Fight Previews
Love him or hate him, you have to admit that heavyweight Tyson Fury is entertaining, Whether it’s entering a press conference dressed up as Batman, serenading an audience after a fight or running his mouth off like he so often does, its entertaining. And that is a word you can’t use to describe the Champion,…
It’s a big night at the fights with three world title bouts featured in three different countries this evening and we start this review by heading to Germany, where heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko puts the WBA, IBF and WBO crowns on offer against opinionated challenger Tyson Fury at Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf. Finally, Fury, 24-0 (18),…
It’s one of the bigger Saturday nights we’ve had this autumn with four world title clashes on offer but one of the big fights slated for tonight was scraped when the champion failed to make weight on a massive scale. IBF bantam boss Randy Caballero of America was set to meet the challenge posed by…
Tonight, Gennady Golovkin (33-0) faces off against Canadian puncher David Lemieux (34-2-0) in what is being hailed as the next Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns. How many times have we heard that before? Why are people so excited for this fight to come about? Well, the knockout statistics of these two are very high, Golovkin…
I would have to agree with the vast majority of boxing fans, and say that Floyd Mayweather Jr’s clash against Andre Berto on Saturday night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas is a bit of an anti-climax to the end of a glittering career. Whether this is truly the end of his career, who can…
The new season gets off to a less than thunderous bang this weekend but there are a few good fight cards happening today and tomorrow in a few select areas. Our first stop is the Energie-Verbund Arena in Dresden, Germany where WBA “regular” light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer, 46-2 (34), meets the challenge posed by…
August goes out with a bang tonight at Staples Center in the American city of Los Angeles with the WBA featherweight “super” title on the line in a massive showdown between California based Mexican boxers Abner Mares and Leo Santa Cruz. The combatants are both multi-weight world champions with Mares, 29-1-1 (15), having held the…
As Boxing is firmly in the August doldrums, we take a look at happier times ahead in which the new season kicks off with ultra-busy month of September. September 5, Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany: WBA “regular” light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer faces challenger Konni Konrad. Awkward southpaw Braehmer, 46-2 (34), continues to be put in…
One Germany’s biggest stars of the ring comes to fight in America for the first time as WBO cruiserweight champ Marco Huck headlines the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Huck, 38-2-1 (26), squares off against undefeated Pole Krzysztof Glowacki, 24-0 (15), and the 30 year old Berlin resident will put his belt at risk for…
Blue-chip Ukrainian middleweight prospect Sergiy “The Technician†Derevyanchenko weighed-in at 159 pounds and former title challenger Elvin “El Lycan†Ayala of New Haven, Conn. measured at 161 pounds during Thursday’s official weigh-in for the main event of this Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast….
Super bantamweights Scott Quigg, Kiko Martinez and Carl Frampton are all in action this weekend, with Martinez acting as measuring stick for both. IBF champ Frampton has fought and beaten Martinez twice, the first time resulting in a stoppage in the ninth round in 2013 while the second contest went the distance last year, with…
As the summer ramps up in the northern hemisphere, Boxing has slowed down a bit but things pick up again tonight with three world title belts on offer. At Getech Arena in Magdeburg, Germany, WBA heavyweight champ Ruslan Chagaev, 33-2-1 (20), defends against Francesco Pianeta, 31-1-1 (17) in an all southpaw clash. Chagaev previously held…