The year was 1990 and the heavyweight division had been blown open. In February, the seemingly invincible Mike Tyson was a massive 42-1 favourite when he travelled to Tokyo, Japan to make the 10th defence of his heavyweight crown. Tyson’s opponent that night, James Buster Douglas, was seen as little threat on Tyson’s road to…
Jon Thaxton believes that Graham Earl’s decision to withdraw from their scheduled clash for his British Lightweight Title is “bad for boxing’. The long established Championship operators looked finally set to meet after Hennessy Sports submitted a successful purse bid for the right to stage the contest last week, beating off competition from Earl’s promoter…
By Per Ake Persson A unification bout between IBF cruiser champ Steve “USS” Cunnigham and WBA / WBC counterpart Jean Marc Mormeck could be in the works for September 28 in France with Don King Productions and French partners promoting, writes the Philly Daily News. The Giuseppe Lauri vs Michele Di Rocco clash for the…
Basingstoke based light heavyweight Dean Francis is on a roll of late, having won his last six fights and annexing the Commonwealth and IBO Intercontinental titles this year. The 33 year old enjoyed an amazing start to his career, winning both the British and European Super Middleweight titles in 1997 and the WBO Intercontinental the…
He hasn’t been lacking for clients since he and Oscar De La Hoya parted ways. Light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is one of his newer pupils and so is undefeated junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman. Now unbeaten (21-0-1) super middle/light heavyweight Anthony “Tyger” Hanshaw is studying under Pugilistic Professor and Poet Laureate Floyd Mayweather Sr….
World championship boxing arrives at Bridgeport’s Arena at Harbor Yard in a big way on Saturday, July 7 showcasing four fighters that boast a combined record of 98-1 with 69 knockouts. In a battle of the undefeated, Norwalk’s own “Tremendous†Travis Simms (25-0, 19 KOs) will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight title…
Green Machine Promotions have pleasure in announcing an IBO light heavyweight world title elimination bout between our own Danny Green and the USA’s Otis Griffin. The bout will also be a defense of Danny’s IBF Pan Pacific and WBA PABA regional titles. The bout has also be sanctioned for the vacant IBF Intercontinental title, so…
Promoter Frank Maloney was satisfied with the outcome of his first show for many years at the Crystal Palace’s National Sports Centre on Friday night. The South London venue holds fond memories for Maloney, whose former star Lennox Lewis twice fought there. Lewis made two successful appearances at the attractive setting on the way to…
The undercard of Hopkins vs. Wright “Coming to Fight” will showcase two exciting World Championship bouts featuring the United States debut of two of boxing’s most exciting rising stars. Veteran featherweight star and former WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Oscar “Chololo” Larios will have the opportunity to add another title to his extensive resume. However, he…
Despite fighting in his opponent’s backyard in Ankara, Turkey, former world heavyweight champion Oliver McCall moved a step closer to regaining the crown he once held on Saturday, as he battered and outpointed Sinan Samil Sam over 12 rounds to win the WBC international championship and earn a shot at the WBC crown currently held…
Media critics who bashed him unmercifully for years won’t admit it. Fans that trashed him don’t want to hear it, either. But American media members and fans alike do agree, in terms of their constant complaints that, today all of the major world heavyweight champions – IBF Wladimir Klitschko, WBA Ruslan Chagaev, WBC Oleg Maskaev,…
Former world cruiserweight champion Krzysztof “Diablo’ Wlodarczyk is a warrior, and as such, accepting losses doesn’t come easy to him. The last man to beat him, current IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham, is the same way, and after Wlodarczyk gave the American a chance to redeem himself in May, he hopes Cunningham will do the…