Unbeaten Fife welterweight Kevin Anderson has been handed his first major title shot and an opportunity to gatecrash the world’s top 15. The Buckhaven prospect will challenge Ghana’s Joshua Okine for the Commonwealth welterweight championship at Kirkcaldy Ice Rink on September 30th. It’s a huge test for Anderson, unbeaten in 14 fights, with nine wins…
“I have no idea why Main Events don’t push Juan. He’s their world champion, but you don’t even see his name or picture anywhere on the (Main Events) website main page. It’s like he doesn’t even fight for them. I don’t know what is wrong with them. Juan should have been fighting on the under…
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 filing appeals to get his…
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 young fighter is brought along,…
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 deviance before praising the Mighty…
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. Since then, Pacquiao has departed…
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 champion Wayne Braithwaite of Guyana….
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 a $10,000 (€8,200) fine after…
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. Mayweather has an unpaid bill…
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 nice fruit and cereal spread,…
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 case in all post-Gomez fights,…
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 many boxing fans, I have…