It was an extremely exciting night of boxing last evening at the Contender Finale at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Sakio Bika, 25-3-2 (16), knocked out 23 year old Jaidon Codrington, 18-2 ( 14), in what must be considered a favorite for fight of the year and round …
Read More »European Boxing News: Klitschko, Ibragimov, Kirakosyan, Urkal, Kessler
German daily paper “die Welt” writes that a Wladimir Klitschko vs. Sultan Ibragimov IBF/WBO unification bout is in the works for February 23 in New York. European junior lightweight champ Leva Kirakosyan defends the title against Sergey Gulyakevich on December 22 in Rome on a OPI 2000 promotion. In the …
Read More »Risum Boxing: Danish Golden Boy Kim Poulsen Returns To London
On November 28, Danish super featherweight prospect Kim “Golden Boy” Poulsen will close out the year with his third appearance at the glamorous Café Royal in London, England, when he takes on an opponent to be announced over six rounds on a show promoted by the Mayfair Sporting Club and …
Read More »Jeremy Williams Vs Matt Godfrey
Former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing” Williams has vowed to capture the world cruiserweight championship, which is the primary reason why he’s fighting a young buck like unbeaten NABF cruiserweight Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey, headlining “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford,” on November 24 at the Connecticut …
Read More »Glen Johnson Vs Reggie Johnson
Former champion Reggie Johnson battles former champion Glen Johnson in the “Fight Night for Climate Change” Pay-per-View extravaganza on November 17, from the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Read More »IBF Champion Robert Guerrero Returns Home After Honorio KO
After his spectacular first round knockout over Martin Honorio, two-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero has spent the last couple of days at the hospital, helping his wife Casey and wants to thank those who continue to keep her in prayer.
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Mind Your P’s and Q’s
As kids growing up in the Kahn household, there were two things we had to endure that no children should be subjected to. The first was my father’s insistence to be what he called a “hip” dad and use every expression known to youth, so he could, as he would …
Read More »Mormeck vs. Haye Showdown This Saturday In Paris
WBC number one challenger David Haye has left true carnage in his wake on the climb to the top of the cruiserweight heap but the London slugger must now bring his vaunted power punching to bear upon the true world champion of the division, WBC and WBA Champion Jean-Marc Mormeck …
Read More »Carl Froch: Joe Calzaghe , Be My Guest
Carl Froch has invited Joe Calzaghe to be guest of honour at his British Super-Middleweight Title showdown against Robin Reid at the Nottingham Arena on Friday. Undefated Froch takes on former Calzaghe opponent Reid on a Hennessy Sports show with title partners GoldenPalace.net that will be televised live by Sky …
Read More »Jamie Moore Gets European Title Shot
Frank Maloney Promotions continues its meteoric rise with the announcement of a triple-header of title fights at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on 8 December, 2007. The top-flight card is headed by European light middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov, who makes the first defence of his title against hard man …
Read More »Boxing Prospect James McGirt Breaking Out In 2008
Slowly but surely, fight by fight, unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) is breaking from the long shadow cast by his father/trainer, former two-time world champion and 2002 Trainer of the Year James “Buddy” McGirt, and establishing his own identity in the ring.
Read More »Esham Pickering set sights on Kiko Martinez and Michael Hunter
British Super-Bantamweight Champion Esham Pickering has set his sights on a showdown with European champion Kiko Martinez and Michael Hunter. Pickering hopes to face both next year after he has taken care of Sean Hughes (Pontefract) on the under card of Carl Froch’s British Super-Middleweight Title clash with Robin Reid …
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