Boxing News Boxing News

The Klitschko brothers have more in common than their staggering size, PhD’s in sports science and the same parents. They also share a desire not to fight anyone who might fight back. At the moment Vitali Klitschko holds the World Boxing Council heavyweight title and, for reasons understood only by …

Both challengers on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ event at the Nottingham Arena on Saturday night had to make two trips to the scales at the official weigh-in on Friday afternoon. Matthew Barney – who takes on standout British and Commonwealth champion Carl Froch – was the first to step on. …

Undefeated Irish middleweight John Duddy (10-0, 9 KOs) faces veteran Patrick Coleman (29-11, 20 KOs) July 20 in the eight-round main event of a Bobby Hitz-promoted show at 115 Bourbon St. in Chicago. Derry, Ireland native Duddy, now fighting out of Queens (NY), has quickly become one of the most …

None other than the venerable Michael Katz (the man responsible for the infamous monikers “Chicken Kiev” and now “Duck Kiev”) weighed in prominently on the Vitali Klitschko debacle today at MaxBoxing.com: Let me try and not go on another rant against the silly Ring magazine “titles,” but if Vitali Klitschko …

Disregarding the possibility that he might be stripped of his World Boxing Council title and disregarding challenges to his manhood, Ukrainian heavyweight Vitali Klitschko was expected to finalize a contract last night to fight Calvin Brock in September instead of higher-ranked contenders Hasim Rahman or Monte Barrett. WBC president Jose …

Jr. welterweight top contender Andreas Kotelnik will be in action this weekend, other than the majority of his stable mates who are taking several weeks off during the promotional summer break of Universum Box-Promotion during July and August. On Saturday, July 9, the 27-year-old Kotelnik is challenging European title holder …

There was definite tension in the air when British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch and his mandatory challenger Matthew Barney came head to head for the first time on Thursday ahead of their highly anticipated grudge match on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ promotion at the Nottingham Arena this …

This Friday night, July 8, DiBella Entertainment’s Emanuel Augustus (30-24-6, 15 KO’s) will square off against Ray Oliviera (47-10-2, 22 KO’s) on ESPN/2’s Friday Night Fights in a 10-round welterweight clash from the Hampton Beach Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. Airtime is at 9:00 PM/ET. SaddoBoxing will provide the …

Zab “Super” Judah is the ideal definition of rebuilding from the bottom and ending up on top. Boxing and the welterweight division have evolved over the last few years and Judah has much to do with this. When Judah had the pleasure of fighting Kostya Tszyu in the junior welterweight …

News and Results from the Last Week’s Fight Game. OK, it’s quiz time! What do a World Darts champion, an ex-British and Commonwealth heavyweight boxing champion and this writer have in common? Do you give up? We all went to Eaglesfield School in South London. Yes, it’s well known as …

You know fight fans, I can remember that at a very young age, my older brother Benito, and I would sit with our parents on Saturday afternoons and watch fights on cable television. I grew up on boxing and always loved the sport. In my teen years, I used to …

The wind of boxing is so powerful and foregoing that we can easily allow the breeze to push memories of former fighters out of our mind. Vernon Forrest is the boxer who showed the blueprint on defeating Shane Mosley; again, I must mention the wind of boxing, how strong it …