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Boxing’s new undisputed middleweight champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor enjoyed the support of his home followers in Arkansas, Texas recently. Taylor was at the center of a victory parade to celebrate his close win over former champion Bernard Hopkins on July 16. Hopkins tried to rain on Taylor’s party by …

New heavyweight contender Chazz Witherspoon is learning his trade at a quick pace. Since turning professional last year, he has fought and won six times, knocking out four of his opponent’s. Granted, most of Witherspoon’s opponent’s have had losing records, but that is usually the way of things when a …

It was a rainy Glasgow night and we had yet to witness the most stunning demise of the evening: that of Mike Tyson, who would lace the air with a vile torrent of bizarre ramblings including his impromptu homage to Liston and Dempsey, followed by violent threats of the darkest …

Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring this year at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in a great doubleheader fight card alongside recent conqueror Erik “El Terrible” Morales. The two have been inactive since contesting a close fight back in March, which Morales finally took by a unanimous decision. …

Italian cruiserweight Vincenzo Cantatore scored his thirtieth win on the weekend of the Hopkins-Taylor bout. Fighting in Roma, Italy, Cantatore defended his European cruiserweight championship against Edson Cesar Antonio over ten rounds. Cantatore has already had one failed bid for a world cruiserweight title, losing in ten rounds to former …

Heavyweight fighter James Toney, who lost his WBA title after a post-fight urine test revealed traces of steroids, will be eligible to return to the ring on July 30 after serving out his suspension. The New York State Athletic Commission suspended Toney for 90 days and ordered him to pay …

jewelry company has sued Floyd Mayweather Jr., claiming the world champion boxer owes tens of thousands of dollars for a number of custom pieces, including a diamond-encrusted belt buckle bearing his name. Jewelers of Las Vegas filed the lawsuit this week in Clark County District Court, claiming breach of contract. …

Well fight fanatics, the scheduled time for the weigh-in, which was at 2:30 P.M., was drawing near. I was still hauling around that pesky piece of luggage I told you about earlier and was starting to feel the wear and tear of the night before. I walked over to a …

Alex Arthur last night moved one step closer to what he believes is his destiny: to bring a world title back to Scotland. After last night’s methodical destruction of teak tough Russian Boris Sinitsin, Arthur’s dream could very well become reality within the next nine-twelve months. As has been the …

I admit that I could barely watch Wayne McCullough on the verge of tears having had his world title challenge to Oscar Larios ended by ringside doctor Margaret Goodman. And I definitely seethed at HBO analyst Larry Merchant’s “The adults have taken charge,” comment in light of the stoppage. Unlike …

“Amazing” Alex Arthur is now the British, Commonwealth and European super featherweight champion; an historic achievement for himself and Scottish boxing. Arthur outpointed former Russian champion Boris Sinitsin to claim the championship with final judges’ scores of 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109. Arthur’s only loss came in a war against Michael …

New York based Irishman John Duddy got back into the think of the middleweight action last night at the All State Arena in Chicago as he stopped Patrick Coleman in the eighth round. Duddy is already becoming a much talked about prospect despit only having eleven professional fights. He has …