Commonwealth belt also being on offer. Quigg won the title with an outstanding performance over veteran Jason Booth last October. Booth…
Recently it has been announced that current British Light-Heavyweight Champion Tony Bellew is to return to the ring, following his world title challenge defeat against Nathan Cleverly, when he meets Norwich’s former European Light-Heavyweight Champion Danny McIntosh at the Echo Arena in Bellew’s home city of Liverpool on the 14th April. This fight would be…
This Saturday night, the British boxing scene kicks back into life with a heavyweight bang. Olympian prospect David Price, 11-0-0 with 9 KO’s, faces his first real test against ‘Big Bad’ John McDermott 26-7-0, 17 KO’s. Price clearly stood out as an amateur; in 2003 at age 19 and at 6’8, he became the youngest…
On Saturday, 17th December the Super Six Tournament finally wraps itself up with the two best men in the 168 pound weight class reaching the grand finale, Carl Froch and Andre Ward. For both men the tournament has been a fantastic opportunity to launch themselves as the greatest fighter in the 168 pound weight class…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Tonight at the Convention Center in Washington DC, Amir Khan, 26-1-0 with 18 KO’s, defends his IBF and WBA light welterweight titles against challenger Lamont Peterson, 29-1-1 with 15 KO’s. This will not be the first time Peterson has had a shot at a world title….
The long awaited rematch to a modern day boxing classic is now upon us. Cotto vs. Margarito 2 has all the ingredients for another great night. We have redemption and repayment on one side, on the other we have salvation and vindication, all mixed in with a great deal of bad blood. Everyone loves a…