Despite coming into his bout with top American based Nigerian middleweight Kingsley “Sharp Knuckle” Ikeke as the underdog, Arthur Abraham proved his critics wrong by delivering a thorough beating to the remarkably tall African. The Armenian strongman from Germany had promised to close distance and take the fight to the long armed Ikeke and true…
British boxing’s Golden Boy, Amir Khan, solved the difficult style of slippery Sheffield journeyman Daniel Thorpe before the end of the first round during their bout at London’s Docklands area ExCel Arena last night. The Olympic Silver Medallist continued to display accurate targeting abilities to go along with his heavy, fast hands as Thorpe simply…
The mercurial Danny Williams was on form last night at London’s cavernous ExCel Arena as he proved his meddle once again by outfighting a hesitant Audley Harrison, winning one of his former belts, the Commonwealth Heavyweight title. In what many had expected to be a showcase for the much ballyhooed Harrison, the towering former Olympic…
Click for larger boxing image Born Avetik Abrahamyan, 25 year old German Orthodox middleweight Arthur Abraham has stormed into the middlweight division and is furiously blowing away all the competition each and everytime that he steps up. To label Arthur as a prospect would be insulting, so let’s just say that he’s one of the…
MATTHYSSE MOVES TO 24-0 WITH FIRST ROUND TKO OF TOLLIVER Golden Boy Promotions’ latest signee, Argentina’s Walter Dario Matthysse, made quite an impression in his United States debut Thursday night at the 4th and B Club, stopping well-regarded Xavier Tolliver in a single round.
Click for larger image © Greig Johnston / SaddoBoxing.com The anticipated fireworks between super middleweight contenders Anthony Mundine and Danny Green never eventuated at the weigh in for their joint card in Perth, Western Australia today. A pensive Green left a full 45 minutes before Mundine arrived, and seemed to be in business mode. “Thank…
Boxing Battle Of Britain On The Scales Click for larger image © Simon Shaw/ SaddoBoxing.com Harrison v Williams Exclusive Weigh-In Review and Photos From London’s ExCel Arena A 2pm start was scheduled for the weigh in with Big Audley and his entourage bowling in at around 2.30pm. It was straight down to business as the…
Staten Island’s unbeaten featherweight star Gary Stark Jr. (12-0, 6 KO’s) will fight on his home turf when DiBella Entertainment present Season’s Beatings on December 15, 2005 in the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Stark, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY is now fighting out of Staten Island. He has…
Ireland’s John Duddy is making his way to South Florida as part of the Global Warfare event to be held on December 15th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida. Don’t miss your opportunity to meet Ireland’s John Duddy in a rare South Florida public appearance on Monday, December 12th at Kavanagh…
FIGHT WEEK IS HERE “GLOBAL WARFARE†COMES TO HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA NEXT WEEK They’ve come from around the world – fighters from Nigeria, Ireland, Russia, Puerto Rico, Canada, and the United States – and on December 15th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida, these warriors will put it all on the line…
With Jermain Taylor’s safe but unanimous decision win over Bernard Hopkins this past weekend in Las Vegas, Winky Wright will have a chance to fight for the undisputed title against Jermain Taylor, that’s if he get past Sam Soliman on Dec.10 at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, CT. Winky Wright is no stranger to…
I have seen many things in this sport. I’ve seen a lot of great champions come and go, promoters putting on the first one hundred million dollar shows, upsets of the century, fights thrown, world titles bought and everything else in between. With the days of boxing just being boxing gone, everything has to be…