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Ahmed “Hollywood” Kaddour, who recently appeared on “The Contender,” will become the first contestant from the NBC reality series to return to boxing when he takes on former West Virginia State Champion Maxell Taylor in the eight-round junior middleweight co-feature Friday, July 22, 2005, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” In …
Read More »Bernard Hopkins: A Proud Veteran Still Learning.
If you are anti-Hopkins, this was the fight for you; if you are a hardcore Hopkins fan, then this fight left you yelling at the television screen. Now, if you are a boxing fan who loves the sport for the overall content of warriors battling until the end, you can …
Read More »Golden Boys Win Again.
On the under-card of the undisputed middleweight championship fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor on Saturday night, two of Golden Boy Promotion’s star prospects kept their early careers intact with wins. Vicente Escobedo improved his professional record to five wins, all by way of knockout when he dismantled Edgar …
Read More »Diaz Wins Non-Title Bout.
In keeping busy before his next title defense, WBA lightweight champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz knocked out Arthur Cruz in five rounds in Los Angeles, USA. Diaz had already knocked Cruz out once, in four rounds some years before becoming the WBA champion. The undefeated champion now has twenty-eight wins …
Read More »Jennings Batters Vincent.
Undefeated British welterweight Michael Jennings became the British welterweight champion on Saturday in England when he knocked out Jimmy Vincent in round one of their fight. Vincent, the Birmingham battler had previously gone twelve rounds with hard-hitting Eamonn Magee and David Barnes but could not last out a round with …
Read More »Khan Begins with a Win.
Lightweight sensation Amir Khan started his professional career with a bang on Saturday night in England when he knocked out unknown David Bailey in a single round. Khan was a chief support to what was supposed to be a huge heavyweight contest but all that changes when Danny Williams claimed …
Read More »Abraham Beats Eastman; Magee Loses to Tsypko.
It looks as if former middleweight title contender Howard Eastman of England’s days of world championship level fighting are over after he lost once again, bringing his record to forty wins against three losses. Eastman’s only previous losses were to William Joppy and Bernard Hopkins, but on Saturday night in …
Read More »Hopkins Vs Taylor Fight Photos – PART TWO
***Massive Hopkins Vs Taylor Fight Photo Gallery*** Click for larger image © Sergio Martinez
Read More »Hopkins Vs Taylor Fight Card Photos – PART ONE
***Massive Hopkins Vs Taylor Fight Photo Gallery*** Click for larger image © Sergio Martinez
Read More »Review Analysis: Taylor Upsets Hopkins.
Bernard Hopkins’ twenty-first title defense ended with him on the losing side for the first time in twelve years. Jermain Taylor walked in victory and gained the undisputed middleweight title in only his fourth year as a professional. The judges’ tally had it 116-112 for Hopkins, 115-113 Taylor and 115-113 …
Read More »Hopkins to Exercise Rematch Clause.
During the post fight press conference in the aftermath of Jermain Taylor’s huge upset of Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed middleweight championship of the world, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Oscar de la Hoya told the assembled media that the rematch would happen and HBO had already set October 1, …
Read More »Round by Round: Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor.
This is the fight that the boxing world had been waiting for with great anticipation since the moment it was announced. Bernard Hopkins, ruler of the middleweight division for ten years and undefeated in twelve, at forty-years-old, could he defy the odds and post his twenty-first middleweight title defense? Or …
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