Boxing Previews

Byrd-McCline. Jameel McCline is on his last chance to become a heavyweight champion of the world, and he knows it. I recall a message he once sent me in response to an article I wrote about him a while ago. Watching a heavyweight division comprised of an aging era in …

Evander Holyfield broke camp Monday in Houston, heading toward New York and an uncertain future. Holyfield fights Saturday night at Madison Square Garden for the forty-eighth time in a professional career that began twenty years ago almost to the day. His opponent is the undistinguished Larry Donald, though the name …

It may have escaped the attention of some – some of you may even be scratching your head at the title of this article – that in the furore over Tszyu-Mitchell II and Morales-Barrera III, one other significant sequel has been grossly, nay, criminally overlooked: Ronald “Winky’ Wright-“Sugar’ Shane Mosley …

For a fighter generally regarded as a slick, southpaw stylist, Sharmba Mitchell wears a great many battle scars upon his face. Comparatively, the only obvious blemish on Kostya Tszyu’s facial features is the scar on his upper lip, acquired not from the fists of one of his fellow pugilists, but …

Kostya Tszyu travels to the United States often, but there are some things that being undisputed junior welterweight champion of the world cannot get you out of. Like that annoying customs line. Tszyu, however, is a patient man, as he’s had to be over the course of the last twenty-two …

Scott Harrison’s big plans of unification hinge on the outcome of his WBO featherweight title defense tomorrow night against unheralded Ethiopian boxer Samuel Kebede at Glasgow’s Braehead Arena. Is this just a tune up for the amazingly strong 126-pound champion? One that will last as long as Harrison feels like …

This Friday, October 29, at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scott Harrison (22-2-1) will put his WBO World Featherweight Title on the line against undefeated Ethiopian Samuel Kebede (24-0). Click for large image Harrison, coming off an impressive third round stoppage of the highly regarded William Abelyan, will look to …

Click for large image WBO Featherweight Champion Scott Harrison has the undefeated Samuel Kebede firmly in his sights and on Friday night the Cambuslang hardman gets the opportunity to pull the trigger on the Swedish based Ethiopian challenger. Harrison will attempt to make the third defense of his second title …