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NEW YORK. The scene was the living room of Chris Byrd’s Las Vegas home, and the subject was the state of the heavyweight division. On one couch was Byrd, the IBF heavyweight champion. Across from him was Hasim Rahman, who wants to be champion once again. Both fight Saturday night …

Junior Witter is planning his fifteenth early night on the bounce when he defends his European light welterweight title against Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias on the Hennessy Sports November 12th “Born To Do It’ promotion at the Wembley Conference Centre. “I have knocked out my last fourteen opponents,” said the thirty-year-old …

Well, let’s get this over with once and for all. Who was the best white heavyweight since Ingo, or since 1960? Many names come to mind but few have reached the pinnacle of world champion status.You could make a case for South African Gerrie Coetzee who briefly held the WBA …

NEW YORK-Chris Byrd and Jameel McCline are good friends who both happen to make a living hitting people in the ring. They go to dinner together and hang out at each other’s houses. Their wives talk constantly on the phone. On Saturday night, they’ll fight for the IBF heavyweight title. …

Yanqui Diaz, the man that knocked out former undefeated WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez will take on heavyweight journeyman Vaughn Bean tonight in the featured attraction of the fight card being held in Green Bay Wisconsin, USA. Diaz, whose full name is Yamplier Azcuy Diaz is a former Cuban …

Matthew Hatton is a young British fighter on the rise. He will be in action once again on Friday night at the Northbridge leisure centre in Halifax. Being the younger brother of Manchester’s light welterweight star Ricky Hatton, expectations are high for Matthew. However, SaddoBoxing.com was fortunate to be able …

Ton For The Road: Click for larger image© David M. Warr/DKP It was a wild scene Thursday in the lobby of the Theater at Madison Square Garden with nearly a ton (over a ton with promoter Don King!) of heavyweights weighing-in for the New York State Athletic Commission in anticipation …

“Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it.” Words that can be duly applied to the current life and times of German middleweight Felix Sturm. Sturm wanted to be involved in high profile fights after he lost a debatable decision to Oscar de la Hoya in …

LAS VEGAS, NV (November 11, 2004) – Will incumbent WINKY WRIGHT, the first undisputed super welterweight champion in 29 years remain in office? Can über trainer Joe Goossen return two-time Oscar De la Hoya conqueror SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY, a world champion in three different weight divisions, back to glory? One …

Legendary trainer Brendan Ingle believes that British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter is still not at his prime, even though he is already every bit as good as his former charge Naseem Hamed. Ingle said: “You have to remember that Naz was brilliant because he had a …

Light welterweight talent John O’Donnell has again asked for help in selecting a tub-thumping ring walk tune. The light welterweight initially asked members of HennessySports.com to come up with suggestions, but has been less than impressed. “It seems that the website users agreed with the promotional team here at Hennessy …

Junior Witter hits home against Oscar Hall Click for larger image © Action Images It has been a busy couple of weeks for Junior Witter, the ever-confident Bradford native. Not content with calling out his fellow countryman Ricky Hatton, Witter went one-step further, challenging the boxing aficionado’s sweetheart Floyd Mayweather …