Debuting February 23 on HBO On Saturday February 23, and in honor of black history month, HBO Sports will be present its poignant documentary JOE LOUIS: AMERICA’S HERO, BETRAYED, a touching retrospective of the life of the legendary boxer and his tremendous impact on segregated America.
Luckless welterweight boxer Jimmy Doherty has been forced to withdraw from Impact Boxing’s next promotion scheduled for 1st March at Stoke’s Kings Hall. The popular Tunstall based fighter has injured the same right hand that forced him out of and earlier show at the Kings Hall last September. Doherty, now undefeated in his first seven…
Son of legendary Heavyweight World Champion Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Marvis Frazier, announces his plans for the building currently housing the Gym in North Philadelphia that bears his father’s name. Marvis passionately believes this project will revive a once vibrant neighborhood and in doing so create a true ‘Beacon to the Community’ by offering sports and…
Unbeaten NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs), rated No. 1 by the World Boxing Council, travels to Germany to battle undefeated, No. 2 ranked Rudy Kraj (13-0, 10 KOs) on March 8 in a WBC title elimination bout determining champion David Haye’s mandatory challenger.
There was a lot of boxing this past Saturday night and this time we start at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines where there was an important clash at super flyweight. At stake was an IBF official eliminator and it was a battle of the southpaws as former WBO title challenger Z Gorres went…
Friday night, at the York Hall, Bethnall Green, London – female boxer Laura Saperstein, fighting out of Kentish Town, made her first appearance on a major fight card promoted by Frank Maloney. Saperstein, aka ‘Boxergirl’, faced Ukrainian Olena Varchenko in a 4 x 2 minute light welterweight contest in which Varchenko was making her professional…
British featherweight Marianne Marston left her London home earlier this week and travelled to America to train full-time under the watchful eyes of legendary Heavyweight World Champion Smokin’ Joe Frazier and his son, Olympic Gold Medallist and heavyweight contender, Marvis Frazier, at their gym in Philadelphia. “She’s going to be the Champ,” said Smokin’ Joe….
WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez, one of the most feared pound-for-pound boxers in the world, made a special appearance at historic thoroughbred racing track Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, CA this weekend. Vazquez, who battles Rafael Marquez for a third consecutive time on Saturday, March 1 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.,…
Last night at the 02 Arena in London, Sports Network in association with Frank Warren staged some exciting boxing in the shape of Derry Matthews, Michael Jennings and Amir Khan. Liverpudlian Derry Matthews, the British Boxing Writers “Young Boxer of the Year”, defended his WBU Featherweight title in impressive fashion against Nikoloz Berkatsashvili. Matthews, who…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night from the characterful York Hall in Bethnall Green, London, it was second-time-around for Champion Tony Oakey and Peter Haymer as they faced each other for the British Ligh -Heavyweight Title in a Frank Maloney fight night billed as ‘The Return’. The two met in 2005,…
The Amir Khan world title quest moves up another notch tonight, February 2, when the Bolton boy wonder makes the third and potentially toughest defence of his Commonwealth Lightweight title against Gairy St .Clair at the Excel Arena in London. “This is a serious test for Amir,” Promoter Frank Warren told this week’s press conference,…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The day before Commonwealth Lightweight Champ Amir Khan’s biggest test to date against ex-IBF Super Feather titlist Gairy St. Clair at London’s 02 Arena, all the participants were weighed in preparations for their bouts on the Sports Network bill. In addition to the Khan vs. St. Clair…