Fight Previews
This Saturday night on a Fight Academy Promotion at Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England, IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Clinton Woods attempts to improve his first victory over Julio Gonzalez when they meet in the ring. In a career spanning 13 years, the 35 year old Woods, 40-3-1 (24), still clamours for the big money…
Prediction: September 29 is Jermain Taylor’s Coming Out Party I am not a big Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor fan. I have no problem admitting that. This is because, in my opinion, he is an HBO-creation: over-hyped by HBO to be the next future superstar, so that HBO could make money off him. This hype and…
New Jersey based light welter contender Kendall Holt finally gets his shot at the big time tonight but he has to go to Barranquilla, Colombia to do it as he faces hometown man and WBO Light Welter Champion Ricardo Torres at Coliseo Universidad del Norte. A pro since 2001, Holt, 22-1 (12), had his 15…
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 Oakey, 24-2 (6), of Portsmouth,…
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 plays host to the fight…
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 are in the ring. This…
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, Haiti, Pascal, 17-0 (13), has…
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 well aware that this contest…
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 Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga broke…
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 Pan Pacific and WBF Intercontinental…
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. This contest cannot fail to…
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 and Commonwealth level. A pro…