Giant Heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev stopped unworthy challenger Owen Back in the third round last night in Hannover, Germany, to retain his WBA Heavyweight crown. Beck gave it a real try but the sheer size difference was too much as he was floored twice before the referee saved him from further punishment. Valuev did what…
Last night in Detroit, Michigan, Mary Joe Sanders kept her perfect 21-0 (6) record intact with a dominating performance to take the vacant WIBA Light Middleweight crown. The 32 year old Sanders won every round on the scorecards at The Palace at Auburn Hills but could not knock out the previously unbeaten Tricia Turton, now…
Irish super bantam Bernard Dunne put on a clinic last night at the National Stadium in Dublin, outboxing American tourist David “El Finito” Martinez over the course of the bout until the action was called less than a minute into the eighth round. There are several attractive potential domestic matchups for Dunne, 21-0 (13), particulalry…
Former British Super Featherweight title challenger Steve Conway’s surprise run as IBO Light Middle Champion came to an end last night in Hungary last night as the Englishman was outpointed by Atilla Kovacs 116-111 and 117-110 twice. Conway, 34-7 (6), began moving up in weight after suffering a knockout loss to Alex Arthur for the…
Ex-world title challenger Eric Harding put his NABF Light Heavyweight title at risk against the undefeated prospect “Bad” Chad Dawson last night in Santa Ynez, California. Despite Harding having only five more bouts under his belt than Dawson, the Philadelphia southpaw had so much more experience going to this bout that many predicted an experience…
Heavyweight hopeful Owen Beck finally gets a world title shot after twenty seven contests but will have to pull off what has fast become a suicide mission; challenging the truly mammoth Nickolay Valuev in Germany. The towering, seven foot tall, three hundred and twenty pound Russian, 43-0 (31), has chewed up a fair amount of…
After Jose Luis Castillo’s unexpected weight watchers fiasco on the scales yesterday, one of Australian boxing leading hopes, Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan, will be thrust into the white hot spotlight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The Sydney man will place his IBF and IBO Flyweight belts at risk against little known…
Undefeated super feather prospect Bernard Dunne headlines a Brian Peters show tonight at the National Stadium in Dublin with seasoned light middle Jim “The Pink Panther” Rock lending chief support. Back in Ireland after a successful trip to Italy in April, Dunne, 20-0 (12) faces California’s David “El Finito” Martinez, 15-1-1 (3), a former WBC…
It was a noisy crowd that packed the Aston Villa Leisure Centre in Birmingham, England on Thursday night for the British and Commonwealth Welterweight Championship between Kevin Anderson and Young Muttley (Lee Woodley). With Sky Sports broadcasting live across the UK, all eyes were focused on the two combatants, as it was hoped that this…
Jose Luis Castillo proved again that his lightweight days are behind him by not even coming close to making the lightweight limit of 135 lbs today at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Castillo weighed in at 139.5 pounds both times he was weighed over a 2 hour period for the highly anticipated rubber match…
Future Hall of Fame boxer Roy Jones, Jr. challenges North American Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Prince Badi “The Boxing Prince†Ajamu in a crossroads fight for both on July 29 at the Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. The 12-round Jones-Prince Badi bout headlines “Hold Nothing Back!†presented by Xyience, Inc. in association with Sports…
HBO Sports is presenting a thirty-minute special analyzing the upcoming HBO World Championship Boxing telecast between Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright in perhaps the most anticipated showdown of 2006. The live HBO telecast of the 12-round battle for Taylor’s title in the middleweight division is set for Saturday, June 17 in Memphis.