For many of us fans, boxing enjoyed a period of great fights and great fighters in the late seventies and eighties, which has not been equaled since. Fighters like Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Duran, Arguello and others were in their heyday. The heavyweight division, arguably the most popular among many boxing fans, had Larry Holmes and…
It’s a boxing rarity, putting a group of Olympic fighters who reached the pinnacle of amateur boxing together in the same ring as they attempt to reach world championship status in the pro ranks. In fact, its only been done three times in recent history, as members of the 1984, 1992 and 2000 U.S. Olympic…
Bradford’s Junior Witter has moved closer to a shot at a genuine world title having recently been installed into the top three of all the major governing bodies light welterweight rankings. This includes the IBF – of whom long-term domestic rival Ricky Hatton is champion – who place him at third. Significantly there is no…
WBC featherweight champion In Jin Chi is off the August 20 card, but the show must go on. Chi’s defense against dangerous left-hooker Rocky Juarez could have been one of the greatest fights of the year until Chi’s injury removed that possibility. Instead, Juarez must make do with fighting young Mexican battler Humberto Soto. There…
Former IBF super featherweight champion Carlos “Famoso” Hernandez will see action for the first time since his close defeat to Jesus Chavez earlier this year. An opponent is yet to be named, but the gutsy warrior from El Salvador will return on October 8, and will make a welcome addition to the fight card including…
Giant heavyweight prospect Tye “Railroad” Fields gets the chance to advance his career tally to thirty-four wins with only one loss this week as he provides the headline fight at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas against veteran campaigner Saul Montana. Thirty-four-year-old Montana has shared a ring with some very serious names over…
It is a distinct possibility that if Ricardo Mayorga disposes of Italy’s Michele Piccirillo when the two fight on Don King’s pay-per-view card on August 13, Mayorga might be in line to face former light middleweight champion Fernando Vargas. Defeating Piccirillo might prove to be more difficult than imagined as the Italian has forty-four wins…
Things were beginning to get quiet in Britain this past weekend as the U.K. settled into its traditional midsummer break between the “seasons,” but the scene isn’t completely dead with the upcoming bouts in the U.S. and Italy this week for British fighters, along with speculation on just who some of the biggest names in…
Sensational news, fight fans: a replay of the Fight of the Year between Diego “Chico†Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo will be shown Saturday on SHOWTIME. The memorable, epic slugfest many regard as the greatest fight of all-time – Corrales rallied from the absolute brink of defeat to register a dramatic 10th-round TKO in the…
August is here, and the first of two summer installments of Broadway Boxing is on the horizon for this week. Undefeated knockout artist Jaidon Codrington (8-0, 8 KO’s) of Queens (by way of Bridgeport, CT) will headline the August 4th edition of Broadway Boxing when he faces Levan Easley (17-11-2), also of Queens, in a…
This Thursday, at the Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins will be on hand to present a night of Golden Boy Promotions Boxing action featuring his nephew, Demetrius “The Gladiator” Hopkins. “The Executioner” is currently planning the last year of his boxing career having been…
This Saturday, in the champion’s hometown of Tampa, Florida, Jeff Lacy puts his IBF super middleweight title on the line against former WBC super middleweight titlist Robin Reid of Great Britain. Lacy is undefeated in nineteen fights and has been on a tear since winning the IBF title. A win is likely to produce a…