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David Barnes has withdrawn from his British Welterweight title defence against Bradley Pryce on March 4 at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes due to a bout of influenza. An explosive fight was anticipated as Barnes and Pryce engaged in a heated war of words that has now been put …

This movie will never be ranked with “Raging Bull” or even “Rocky” when lists of excellent boxing films are compiled. With that being said, the movie “Dempsey” starring Treat Williams as Jack is well worth a watch. Dempsey’s story is so well known, it made making this movie a real …

It’s fight week in the Big Apple. Seven New York City products and a standout Olympian from Winter Haven, Forida, will be in action on 2005’s third installment of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by Mohegan Sun slated for this Thursday night, February 24 at the Grand Ballroom at the …

© Hennessysports.com Howard Eastman says there is no chance that he will retire from boxing for some time to come. The thirty-four year old “Battersea Bomber” might have lost a decision to Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed middleweight crown last Saturday, but Eastman is undeterred. Even Hopkins stated that Eastman …

It is thought that Top Rank chief Bob Arum is willing to take a gamble on promoting Mike Tyson if the former heavyweight champion retains his fitness and returns to the ring. Arum was set to bid for Tyson’s signature for a multi-million dollar deal last year, but the move …

Next Saturday former WBO light heavyweight world champion Dariusz Michalczewski returns to the ring on a big event promoted by Universum Box-Promotion: A championship triple header at the huge Color Line Arena of Hamburg. “This event has been a major subject for many months. We present three world title fights …

Howard “the Battersea Bomber” Eastman failed to win a world title last Saturday night, so perhaps another bomber, this time of the Australian variety will be more fortunate this Wednesday. Robbie “Bomber” Peden has beaten people up all over the world, but never claimed a world title for his own. …

Ringside at the middleweight championship contest between Bernard Hopkins and Howard Eastman last night was none other than former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Still recuperating from the knee injury he sustained while fighting Danny Williams last year, Tyson spoke of returning to the ring around May of this year for …

Despite knowing he will not be able to resume his boxing career as soon as he would like due to a broken hand, Junior Witter has plenty to celebrate. The source of Witter’s celebrations lay in the fact that he has been signed up for a three fight deal with …

Pound for pound king Hopkins told Eastman’s promoter Mick Hennessy that his man deserved a second showdown following his outstanding effort. For the Londoner, it can’t come soon enough. “I would like to thank Bernard Hopkins for this opportunity,” Eastman said. “I hope he will give me another one. He …

Bernard Hopkins got the number he wanted in making his 20th title defense. Now he’s looking ahead, to making money and history as a middleweight champion approaching middle age. Hopkins had barely finished beating Howard Eastman on Saturday night when he laid out his immediate future. There wasn’t much sense …

Chris Eubank calls him the most terrifying man he has ever met, Steve Collins claims no one hit him harder, before or since; only seven of his forty-two ring victims survived his fury and made it to the final bell, though whether in one piece or not is another story. …