Never in my lifetime have us Brits had it so good in the fight game as we’ll have in the next few months with David “Hayemaker” Haye vs. Jean Marc Mormeck, Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler and finally the biggest fight out there for me, Ricky “Hitman” Hatton vs. Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather. This is…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing “When I was offered the fight with Marquez, I was thinking positively. I know I am going to beat him, there was never a doubt in my mind.” “I have learned a lot from my loss to Barrera, I won’t let my emotions get the…
Howard Eastman will be out to turn John Duddy’s Kings Hall dream into a nightmare when they clash at the legendary Belfast venue on Saturday, December 8th on the next Hunky Dorys Fight Night – billed “The Only Show in Townâ€. Eastman looks set to provide the Derry middleweight with the sternest test yet of…
A massive night of boxing is shaping up in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday, December 15, 2007 when WBA Super Featherweight Champion Edwin Valero and WBC Featherweight Champion Jorge Linares co-headline a high octane fight card billed as “Night of Champions: Iron Fists”, promoted by Jose Gomez with support by the Mexican state of Qunitana Roo…
Carl Froch will discuss his British Super-Middleweight Title fight with Robin Reid and the fortunes of his beloved Nottingham Forest on Soccer AM this Saturday. The Hennessy Sports boxer is a season ticket holder with Forest and will be at the City Ground on Tuesday to see the League One game against Southend United.
You know in your heart when you have lost a fight. Berry Butler has tasted defeat before, but he never could have foreseen the raw deal he received in Germany this past July 7th. Butler still feels good about his performance against 19 year old Albanian poster boy, Haxhi Krasniqi and he is no longer…
Carl Froch is calling on Joe Calzaghe to fight him after his world title bout with Mikkel Kessler on Saturday. ‘The Cobra’ defends his British Super-Middleweight Title for the fourth time against former world champion Reid Reid at the Nottingham Arena on a Hennessy Sports show with title partners GoldenPalace.net on November 9. Sky Sports…
Sports Plus Events proudly announces that British super featherweight champion and fellow Yorkshireman Carl Johanneson will be just one of the guests who will attend the benefit dinner for former world featherweight champion Paul Ingle in Paul’s hometown of Scarborough, England on Friday, November 2, 2007.
Unbeaten middleweight Darren Barker believes Carl Froch is a future world super-middleweight champion and could beat Mikkel Kessler. The Barnet boxer, who challenges Australian Ben Crampton for the Commonwealth crown on a Hennessy Sports show at the York Hall on November 14th, sparred with Kessler in Copenhagen last month.
Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Prizefigher and event sponsor Union State Bank will present “Fighters and Families,” a symposium discussing boxing families on Tuesday night, November 20, at the South Street Seaport Museum.
Fresh off an outstanding “3 Gallos/Solo Boxeo” event in front of a packed Cicero Stadium, Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions will team up with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions to return with “Latin Thunder”, another evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, November 16th.
Big time boxing returns to the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA on Thursday, November 15th when Top Rank Promotions presents “Downtown Showdown,” featuring former two-time heavyweight champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman against veteran Sherman “The Tank” Williams in a ten round main event. The fight will be televised nationally on Versus “Fight Night Live,” hosted…