Andre Berto undefeated, Knockout Specialist To Face Jonathan Tubbs In Feb. 3 Co-Main Event On “ShoBox: The New Generation’’ Andre Berto can look back now and chuckle. However, it was no laughing matter just a few years ago when the feisty fellow with the fast fists fought all the time. …
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Danny Williams
When I arranged an interview with Commonwealth Heavyweight champion Danny Williams, many people told me what a down to earth guy he is. That turned out to be more than true when on a cold winter’s morning, not only did Danny offer to do the interview on his day off …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Graham Earl – Yuri Romanov
Click for larger image © Stefan Christou Recap of Friday’s Maloney Promotions Card From Goresbrook LC In Dagenham The burning overhead lights shine that little bit brighter when he climbs through the sagging ropes, the blood-specked ring appears that little bit bigger. A melodic ovation is now in full, deafening …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Amir Khan – Vitali Martynov & Young Muttley – Michael Jennings
Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Saddo Boxing Top British promoters Sports Network moved into the Midlands City of Nottingham on Saturday, putting on a shared bill featuring British Welterweight Champion Michael Jennings defending against the unheralded Young Muttley (aka Lee Woodley) and former Olympic hero Amir Khan taking on …
Read More »Marco Antonio Rubio Wins Big On Chicago Boxing Card
Big hitting light middleweight Marco Antonio Rubio completed his comeback from a disastrous loss a year and a half ago by outlasting hardened Philadelphia based Russian Aslanbek Kodzoev on an 8 Count/Golden Boy Promotion at Cicero Stadium in suburban Chicago on Friday night. The first two rounds were tentative for …
Read More »Gatti Stops Damgaard After 11 Rounds Of Boxing In Atlantic City
Speculation abounded that Arturo Gatti was finished as a top fighter after Floyd Mayweather forcibly lifted the New Jersey based Canadian’s WBC Light Welterweight crown last June but the thrilling fan favorite returned in force this evening, gracing the stage at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, host of the thirty three …
Read More »Amir Khan Does The Business As Michael Jennings Loses Crown
Sports Network hosted yet another thrilling card tonight but it was bittersweet for the promotional powerhouse as the London firm saw one of it’s leading lights, Michael Jennings, go down in defeat in the same ring in which their teenaged domestic mega star Amir Khan enjoyed the greatest victory yet …
Read More »Beyer, Vidoz Lead Way On German Boxing Card
Markus Beyer successfully retained his WBC Super Middleweight title tonight in Berlin, Germany for the eighth time, strafing challenger Alberto Colajanni for the entirety of their twelve round skirmish before belting out the Italian for good in the final stanza. The 32 year old Colajanni came into the affair unblemished …
Read More »Michael Gomez Suffers Disastrous Lightweight Boxing Debut
Former British and WBU Super Featherweight Champion Michael Gomez was once one of the most pound for pound feared men in a British ring but after now losing two consecutive bouts by way of stoppage the Manchester based Irishman is facing a career crisis. Earlier tonight on a Brian Peters …
Read More »Graham Earl Defeats Yuri Romanov To Win The Boxing Battle Of Britain
British and Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Graham Earl pulled off a striking upset Friday night on a Maloney Promotions fight card in the London suburb of Dagenham, England when the hard nosed Luton boxer simply refused to back down from Belasrussian Brit killer Yuri “The Czar” Romanov over the course of …
Read More »Kassim \”The Dream\” Ouma Continues Boxing Comeback
Friday night on a Golden Boy promotion at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tuscon, Arizona, ex-IBF Light Middle Champion Kassim Ouma took another step in his comeback as the Florida based Ugandan native gunned down the far more experienced Argentine campaigner Francisco Antonio Mora after eight one sided rounds. Determined …
Read More »Virgil Hill Captures Fifth World Boxing Title
“Quicksilver” struck again as 42 year old Virgil Hill managed to turn back the clock against Russian tourist Valery Brudov Friday night at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City to take a well deserved unanimous decision and the vacant WBA Cruiserweight title. On a shared Silverhawk/Guilty/Star Boxing Promotion, Hill started …
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