British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch has vowed to give the people of Nottingham something to cheer about when he defends against Southampton’s Matthew Barney on Saturday July 9th on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ event being broadcast live by ITV. With Nottingham Forest being relegated to League One, Notts County finishing only 19th…
Scotland’s star super featherweight “Amazing” Alex Arthur will not be facing Russian Boris Sinitsin as soon as he had expected. The clash between the two for Sinitsin’s European super featherweight title will happen on July 23 instead of July 9 as first planned. The reason for the delay is that the event clashes with the…
IBF light welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton will appear in America this week ahead of the weekend’s WBC light welterweight clash between Arturo Gatti and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The undefeated champion will make a special guest appearance as the in-studio analyst on ESPN’s Friday Night Fight’s television show hosted by Brian Kenny. Last week’s…
After ten rounds of boxing at the Ala Carte Pavilion in Florida last night, the lightweight contest between Damien Fuller and John Brown was declared a draw, even though most observers felt that Fuller did enough to take the ten round verdict. It was the headline bout of ESPN2’s Tuesday Night Fights show that lacked…
This Saturday’s fight headliner consists of Floyd Mayweather and Arturo Gatti, for Gatti’s WBC belt. Aside from that, did you know another world champion was sharing the same fight card? Vivian Harris, does the name ring a sign of recognition in your brain? He is the WBA world champion and suffers from a lack of…
Antonio Tarver once again proved to the boxing world that “they gave the wrong man a second chance.†Tarver defeated Glen “The Road Warrior†Johnson by unanimous decision. Throughout rounds one through five, Tarver totally out-boxed Johnson, leaving “The Road Warrior†confused and most importantly, behind on the scorecards. Rounds six through eleven, Johnson finally…
On June 25 Arturo “Thunder†Gatti will put his WBC Super Lightweight Championship on the line in one of the year’s most anticipated bouts when he challenges boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter, WBC #1 ranked contender Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Two of Main Events’ undefeated rising contenders will be featured in the non-televised portion of the nine-bout…
By Curtis McCormick. Watch the British Fight of the Year on www.frankmaloney.com! In the sweltering heat of London’s York Hall on Sunday night, Graham Earl put on a tremendous performance to not only defend his British title but to take the Commonwealth crown as well, climbing off the canvas to dramatically stop Kevin Bennett and…
Ricky Hatton was not the only twenty-something lad to have woken up on that hazy Sunday morning nursing a collection of stitches around an eye. Granted, most others did so in a cell or a corner in a casualty ward, certain to be back out on the razz and none the wiser once the wounds…
The Yory Boy Campas (86-7, 70 KO’s) vs. Matt Vanda (33-1, 21 KO’s) main event (12-round super welterweight bout), and the Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Roberto Duran’s epic victory over Sugar Ray Leonard are the main courses on the Battle for Pride! pay-per-view card presented by Team Freedom Promotions on Friday night, June…
Mr. Floyd Mayweather will be the latest talented star in the gifted junior welterweight division to put a cap on this outstanding month of boxing. From this fight, we will see if Mayweather will earn his debate contention on why he should be number one on the pound-for-pound list, who should fight whom in the…
This coming Saturday, live on HBO pay-per-view, it is “Thunder vs. Lightning,” as Arturo “Thunder” Gatti defends his WBC 140-pound title against boxing wizard “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather. Gatti’s trainer, James “Buddy” McGirt, gave us his thoughts on the upcoming fight. “It’s great to train Arturo. He’s doing great baby and we’re on course. We…