Photo ©Barclays Editor’s note: the Ring Light Welterweight Champion of the World Ricky Hatton has joined the fray and entered into the Barclays football fan art competition; click on the “more” link below to see Ricky’s entry. The response to Barclays and Arts Council England’s nationwide art competition for football fans has been fantastic. Since…
Metro Detroit’s Mary Jo Sanders continues to win over the boxing world, this time attracting the interest, and national television coverage, of ESPN Sports. Rarely do women get the spotlight of the main event position on a televised card, but Mary Jo’s recognition in the boxing world as one of the best pound for pound…
“I Need To Fight The Best!” Joshua Clottey, 30-2 (19), is one of the sport’s best but often overlooked welterweights. The native of Accra, Ghana, who now lives in the Bronx section of New York City, has been fighting since he was just a boy. After a lengthy amateur career, Joshua joined the pro ranks…
Photo ©Jane Warburton/SaddoBoxing WBC number one cruiserweight and European champion David Haye has a new target at 200 lb with Jean-Marc Mormeck’s recent world title win over hated rival O’Neil Bell. “I’m really looking forward to fighting Mormeck,” said Haye. “I think our styles will make for a great tear up but I’m convinced that…
British title hopeful, Chris Edwards received a boost to his preparations today when he learned that had become the first member of Impact Boxing’s fledgling stable to earn a world ranking. The WBC, one of the leading sanctioning bodies in world boxing, now ranks Edwards at number 38 in the flyweight division. Matched against former…
Five-time world champion and reigning WBA cruiserweight title-holder Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill has collaborated with Grammy Award-winning record producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and singer Joy Enriquez to produce “Conqueror,” a new single that will be released at “The Rematch,” headlined by the 12-round main event between Hill and Henry “The Gentleman” Maske, on March 31 in…
“Collision Course” is a throwback to the days when boxers readily fought each other, politics didn’t play a role, and fans always got their money’s worth. “Collision Course,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), headlines ESPN2 Friday Night Fights on April 6 with young cruiserweight contenders Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey and…
In April 13, 2007, Cestus Management’s 168-pound prospect Don “Da Bomb†George returns to the squared circle as his promoter, Top Rank, is presenting a boxing card at Cicero Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. The promotion will be televised on Telefutura. That night the undefeated George will take on former regional title challenger; the grizzled twenty-seven…
Super featherweight Hector Velasquez will return to Chicago on Friday, April 13th to face Francisco Lorenzo at Cicero Stadium in the main event of Resurrection, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. Tijuana, Mexico native Velazquez, 46-11-2 (32KO’s), riding a four bout winning streak, is coming off an outstanding win…
Last night in front of 20,000 people at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, WBC/WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler won every round enroute to posting a wide points decision victory over hard nosed Librado Andrade. From the start it was clear that Andrade didn’t come to Copenhagen to deliver anything less than full effort but…
This past Friday night at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT, welterweight Jessie Feliciano challenged reigning USBA titlist Delvin Rodriguez and stopped the heavily favored Dominican in the eighth round. Also on the bill, southpaw welter Said Ouali stopped rival Irving Garcia in the second round. Round one: The highly anticipated bout between Feliciano and Rodriguez starts…
Last night in front of a packed house of hometown fans at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, super middleweight Carl “The Cobra” Froch put a quick end to the challenge of Russian southpaw Sergey Tatevosyan, blasting out the import at 2:54 of the second round. British and Commonwealth Champion Froch started off the bout…