Don King Introduces WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev To America Legendary promoter Don King welcomes undefeated WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai “Russian Giant” Valuev, 44-0 (32), to the US with a giant sized media blitz to announce King’s upcoming Big Red October fight card featuring Valuev defending against challenger Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett, 31-4 (17), on…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing A serious-minded James “Lights Out” Toney was all business during a private workout Tuesday night, 8/30/06 at Billy Blank’s Gym in Sherman Oaks,CA.. A former world champion at middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight, Toney faces powerful-punching Samuel Peter in the main event Saturday at STAPLES…
“Iron Mike” Set To Prepare With Aussie Legend Jeff Fenech The storied career of Mike Tyson moves into a new phase as the former two time world heavyweight champion begins a four week long public training session at the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Tyson is reported preparing for a series of…
Click for larger image © Mike Cleary BoxingPhotographs.com Sharp punching British lightweight Steven Bell has been hard at work preparing for his rematch with seasoned southpaw spoiler Daniel Thorpe, toiling under the watchful eye of former two time WBU Middleweight Champion Anthony Farnell in the Manchester gym of “The Warrior”. Bell, 8-0-2 (2), who as…
Click for larger image © Joe Miranda Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter (26-1, 22 KOs) and Robert “The Ghost’’ Guerrero (18-1-1, 11 KOs) participated in an open media workout Monday at the Los Angeles Boxing Academy as they continued to prepare for their big fights Saturday at STAPLES Center on SHOWTIME. Peter faces James “Lights…
The Golden Boy – A Living Legend, A Fighter In The Twilight Of His Career Oscar has always had the word “retirement†on his lips, but up until now, it was probably the last thing on his mind. When boxing’s Golden Boy came back from his shocking knockout loss to Bernard Hopkins, many were left…
Few world champion boxers can be as friendly and easygoing as IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods. The Sheffield box-puncher prides himself on his unpretentious working class roots, and is the type of fighter who greets autographs hunters with a handshake and almost embarrassed smile. However, with his crucial rubber match with Glen Johnson now…
The Mitchell twins, Aaron and Eric, and Leo “Paco” Nolan were all victorious last night Saturday night in title matches featured on “Fight Night” at Club Cinema in Pompano Beach. Aaron “Homicide” Mitchell (25-1-1, 20 KOs) captured the vacant IBO International middleweight championship by sixth-round TKO of Christopher “The Hammer” Holt (12-7, 8 KOs) in…
In the sunny climes of Pompano Beach, Silverhawk Boxing put on a show featuring the middleweight Mitchell brothers of Philadelphia at Club Cinema. Aaron Mitchell, 25-1-1 (2), won the IBO Intercontinental belt with a sixth round stoppage over Christopher Holt, 12-7 (8). Holt, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, went to war with the big puncher but…
8 Count Promotions teams up with Golden Boy Promotions to present Independence Brawl at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 15 September. Headlining the evening is the WBC’s #1 ranked super middleweight Librado Andrade, 23-0 (17KO’s) a native of Leon Guanajuato, Mexico, who will battle Richard Grant, 19-13-1 (5KO’s) of Brooklyn, NY in a scheduled…
I had the pleasure of talking with former heavyweight champion Oliver “The Atomic Bull” McCall recently. McCall is getting ready to face Darroll Wilson on 9 September in Louisville, KY. Although Wilson is not a top caliber fighter, he is helping to keep the former champion busy. McCall has fought seven times since February of…
The massive left hook that Ricky Hatton gunned down Carlos Maussa with last November in Sheffield seems to have taken any world class skills that the rangy, wild swinging Colombian may have had as the ex-WBA Light Welter Champ lost to unheralded Mexican Manuel Garnica at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami, FL. The hard punching…