Edinburgh super-featherweight star Alex Arthur returns to action in quick-time when he headlines the Meadowbank Sports Centre on Friday 3 December and has promised a capital cracker. Arthur, who was only in action just over two weeks ago with a victory over Eric Odumase in his home city, will defend …
Read More »Froch Looking to Dominate Europe’s Super Middleweights.
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch is considering making the European title an imminent target given the lack of suitable domestic contenders. “I had hoped to win the British title outright by making three successful defences,” the twenty-seven-year-old began. “But that is proving difficult so I may have …
Read More »Thirlwall gets Monaghan.
Matthew Thirlwall is looking to bounce back in style when he takes on Nottingham’s Michael Monaghan on the November 12th Hennessy Sports “Born To Do It’ promotion at the Wembley Conference Centre. The Bermondsey boy suffered a controversial points loss to Jason Collins last time out at the Nottingham Arena …
Read More »Tszyu “Thunders’ Forward.
Well, I hate to say I told you so, but, well, I did tell you. Before we consign Kostya Tszyu’s magnificent victory over Sharmba Mitchell, a “comeback’ in its own right although he was never officially retired, to the history books before looking forward, it is time to pay homage …
Read More »Tarver and Johnson Give Up Their Titles.
Both WBC light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver and his IBF counterpart Glen Johnson have opted to forego their mandatory obligations to the sanctioning organizations they represent to pave the way for their fight on December 18th. Tarver was due to honor his mandatory in a fight with Australia’s Paul Briggs …
Read More »Holyfield: “There’s No Fear In Me.”
Evander Holyfield broke camp Monday in Houston, heading toward New York and an uncertain future. Holyfield fights Saturday night at Madison Square Garden for the forty-eighth time in a professional career that began twenty years ago almost to the day. His opponent is the undistinguished Larry Donald, though the name …
Read More »Fighter and Manager Guilty of Fight-Fixing.
LAS VEGAS – A federal jury on Monday convicted a boxing promoter and his fighter of conspiring to fix a series of nationwide bouts over a five-year period. Robert Mitchell, forty-two, of Irmo, S.C., and boxer Thomas Williams, thirty-five, of Landover, Md., were each convicted of one count of conspiracy …
Read More »Barrett, Corcoran and Daws on ‘Born To Do It.’
Francis Barrett and Billy Corcoran have particular reason to look forward to the Hennessy Sports “Born To Do It’ promotion at the Wembley Conference Centre on Friday November 12th. Both will be boxing in front of a raucous hometown crowd; Corcoran for the first time ever, Barrett for the first …
Read More »Monshipour Retains WBA Title.
Iranian born Mahyar Monshipour retained his WBA super bantamweight title in France tonight by stopping Thailand’s Yoddamrong Sithyodthong in six rounds. Monshipour is twenty-nine years old and this latest win brings his professional record to 26-2-2 with seventeen stoppages to his credit. A former European champion, Monshipour has now retained …
Read More »SHOWTIME PRESENTS……
Middleweight contender Troy Rowland vs. WBO number thirteen middleweight contender Epifanio Mendoza. And……. Undefeated welterweight contender Anthony Mora vs. undefeated welterweight contender Shamone Alvarez. Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, At 11 PM ET/PT* From Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan. NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2004) – The talented Troy Rowland will take …
Read More »Pemberton Chasing Beyer’s WBC Title.
The World Boxing Council has officially installed Scott “The Sandman’ Pemberton as its number one contender. Pemberton, (29-3-1) is the reigning NABC, NABF and IBU super middleweight champion. He must wait for the winner of the Markus Beyer (WBC champion)-Danny Green (WBC interim champion) fight in 2005. “We want to …
Read More »Oliveira Can’t Wait For Hatton Fight.
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (November 7, 2004) – “I’m going to school Ricky Hatton like I did Vivian Harris,” promises “Sucra’ Ray Oliveira. Hatton (37-0, 27 KOs) defends his WBU light welterweight title for the fifteenth time December 11 in London against cagey Oliveira in what Hatton has termed as a …
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