Tonight in Dublin, Ireland, Birmingham’s middleweight prospect won the Irish middleweight title with a fifth round stoppage of Michael Monaghan. As reported earlier today on this site, Macklin is coming on in leaps and bounds under the tutelage of Manchester trainer Billy Graham and this latest success is hoped to be the first of many…
On the evening of May 14, in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada, in front of 14,000 screaming fans, you had the classic boxing match-up: the relentless puncher in Felix “Tito” Trinidad, and the textbook boxer in Ronald “Winky” Wright. Thought by many to be facing a sure test and maybe even a loss added to his…
Well fight fans, so much for fight of the year. It wasn’t even fight of the night as Rivera vs. Judah had a lot more entertainment value. Most people, yours truly included, felt that, although this was not going to be a Corrales vs. Castillo type fight, it would still be a very entertaining scrap….
FELIX TRINIDAD. “The fighter who beats me in the ring has to be one of the best in the world and Wright is one of the best. He has an uncomfortable style and a stiff jab. I came in at the best condition ever and I couldn’t land any power punches because I was being…
Click for larger image© Paul Speak Billy Graham is perhaps Britain’s top trainer as the Manchester based former fighter boasts Ricky and Matthew Hatton, Michael Gomez, Paul Smith, Steven Bell, Patrick Maxwell and Matthew Macklin among his superb Phoenix Camp stable of fighters. With the able assistance of conditioning coach Bobby Rimmer and strength coach…
Ronald “Winky†Wright put on a near flawless performance to dispatch Felix “Tito†Trinidad in fine style in front of an awestruck crowd at the MGM Grand. Round after round followed the same pattern as Winky slammed the jab and left cross into Tito’s face with monotonous ease, Winky was having fun in there and…
Exclusive photos of Britain’s amateur star Amir Khan successfully gaining his revenge over Cuban Mario Kindelan in Bolton… ***Click for larger image © Mike Cleary***
In the main event of the evening, Felix Trinidad and Ronald Wright meet to decide who might be in the running to fight undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, as their fight is billed as a WBC middleweight title eliminator. Wright bounces towards the ring, smiling and the crowd respond very well to his entrance. Trinidad…
Rivera approaches the ring looking stone-faced and determined; he salutes the crowd in his Mexican colors. Judah looks businesslike as he makes his way to the ring, speaking to himself, most likely in an attempt to psyche himself into a fight winning effort. Round one: Both fighters come out jabbing but it is not long…
The first televised bout of the evening was the IBF light flyweight contest between Victor Burgos and Will Grigsby. As this fight materialized, lots began to happen throughout the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as the boxing world anticipated a potentially great night of championship boxing. But in the ring, a spirited effort was being…
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…