Brian Peters Promotions puts on a big bill tonight at The Point in Dublin with local hero and European Super Bantam Champion Bernard Dunne, 24-0 (14), meeting Spain’s big punching Kiko Martinez, 16-0 (13), over twelve rounds in the headliner. In a mouth-watering showdown at light heavyweight, British Champion Tony …
Read More »Boxing Preview Analysis: Junior Witter – Vivian Harris
While Britain’s Ricky Hatton makes big headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, Bradford’s Junior Witter moves on with a potentially tricky defence of his WBC Light Welter title against Vivian Harris on Friday, September 7. Home advantage will be once again be in Witter’s favour as the Doncaster Dome …
Read More »Boxing Preview Analysis:Ricky Hatton vs. Floyd Mayweather
An Early Look In a fight that I still find difficult to believe is taking place, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Ricky Hatton put their unbeaten records on the line in December. Call me a skeptic or even a pessimist, but I still won’t believe it will happen until both men …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Jean Pascal – Kingsley Ikeke
It’s a big crossroads fight for the super middleweight division tonight at the Pierre Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, Canada as undefeated local hero and NABF/NABA/NABO titlist Jean Pascal looks to hold off the challenge of former world middleweight title challenger Kingsley “King Sharp Knuckle” Ikeke. Born in Port Au Prince, …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Carlos Baldomir – Vernon Forrest
Two former welterweight world champions square off tonight at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington with the WBC Light Middleweight title at stake. Both Carlos Baldomir and Vernon Forrest have seen the heights of success and the lows of disappointment over the course of their long careers and are …
Read More »Boxing Press Conference: Fernando Vargas – Ricardo Mayorga
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Don King and Main Events hosted a follow-up press conference to “The Brawl” this past Wednesday in New York City. The aptly titled event held the unofficial first round of the bout earlier this month in Los Angeles when Fernando …
Read More »Friday Night World Boxing Preview
There’s a lot of action to go over for tonight’s line up of fights across the world and there’s no better place to start than at the Knox Netball Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully in Victoria, Australia where local based Nigerian slugger Fatai Onikeke defends his IBA …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Colin Lynes – Young Muttley
Tonight at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, Matchroom Boxing puts on a solid card featuring the sterling main event of British Light Welter Champion Colin Lynes putting his belt at risk against ex-British Welter titlist Young Muttley and they also will be competing for the vacant European Light Welter title. …
Read More »Boxing Preview Analysis: Nicky Cook – Steven Luevano
In another big Sports Network card, three title fights take place tonight at London’s O2 Arena. Topping the bill will be Dagenham’s undefeated featherweight star Nicky Cook, who finally gets his shot at the WBO Featherweight title. Undefeated in 27 fights, Cook has won all available titles at British, European …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Molitor Puts IBF Title At Risk For First Time
After years of slugging it out in relative obscurity, Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor rose to prominence with a comprehensive fifth round KO over previously undefeated former British, Commonwealth and European titlist Michael Hunter last November in the Englishman’s hometown to annex the vacant IBF Super Bantam belt. Tonight, Molitor, …
Read More »Boxing Preview Analysis: Lamon Brewster – Wladimir Klitschko II
In rematch of their title bout three years ago, Wladimir Klitschko makes the third defence of his IBF heavyweight title against American Lamon Brewster in Koln, Germany tonight. In the days of Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko was being billed as the next dominant heavyweight champion to replace Lewis when he …
Read More »Living Boxing Legend Evander Holyfield Returns To Texas To Face Lou Savarese
44 year old former heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Evander Holyfield continues his quest to regain a world title when he steps into the ring tonight at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, to face 41 year old Houston based veteran Lou Savarese. There are a few similarities here …
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