The Big O Hits Moscow Tonight, newly crowned WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev will do battle with the relatively unknown Ugandan slugger Peter Okhello. The location of the bout is as much of a story as the fight itself, as it will mark the first time since the 1991 fall of the Iron Curtain that…
Having a brother as a world champion can be one of two things; a constant hindrance, with the pressure to reach a level that the boxer isn’t comfortable with, or in contrast it can be something that relieves the boxer of the pressure to perform and lets him get on with his own fights, and…
Last night at the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas, WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor made what could be his last appearance at 160 lb as he defended his belts with a points victory over former IBF Light Middleweight titlist Kassim Ouma. In what had clearly been planned as a safe defense for Taylor, the…
Fourteen years after his father told him that, if he was going to become a professional boxer, winning a British title would make him the most proud, Norwich’s John Thaxton broke down in tears after finally accomplishing that goal on Friday night. Headlining the Sky Sports televised bill at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham,…
Upsets Aplenty In London Last night at the ExCel Arena in London, former Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison resuscitated a career that many in the media had already declared doomed by battering, bloodying and then stopping late replacement opponent and ex-British and Commonwealth Champion Danny Williams within three rounds.
Citing a recent declaration born of it’s yearly convention, held recently in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the WBC has stripped it’s reigning Women’s Middleweight Champion Yvonne Reis. The following is the relevant excerpt of that declaration.
Last night at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, in Dagenham, England Jon Thaxton challenged reigning champion Lee Meager for the British Lightweight Title on a Hennessy Sports promotion. From Salford, Lee “Macho Man” Meager was making the first defense of his title and was escorted in to the ring by his trainer, former Commonwealth Middleweight titlist…
By Simon Jackson Kassim Ouma walks into the Arkansas equivalent of Johnny Cash’s hit song ‘The Burning Ring of Fire’ when he attempts to beat Jermain Taylor, the undisputed world middle-weight champion at Arkansas’s Alltel Arena on Saturday night. Level headed Taylor 25-0-1 (17) has all the omens on his side as he prepares to…
Twenty-one year old John Murray is one of Britain’s top up and coming fighters, carving out an unbeaten record in eighteen starts, finishing half of those opponents early. The tall Manchester based lightweight has impressed audiences in both America and Canada and has already won the WBC Youth Lightweight Champion. Promoted by Hennessy Sports, the…
By Ben Lettman British Lightweight Champion Lee Meager and challenger John Thaxton successfully made weight yesterday for their much anticipated clash, which takes place tonight at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England. Meager, 20-1-1 (7), defends his title against the experienced Thaxton, 30-7 (16), who lost to world champion Ricky Hatton on points back in…
By Ben Lettman The Peacock Gym is located in Canning Town, in the East End of London, England and is home to many fighters. On the wall of the gym there is a banner that reads: “The Peacock Gym, home of sport and friendship.” I could not agree more. As I entered the famed gym…
A public ceremony to unveil the upgraded memorial plaque to Aboriginal boxing hero Dave Sands (Ritchie) will take place on Tuesday December 19, 2006 at 11am at the corner of Broadway and Glebe Point Road in Glebe, Australia.