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…
Most fight fans never remember Kenny Norton as the real reason for the movie Rocky. We would never have had the great movie Rocky without his fight with Wepner in 1970, which created the spark for Stallone to make this fine film. Yes, Kenny Norton is the real Apollo Creed. Kenneth Howard Norton was born…
Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero’s highly anticipated return to the ring is a done deal. GoossenTutor Promotions announced that the boxing phenom hailing from Northern California will square off against Cesar Figueroa for the NABF featherweight championship title. The fight, on December, 9th 2004 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA will be the…
WORCESTER, Mass. World Boxing Association welterweight champion ‘El Gallo’ Jose Antonio Rivera’s (37-3-1, 24 KOs) is optimistic about the news that the ‘Golden Boy’ – Oscar De La Hoya – will soon return to the 147-pound welterweight division. Oscar’s been a great champion and class act for many years,†Rivera said from training camp. “I…
It sounds like a second rate Cheech and Chong, but Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera are about as far removed from bumbling stoners as you can get. For in these two Mexican warriors, there burns a competitive fire the likes of which can be found in only a handful of fighters in the world….
LAS VEGAS. Vitali Klitschko apologizes because he believes his English is not that good. His four-year-old son, he laughs, speaks it better. It doesn’t matter. What Klitschko has to say about the crisis in his native Ukraine comes across perfectly clear. That’s because it comes straight from the heart. “I am not politician. I am…
The highly anticipated rematch between WBA-IBF featherweight champion and Manny Pacquiao will take place on February 5th in the New Year. Marquez barely retained his titles in a highly disputed draw with Pacquiao in May of this year and subsequently fought Orlando Salido in a marking time fight. Pacquiao returns to action shortly against Thailand’s…