Before the “Golden Boyâ€, Oscar De la Hoya , 38-4 (30) returned to boxing after a 16 month lay off on May 6, 2006, he said he was only interested in “big fights†and he would only fight twice. He defeated the tough Ricardo Mayorga in 6 rounds showing the boxing world he is still…
Many fans will probably scream a definitive Yes! When reading the question posed in the above title. And I agree, Holyfield most definitely should hang up the gloves for good if he loses the latest comeback fight of his career. In fact, he should have done the sensible thing years ago. At the very least,…
It Was Twenty Years Ago This Year – Tyson v Berbick: “Iron Mike†At his Most Devastating! Twenty year old Mike Tyson was making his first challenge for the heavyweight title. Defending WBC champ Trevor Berbick may have been the more experienced fighter, but not too many people expected to see him hold on to…
Thursday, 29th June 2006, York Hall, Bethnal Green London. Top of the bill for this Maloney Fight Factory promotion was the contest for the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title between Britain’s Martin Power and Tshifhiwa Muyawi of South Africa. Power, from the St. Pancreas district of London, fought gamely and aggressively; aided in this matter by…
Finally the country has woken to up to the poor performance of the English football team who once again failed to delivery. An overpaid bunch of primadonas who seem to forget they were playing for the pride of their country while enjoying shopping sprees and relaxation with the WAGS while real sportsmen are in training…
Roman “Made in Hell’’ Karmazin (34-1-1, 1 ND, 21 KOs) will defend his IBF 154-pound title against former undisputed world welterweight champion Cory “The Next Generation†Spinks (34-3, 11 KOs) in Spinks’ hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, July 8, on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed in the west coast). In the second half…
Last night at the Araneta Coliseum in Manilla, Philippines, Manny Pacquiao retained his WBC International Super Featherweight title with a dominating performance over ex-super bantam world champ Oscar Larios over the course of twelve sizzling rounds. Initially, Larios traded with the Filipino icon on even terms, shaking Pacquiao in the third with a riveting shot…
There were a raft of hot prospects in action on Saturday night’s Showtime telecast from the Little River Casino in Manistee, Michigan, in particular Ronald “Hitman” Hearns who took on Hector Hernandez. Round 1 The first of eight scheduled rounds between these middleweight prospects starts out with Hearns firing two quick jabs in the center…
Heavyweights headlined the Showtime telecast from the Little River Casino in Michigan on Saturday, with fellow undefeated prospects Chazz Witherspoon and Mike Alexander squaring off. Round 1 The fight starts off with both fighters meeting in the center and Witherspoon immediately popping off with a straight right hand. The much taller Witherspoon is the more…
The torch was passed Saturday from old generation to new when three sons of former world champions and a cousin of another fought on a historic special edition of “Shobox: The New Generation†on SHOWTIME. DiBella Entertainment promoted the notable event from the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Mich.. It aired at 10 p.m….
At the Araneta Coliseum in Manilla, Phillipines, Manny Pacquiao hopes to impress an adoring hometown crowd when he puts his WBC International Super Featherweight title at risk against former longtime WBC 122 lbs Champion Oscar Larios. Larios, 53-4-1 (36), is the latest in a series of top Mexican fighters that Pacquiao has faced over the…
Well we are past the first half of the year. Many things have changed, many remain the same. Some for the worse, some for the better. More importantly, I think there have been some lessons to be learned by some of the fighters themselves. It seems that they missed the lesson first time around, so…