Hopkins Defeats Eastman.

Showing why he is rated by most as the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter, Bernard Hopkins retained his middleweight championship tonight for a record twentieth time against a game challenger in Howard Eastman. The challenger was aggressive and powerful early on and managed to land some good shots that hurt the …

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Taylor and Ikeke Win.

Two more fight results from the Staples Center in Los Angeles to inform you of tonight before the main event. Highly-touted middleweight prospect Jermain Taylor decimated the previously undefeated contender Daniel Edouard in three rounds in the event’s chief support bout. Edouard had no answer for Taylor’s fast, hard-hitting style, …

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Witter Shocks N’dou.

In one of the outstanding fights on tonight’s huge fight card in Los Angeles, Britain’s Junior Witter got Hennessy Sports off to a fantastic start by winning what must be thought of as something of an upset win over Lovemore N’dou. Going into the fight, Witter, although being the European …

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Bute Stops Handy.

Carl Handy became the latest fighter unable to survive the firepower of Quebec’s light heavyweight star Lucien Bute today. Handy found himself knocked out in the fourth round of his challenge to Bute which was for the NABF light heavyweight championship. Bute has now stopped all ten of his opponents …

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Hopkins Talking Numbers.

Bernard Hopkins has an obsession with numbers. He’ll talk to anyone who will listen about being a middleweight champion at the age of 40, and will gladly tell you that his purse for his last fight with Oscar De La Hoya was $10 million (euro7.7 million). The number Hopkins is …

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Hopkins-Eastman Weigh-in.

The stage is set for the big fight card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA tonight as on Friday, all of the fighters weighed in ahead of their clashes on what should be an historic night of boxing. Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins and challenger Howard Eastman both …

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Friday Night Fight Results.

Friday night in the United States of America was a busy one with many big boxing results to report. We begin our results round-up with the news that Greek light welterweight contender “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis retained his undefeated streak with a twelve-round unanimous decision win over Roberto Santa Cruz. On …

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Gerald McClellan

A decade later. The Gerald McClellan tragedy. by Richard Slone February 25th will mark a decade. The tenth year that former middleweight champion Gerald McClellan has struggled with life since his fight with Nigel Benn left Gerald with permanent brain damage. It’s been a decade since McClellan and Benn battered …

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