On July 4, 1910, Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries stepped into a custom-built boxing ring in Reno, Nevada, with over 20,000 fight fans from across the country and around the world on-hand to witness what had been hyped as the “Battle of the Century.†Johnson, an intimidating boxer and the first African American to hold…
Now that the dust has settled following welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr’s comprehensive outpointing of Shane Mosley, the focus once again returns to a potential showdown between Mayweather and fellow multi-weight champion Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather has gone on record saying that anyone he fights from now on must undergo FDA approved drug testing, a demand that…
NESportsTV.com online PPV presents John Duddy conqueror and former world title challenger Billy Lyell (21-8, 4 KO) vs. North Carolina veteran Martinus Clay (13-24-4, 5 Ks) in a junior middleweight fight Friday May 7th for $8 USD. Lyell, a frequent sparring partner of former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and junior middleweight contender Harry Joe Yorgey,…
Munster’s European Rugby Cup dreams were destroyed by the strength and power of French side Biarritz at the weekend and French knockout artist Mamadou Thiam has promised to end Andy Lee’s European title aspirations via the same methods on the Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena, Limerick on May 15th. Former European Champion…
Former WBU Light Heavyweight Champion Tony ‘Oakey Kokey’ Oakey takes to the ring for the final time against British Masters Light Heavyweight Champion Michael Banbula, at the Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym and Bruce Baker co-promoted “Oakey’s Last Stand†event at Mountbatten Leisure Centre in Portsmouth, Hampshire on the 21st May 2010. During his colourful twelve…
Despite coming down from heavyweight to challenger WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck last night at Weser Ems Halle in Oldenburg last night, Brian Minto was not up to the task of lifting the German hero’s belt. The American was unable to use his strength advantage due to the superior skills enjoyed by Huck, who was…
Floyd Mayweather Jr: “If Manny Pacquaio wants to fight, it is not hard to find me. We were going to make the fight a couple of months back but it didn’t happen. I take my hat off to Mosley. He had problems in the past but he’s a warrior. He took the blood and urine…
Fireworks will come at the end of July this year when boxing superstars Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez takes on Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz in a rematch of their February 28, 2009 fight which was named 2009’s Fight of the Year by numerous boxing organizations and media outlets. Marquez vs. Diaz II, scheduled for Saturday, July…
Domestic rivals Jamie Power and John “The Warrior†Waldron have promised to limit their fighting to the boxing ring ahead of their Irish Light Heavyweight title clash on the Yanjing Fight Night at The University Sports Arena, Limerick on Saturday, May 15th. The bout is one of two Irish title fights on the card headlined…
Last night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Floyd Mayweather racked up another big win as the welterweight turned back the aspirations of fellow mult-weight champion Shane Mosley over the course of twelve rounds. The contest peaked early as Mosley struck paydirt with big right hands in the second round which had Mayweather in…
The first real superfight of 2010 takes place tonight in Las Vegas when ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley takes on ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in a 12 round bout at welterweight. At stake for Mayweather is not only his undefeated record but a possible mega-matchup with Manny Pacquiao down the line.For Mayweather, this is his second fight…
The highly anticipated match between Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley is only hours away and it seems that the boxing public is split when it comes to predicting a likely winner of this intriguing match-up. So much has written about their boxing pedigrees, their styles, strengths and perceived weaknesses and yet it is hard…