Tonight in Germany, heavyweight fighter Nicolai Valuev scored a solid three round stoppage over American Clifford Etienne. The American, formerly known for fighting Mike Tyson and Calvin Brock, and of course for being stopped rather spectacularly on both occasions, would seem to be at the end of his pretensions in world-class company. Valuev, of Russia,…
Britain’s amateur star Amir Khan successfully gained his revenge over Cuban Mario Kindelan tonight in Bolton, England with a clear-cut points decision. The final tally read 19-13 for the Bolton teenager and silver medalist as he avanged his loss over Kindelan, the very fighter that denied him gold in the Athens final last year. With…
The potential of power like that of Felix “Tito†Trinidad’s turns the improbable to possible, and when it lands, it turns the possible into all but a guarantee. Ronald “Winky†Wright cannot claim such prowess, but his access to one of the finest pure boxing techniques may be enough to keep Trinidad’s monstrous power at…
That stage was set for a dramatic conclusion to the evening’s boxing. Cory Spinks made a glamorous entrance to the ring, accompanied by Rap star Nelly as he played to the record setting St. Louis crowd in attendance. Meanwhile, Zab Judah seethed in the ring, aching for retribution to right the blemish staining his record…
We are being spoilt at the moment as for the second week running, we are presented with a huge, huge fight that could easily be a contender for fight of the year. Up until last year, Ronald “Winky†Wright was highly underestimated and under promoted. He has fought in just about every country on the…
Last night in California, the expected outcome of the Jose Celaya-James Webb fight did not materialize as Celaya found himself knocked out in the eighth round. Celaya, now beaten three times in his career was expected to deal handily with the undefeated Webb, being the more experienced, quality boxer of the two. However, it was…
The much anticipated rematch between Olympic lightweight champion Mario Kindelan and England’s Amir Khan takes place tonight in Bolton, England. Khan, set to turn professional after taking on Kindelan in this revenge mission received some unexpected motivation this week from his opponent. Kindelan arrived in England with some less than complimentary words about Khan’s abilities…
Bahamian lightweight fighter Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry returned to form last night with a hard-fought decision win over former notable featherweight contender Juan Polo Perez. Cherry received much attention in his challenge to Ricky Quiles in his last fight, a contest in which he pressed the action but in the end, was comprehensively outboxed by…
Now former WBA heavyweight champion James “Lights Out” Toney released several statements over the last few days concerning the indictment that he was found with banned substances in his system surrounding his fight with John Ruiz. Toney intends to serve out his suspension as imposed by the New York State Athletic Commission, a full ninety…
Super featherweight prospect Jose “The Punisher” Perez, Jr. (now 7-0-0 with 4 KOs), made his ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights debut with an impressive four round unanimous decision victory over the more experienced Abraham Verdugo (now 5-6-0 with 3 KOs), at the Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California. All three scorecards read 40-36. It was…
TITO! TITO!! TITO!!! Once again, Felix Trinidad steps into the squared circle for what is his second fight in the “Back with a Vengeance” tour. As of right now, New York is buzzing and it is like the Puerto Rican day parade all over again. This Saturday we will see the classical cliche we have…
Most of the boxing world focuses on the bigger guys, but there is some real talent and great match-ups in the smaller weight classes. Within the next two weeks, two important fights are happening in the bantamweight division. This Friday, on ESPN 2, young gun Silence Mabuza will be taking on the tough Cruz Carbajal,…