For the time being at least, rising middleweight star Daniel Cadman will be keeping the nickname “Mr. Slick’ following a poll conducted by his local newspaper the Cheshunt Mercury. Readers were asked whether the moniker – recommended by the Hennessy Sports promotional team – should stay or go ahead of Cadman’s win on the Hennessy…
He saw the cottage, a proud slate roof from the last century. The stonework weathered silver subsiding into angles in a bed of lichen-smeared rock. Bushy hedges bristled on the windswept remote isle. The stone cottage whitewashed against the pewter sky. The saltbox cottage stood with weathered shingles against stripped blown trees. Two hours ago,…
Jose Louis Castillo hits the speed bag today,12/01/2004 at the Mandalay Bay Click for larger image © Tom Casino/Showtime Former World Champion Joel Casamayor traines today, at The Mandalay Bay, LasVegas Click for larger image © Tom Casino/Showtime Six fighters with a combined 185 professional boxing victories and 148 knockouts will fight for three title…
World championship boxing comes to Hollywood, FL with an exciting lineup of bouts. The first card to hold a world championship fight in Hollywood, FL features current IBF flyweight champion Irene Pacheco facing undefeated challenger Vic Darchinyan. The card, to be held at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino takes place Thursday, December 16,…
PROVIDENCE, RI (December 1, 2004) – The ten-round co-feature title fight on “Bragging Rights,†the holiday pro boxing show December 10 at Foxwoods Resort Casino, figures to strike a blow for women’s boxing and be a 2004 Fight of the Year candidate as pioneer Jane “Fleetwood Assassin†Couch (24-6, 8 KOs) and former world champion…
Chad Van Sickle will put his undefeated record on the line, along with this WBC America’s Cruiserweight Title, this Saturday night at the Emerald Queen Casino’s Battle at the Boat XXXIII against Gary Gomez. Van Sickle, who has sparred over 100 rounds for this fight looks the sharpest he ever has in training. His trainer,…
Hamburg/Prague – Two undefeated European cruiserweight contenders clash on Friday, Dec. 3, in Prague, Czech Republik. The top ranked Pavel Melkomian, 17-0 (7), of the Universum boxing stable defends his WBA international 190-pound. crown against hard punching home boy Lubos Suda, 8-0 (7). Confusingly Lubos Suda is holding the WBA international interim title in the…
Big George Foreman pounded the pulpit and preached Christianity to the congregation while we sat on the wooden pew. Thumping meaning into words, feelings of peace and love, the former champion hammered out points. Cleaned up, glorious George wooed the crowds with smiles and friendship. He chewed each word, as if steak-gravy worked on mouthfuls…
English lightweight champion Lee Meager has responded to Frank Maloney’s recent comments about his highly controversial contest against Southend’s Danny Hunt. Meager dominated Hunt on November 19th, only for referee Mark Green to score against him 96-94. Far from admitting, however, that his man Hunt was fortunate, Maloney preferred to support the decision and then…
Nottingham’s British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch has got behind a gun amnesty in his hometown that follows the tragic shooting and death of local girl Danielle Beccan on October 9th. The amnesty – launched jointly by the local police force and council – gives anyone looking to get out of gun crime…
Former ABA champion Matthew Thirlwall has set his sights on a big 2005 following several recent, unjust, setbacks. The bad times started for the twenty-four-year-old in September when he lost a scandalous points decision to Walsall’s Jason Collins. He vowed bounce back with a win, only for his November comeback opponent Michael Monaghan to withdraw…
Rocky Marciano awoke slowly, the champ always slept before a fight. His eyelids kept falling shut again and again before they finally stayed open. He knew this was his last fight; the first thought crawled across his sleep-thickened mind. He wanted to stop this business, he’d probably tell his wife Barbara tomorrow. He slept on…