Boxing Previews

“As of now, I say to Floyd Mayweather: I am the true champion” When Carlos Baldomir spoke those words, after his TKO victory over Arturo Gatti last month, the boxing world has been buzzing over the prospect of such a fight between the welterweight titans. Floyd Mayweather Jr., 36-0 (24), …

The British Board of Boxing Control made their latest round of announcements earlier this week concerning the sport in the UK. The top news was that super bantamweight triple champion Michael Hunter was to meet nemesis Esham Pickering this autumn in defense of the European title which Hunter won from …

Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada was buzzing with more pre-weekend energy than usual on Friday in anticipation of Saturday’s rematch between two of this generation’s top boxers, Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas. The two Southern Californian based fighters …

Tonight at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany, Felix Sturm and Wladimir Sidorenko put their WBA titles at risk against challengers Javier Castillejo and Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, respectively. Sturm, 25-1 (11), puts his middleweight belt on the line for the first time since winning it against Maselino Masoe in March …

Two of the best super middleweights in the sport are set to meet in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 14 when WBC Champion Markus Beyer squares off against WBA kingpin Mikkel Kessler at the Parken Arena. For Kessler, 37-0 (28), it’s a chance to cap off a great run over the …

Hennessy Sports puts on a big midweek bill tonight at London’s York Hall with the vacant British Super Feather title up for grabs between Wembley based transplanted Irishman Billy “The Kid” Corcoran and Carl “Ingemar” Johanneson of Leeds. Johanneson, 23-2 (16), is more experienced and served his apprenticeship in the …

The biggest boxing card of the year in Britain takes places tonight at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales with Danny Williams putting his Commonwealth Heavyweight title at risk in a rematch against arch rival Matt Skelton. Originally, WBO/IBF Super Middle Champion Joe Calzaghe was supposed to make a triumphant …

IBF Light Middleweight Champion Roman Karmazin puts his belt at risk on Saturday night against former undisputed welterweight world champion Cory Spinks at the cavernous Savvis Center in St. Louis but the Don King promoted, Showtime televised bill is awash with quality fighters. In addition to Karmazin – Spinks, former …

At the Araneta Coliseum in Manilla, Phillipines, Manny Pacquiao hopes to impress an adoring hometown crowd when he puts his WBC International Super Featherweight title at risk against former longtime WBC 122 lbs Champion Oscar Larios. Larios, 53-4-1 (36), is the latest in a series of top Mexican fighters that …

SHOWTIME will make television history when three sons of former world champions and a cousin of another are featured in a special edition of “ShoBox: The New Generation” Saturday, July 1, 2006 (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) from the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan. The …

Tonight in Hollywood, Florida, two junior welterweights will fight for the IBF title which was vacated by Ricky Hatton. As we all know the Jr welterweight division just a few short years ago was was loaded with talent, from Koysta Tszyu, Arturo Gatti, Floyd Mayweather, Miguel C! otto, and Ricky …

Tonight at York Hall in London, unbeaten bantamweight Martin Power looks to add to his title collection when he takes on South African visitor Tshifiwa Munyai for the vacant Commonwealth crown. Already the current British Champion, hometown hero Power, 19-0 (8), has moved through a tough trio of domestic competition …