Finally The Two Best Big Men In The Country Go Head To Head In a fight postponed twice already, Danny Williams and Matt Skelton meet at the London Excel Arena on February 25th on yet another exciting Sports Network promotion. Danny currently is on a high. In December in a disappointing bout he disposed of…
Silent Assassin Can Pick Off Another Target Ali Nuumbembe calls himself “The Silent Assassin” and there are many around the fight beat who have a hunch that the Derbyshire-based Namibian could be a significant player in the lively welterweight division. Ali gets his chance to make a big statement of intent on Sunday, February 12…
With 32 days to go until Judgement Day at the M.E.N Arena, WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe is smokin’ ahead of his shoot-out against IBF champ Jeff Lacy on March 4. In a recent interview on a boxing website, a confident Lacy stated: “I’m going over there to knock Calzaghe out!†which in return…
Former three-time world champion Masibulela “Hawk†Makepula’s frustrating wait to make the first defence of his WBC International super-flyweight title appears to be over. No stranger to being a “Road Warriorâ€, Makepula will venture out of his East London home base again to face the tough Filippino Jun Talape in a Branco Sports Productions (BSP)…
In the past 12 months, there have been several major upsets on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, including most recently Carlos Baldomir over Zab Judah and O’Neil Bell over Jean-Marc Mormeck on Jan. 7. Among the favored boxers to come up short on America’s No. 1 Boxing Network in 2005 were Kostya Tszyu, who fell to Ricky…
As one of boxing’s best, pound for pound, former World Champion Joel Casamayor knows what it takes to compete at the highest levels of the sport on a consistent basis. On February 24th, “El Cepillo’ will show fight fans that he not only still has it, but that he’s ready to make another world title…
A sellout crowd is expected at Saturday night’s “Super Brawl: The Battle of Boston,†featuring red-hot prospects “Ireland’s†John Duddy (14-0, 13 KOs) and Yuri Foreman (19-0, 7 KOs) in separate bouts, in The Castle at Park Plaza in downtown Boston.
British bantamweight champion Martin Power makes the second defence of his title when he takes on his mandatory challenger Darlington’s Isaac ‘Argy’ Ward at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on March 10th. Martin who started training two weeks ago alongside team-mate Graham Earl and was at ringside to watch Graham beat Yuri Romanov last…
Former CNN Headline News anchor Karyn Bryant has joined the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING announce team as a reporter and correspondent for the February 4 and March 4 telecasts, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, general manager of Showtime Sports & Event Programming.
Another night, another fight in Atlantic City, this time it was Main Events bringing Arturo Gatti home again to Boardwalk Hall to take on the unknown Thomas Damgaard for Mr. Excitement’s first test in the welterweight division. While most were expecting a cakewalk, Damgaard gave a better than expected performance but in the end it…
DiBella Entertainment’s welterweight sensation Joshua Clottey (28-1, 18 KO’s) is capable of beating any welterweight in the world. Clottey has reeled off nine consecutive victories and has his eyes set on a world championship. This past Saturday night, Michael Jennings, #1 ranked contender by the World Boxing Organization and Antonio Margarito’s mandatory challenger suffered his…
Click for larger image© Keith McMenaminSaddo Boxing Last Friday at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City was the “Night of Champions†in Atlantic City, NJ as Star Boxing, Guilty Boxing, Silverhawk Boxing and Xyience collaborated to give fight fans four title bouts live on Pay Per View. The card featured grizzled ring veteran Virgil Hill…