World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko would like to make one thing perfectly clear: He has always wanted to fight Hasim Rahman. “I read things, but I do not believe what I am reading,†Klitschko said. “Three months ago (April 20), a press release was sent out on my behalf stating that I would…
National Geographic once captured an infant crane falling into piranha-infested waters somewhere in South America. That is the feeling I got from the morning boxing chat forums. Did people really need to call Bernard Hopkins overrated that many times? Did people have to dismiss Jermain Taylor as predictable and unimaginative? The main thing that mystified…
“I am looking forward to a tough fight this Saturday and if all goes well, I will also be trying for two more fights after this one in August.” Jose also said: “Some time after this summer I would like to go up against one of my amateur rivals like Arron Garcia of whom I’ve…
It’s a special edition of WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING when HBO Sports presents the exclusive delay broadcast of the showdown for the undisputed world middleweight title: BERNARD HOPKINS VS. JERMAIN TAYLOR, airing SATURDAY, JULY 23 at 10:15 P.M. ET/PT, on HBO. The HBO Sports broadcast team, which was ringside for the live event in Las Vegas,…
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 the main event, California State…
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 use the option of walking…
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 Vargas before the end of…
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 with fourteen knockouts to his…
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 Jennings who will likely go…
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 to have the flu and…
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 Germany, he was out-pointed unanimously…
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