Commonwealth games gold medallist Darren Barker has vowed to follow his Hennessy Sports team mates Howard Eastman, Junior Witter and Carl Froch along the traditional title path. “These guys are creating the blueprint for British boxers to follow,†began Barker. “They haven’t been tempted by the easy route, they have turned away from bogus titles…
When I was eleven, the best movie ever came out. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) showed in the theaters and was a great Walt Disney first. Having my mother reading us to sleep, one of our favorite stories continued night after night the Mark Twain classic. We all loved Big Jim in the book,…
Manny Pacquiao, the thrilla from Manila returns to his native country this weekend to fight Thailand’s Fahsan 3K Battery in a battle of southpaws that is thought to be no more than a workout for Pacquiao ahead of his rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez in the New Year. Fahsan will likely have an argument for…
Reports are that former two-weight world champion and currently undefeated light welterweight contonder Floyd Mayweather Jr. has decided to opt for fighting unknown quantity Henry Bruseles when he returns to the ring in January. Mayweather, whose last performance was a dominating decision win over former WBO champion DeMarcus Corley was said to have the choice…
Erik Morales walked down the steps from the ring to the arena floor of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and saw the Mexican banners waving fervently in the crowd. Scant consolation lay in the knowledge that history will forever remember the greatest featherweight fighters of this era, each steeped in the proud colors of…
England’s former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Lennox Lewis recently spoke about the matters of his career and weighed in with a prediction concerning this Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title fight between champion Vitali Klitschko and challenger Danny Williams. Klitschko has always spoken of trying to tempt Lewis back in the ring since winning the…
British boxing’s latest amateur sensation Amir Khan will shortly turn eighteen years of age and the boxing world waits and wonders on what decision he will finally rest upon concerning the direction of his career. As England’s lone representative in the Athens Olympic games, Khan was pipped at the post for a gold medal and…
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Australian flyweight Hussein Hussein looks set to get a title shot against reigning and defending champion Omar Narvaez of Argentina early in the new year. Hussein has already lost one fight in title competition to Pongsaklek Wonjongkam for the WBC flyweight championship of the world. Trained by Jeff Fenech, Hussein will likely get his chance…
December 19, 1997 – Prince Naseem Hamed v Kevin Kelley. Click for larger image Madison Square Garden the weekend before Christmas was the venue and time chosen for Prince Naseem Hamed’s long awaited American debut. Kevin Kelley was chosen for Hamed’s stateside debut. He was seen as the perfect opponent for Hamed to showcase his…
Tonight in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, reigning WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo retained his title with a split decision victory over Cuban southpaw and former world champion Joel Casamayor. Click for larger image© Tom Casino Scores were 117-111 and 116-112 for Castillo while one judge saw Casamayor…
Tonight in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor displayed great patience and an abundance of boxing skill and power in a great performance to score a complete wipeout over former three time WBA middleweight world champion William Joppy. Joppy, whose only other losses came against Felix Trinidad, Bernard Hopkins and Julio Cesar Green…