The time is almost at hand for the huge IBF light welterweight title fight between champion Kostya Tszyu and undefeated challenger Ricky Hatton. The fight will take place in Hatton’s Manchester in the early hours of the morning, and the world’s media will be on hand to provide massive coverage of this most legitimate championship…
Nova Scotian heavyweight Kirk Johnson will return to the ring later this month against Cuban heavyweight Yanqui Diaz. The fight will take place at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in California and it is Johnson’s first significant action since being blown out in two rounds by Vitali Klitschko. Diaz’ last action came on an HBO…
Fresh from his self-imposed retirement and third-time championship crowning, WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz will have to try and overcome the biggest physical obstacle currently in boxing today in his next mandatory defense: Russian giant Nicolai Valuev. Valuev took out former contender Clifford Etienne in three rounds very recently and is often spoken of in…
Eric “Little Hands of Steel” Morel of Puerto Rico will take his second chance at a world title in succession as he goes into battle against WBO super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel on July 16. Former champion More’ls last title tilt was ended by current WBA champion Martin Castillo, and Morel will not likely find…
Undefeated Venezuelan WBA flyweight champion Lorenzo Parra returns to action against another undefeated fighter in his next bout. Parra will defend his championship against Frenchman Brahim Asloum, whose record stands at eighteen wins against no defeats. As the European flyweight champion, Asloum has faced such names as Alexander Mahmutov, Noel Arambulet and Zolile Mbityi, and…
British, European and WBU light middleweight champion Wayne Alexander will play a part in the coming week’s boxing excitement as he faces Christian Bladt of Denmark on June 4. Alexander is only one fight removed from his stunning one-punch stoppage of fellow British domestic contender Takaloo. Alexander’s current record stands at twenty-two wins agains two…
Well fight fans, welcome back and I hope you had a great weekend. For those of you who were fortunate enough to see Jesus “El Matador†Chavez vs. Carlos “El Famoso†Hernandez, we can only hope that they decide to fight each other again, and soon. It was a classic and could have gone either…
May 28, 2005. The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California was filled to the rafters with over twenty-thousand fans that were saying goodbye to a legend as Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr. made his final walk to the ring, at least in California, and defeated “Mighty†Ivan Robinson over ten heats. Chavez, showing some flashes of…
By Robin York www.scottharrison.net The long awaited clash between Scotland’s’ WBO Featherweight king Scott Harrison and Manchester’s Michael Brodie is almost upon us. Billed as ‘The Battle Of Britain’, this fight has been eagerly awaited for over a year now and in that time both fighters have changed dramatically. Brodie put up a tremendous fight…
It’s just a week or so away to the fight now and I thought a short message about me preparation would go down well. Every time I have gone into training for each fight, I feel that I have improved and been getting better and better and none more so than this one. I’m stronger,…
The final scores showed Chavez’s dominance. 100-88, 99-89, 99-89 were the statistics that told the story of his win over Ivan “Mighty” Robinson tonight in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. However, it may not be the final time that Chavez laces up the gloves for a competitive event. Almost twenty-thousand fight fans jammed…
Former super featherweight champions Jesus Chavez and Carlos Hernandez proved why their fight deserved great attention this week by providing a thrilling contest which Chavez narrowly won by a split decision. In a back and forth battle, Chavez nicked the final score with a tally of 115-113 and 117-111 while the other judge had Hernandez…