By Ben Lettman Yesterday afternoon, with winds of up to 100 mph whipping across London, WBC Junior Welterweight Champion Junior “The Hitter” Witter came face-to-face with the man who will attempt to wrest his title from him on Saturday night. At the press conference, held by Hennessy Sports, Witter showed the utmost respect for his…
Juan Manuel Lopez (14-0, 12 KOs) of Caguas, Puerto Rico, meets Cuauhtemoc Vargas (15-1-1, 10 KOs) of Mexico City in a 10-round super bantamweight bout and Victor Ortiz (16-1, 11 KOs) of Oxnard, Calif., faces unbeaten Marvin Cordova Jr. (12-0, 8 KOs) of Pueblo, Colo., in an eight-round junior welterweight scrap Friday on “ShoBox: The…
Junior welterweights Ricky Hatton and Juan Urango both showed great respect for each other when they came face-to-face for the final press conference ahead of Saturday’s showdown at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas Thursday. The unbeaten pair clash for the IBF and IBO 140lbs (10stone) titles and, while both men are vowing not to…
Winner could challenge for WBA Light Heavyweight title Danny Green defends his IBF Pan Pacific Light Heavyweight title against Pan Asian Boxing Association champion Paul Murdoch at the Melbourne State Netball and Hockey Centre this Sunday, January 21. The bout is seen as a step up light heavyweight rankings as Green continues to target WBA…
Don King Productions’ “Super Saturday†boxing card featuring three world championships will stay in Florida and take place on Feb. 3 at the Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla. The event, originally slated for Miami, will now make history as the biggest fight card ever in the greater Orlando area featuring…
Year Of The Uncrowned Champ On February 10 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, Luis Collazo takes on Shane Mosley in a 12 round fight for the Interim WBC Welterweight title. Collazo is coming off a TKO win over Artur Atadzhanov in November and most notably of late, lost to Ricky Hatton…
“Blood, Sweat & Guts,” presented by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, features an all-star card of world-class fights with six different titles being contested, January 26 at Destiny Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In the 12-round main event, unbeaten heavyweight Leo “Paco” Nolan defends his USBO title against Texas State champion Hector Ferreyro. Nolan (26-0, 10 KOs) has…
As One Undeserving Briton Loses His Honor, Another Deserving One Steps Up When it was revealed that former world featherweight champion “Prince” Naseem Hamed was to be stripped of his MBE award, the extremely rare action attracted massive attention in the national press. Hamed has not yet commented on the dishonour, however his former trainer…
“…do the honorable thing and face us instead of trying to cash out against one of the Klitschkos.†“The WBC title is not for sale,†flatly states Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter’s manager Ivaylo Gotzev to Dennis Rappaport, promoter of WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev.
Looking To Bring Hope To The Future Of The Heavyweight Division If by chance the last name Kauffman rings a bell, that could be because Travis Kauffman is the son of well known trainer Marshall Kauffman. The difference between the two is that while Marshall applies his craft outside the ring, teaching fighters what they…
Muhammad Ali turns 65 years old today. Wow! Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday my father and I were jumping around the living room, screaming like lottery winners when Ali regained the heavyweight title from Leon Spinks. The so called experts had said it could not be done as rumor had…
Junior Witter believes long-term rival Ricky Hatton is a “coward’ and a “bully’ who is “hiding behind smokescreens’ and has called for him to settle their long running feud in a massive winner takes all showdown for the sake of the British public. The two are fighting on the same Sky Sports Pay Per View…