Boxing Tale Of The Tape: Nikolai Valuev – Monte Barrett
Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev | Monte “Two Gunz†Barrett 7 feet Height 6 feet, 3 inches 325 pounds Weight 225 pounds 84 inches Reach 77 inches (full wing span)
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Audley Harrison Gets One Last Shot At Boxing Redemption
Will Audley Finally Step Up? Reports have surfaced concerning former Olympic Gold Medal hero Audley Harrison facing Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Matt Skelton on 9 December in London, England. While the bout has yet to be officially declared, that is expected to come at a press conference tomorrow in the British capital, it’s a matchup that…
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Boxing Great: Julio Cesar Chavez
Legendary six-time world champion Julio Cesar Chavez examines the Champ Car World Series car in Las Vegas during Champ Car’s press conference to announce a Las Vegas race and unveil the 2007 Champ Car World Series schedule. The Champ Car season will conclude on Nov. 10-12 with a race in Mexico City that will decide…
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Don “Da’ Bomb†George: “I’ll be back New York!â€
This past Friday night highly touted middleweight prospect Donovan George was to make his much-anticipated Madison Square Garden debut as part of the Duddy-Campas under card. It was not to be though as George’s opponent, Gabriel Rivera, failed his E.K.G. exam the day prior to the fight prompting the New York State Athletic Commission to…
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Valuev – Barrett To Work Out For Boxing Media In Chicago
Don King Productions is staging their Nickolai Valuev – Monte Barrett WBA Heavyweight title card this Saturday at the Allstate Arena in Chicago and will hold open workouts for this week. Today, Australia’s Paul Briggs, who challenges WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek of Poland in a rematch and WBA Heavyweight title challenger Monte Barrett…
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Boxing Info: Hlatshwayo And Holt To Face Off Atlantic City
In a crossroads fight in the 140 pound division, Duva Boxing will pit two of the brightest young super lightweight talents in the world when Kendall Holt (20-1, 12 KO’s) squares off against unbeaten Isaac Hlatshwayo (20-0, 9 KO’s) for the vacant NABO Super Lightweight Championship on Friday night, November 3, at Bally’s Casino Ballroom…
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Impact Boxing: Meemea Mars Main Event – Kings Hall 30th September
Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing By Keith Chadwick Stoke’s lightweight champion Scott Lawton improved his record to 19-2-1 at King’s Hall on Saturday night thanks to a 7th round disqualification victory over Mauritius born Judex Meemea. London based Meemea, who took a 5-5-2 record into the bout, looked to spoil from an…
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Boxing Update: Jose Luis Castillo May Get Harris, Then Hatton
There are reports that ex-lightweight world champion Jose Luis Castillo could face former WBA Light Welter titlist Vivian Harris at 140 lb on the Ricky Hatton – Juan Urango undercard in Atlanta next January. Should both Castillo and Hatton get through these contests, an epic bout between the two forward moving brawlers could be in…
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Boxing Info: Hartford’s Undefeated Mike Oliver Returns to Mohegan Sun on October 28th
Fresh off his latest victory in his hometown of Hartford, Connecticut, undefeated Mike Oliver (16-0, 7 KO’s) enters Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, October 28th to battle Adam Carrera (18-1, 8 KO’s) from Cathedral City, California in a 12-round bout for the vacant USBA Super Bantamweight Championship. The undercard features a group of young talented…
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Ringside Boxing Report: Jamie Moore – Matthew Macklin Plus Massive Undercard Photo Gallery
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing In a hard fought see-saw battle this evening, one of Maloney Promotion’s shining stars, Jamie Moore retained his British Light Middleweight crown in a titanic struggle with a very willful challenger in Matthew Macklin at the GH Carnall Centre in Manchester, England on a Sky…
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Boxing Result: Duddy Holds On To Defeat Campas In Thriller
Hot middleweight prospect John Duddy’s train almost came off the rails last night when the popular Irish fighter stepped up to face ex-IBF Light Middleweight Champion Yory Boy Campas at Madison Square Garden in New York last night. 35 year old Campas, a battle scarred veteran from Navajoa, Mexico, is nowhere near the fighter he…
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Boxing Result: Jamie Moore – Matthew Macklin
On a Maloney Promotion at the GH Carnall Center in Manchester, England Matthew Macklin lunged out of the starting block and began a high pressure assault on British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore that was to last ten rounds. For almost 30 fiery minutes Macklin applied a textbook version of the style taught by his…