Rico Hoye’s recent SD victory over Montell GriffinClick for larger image © Tom Casino Light heavyweight boxer Clinton Woods, from the ‘steel city’ of Sheffield in England is set to face Rico Hoye of Detroit, Michigan, USA. It has been decreed that the fight will be contested for the now vacant IBF light heavyweight title…
Burgeoning heavyweight contender Yanqui Diaz squeezed his way past former contender Vaughn Bean on Friday night via a split decision win. The fight did not increase Diaz’s stock in the boxing world but Bean’s is a solid enough name to add to the record of an up and coming fighter who has had a busy…
Perhaps in the wake of his destruction of closest rival Sharmba Mitchell, Kostya Tszyu heard the faint whisper of destiny calling him. That whisper might soon evolve into a very significant noise in the boxing world as rumors circulate that Tszyu might be about to finally leave his light welterweight territory and venture seven pounds…
Danish super middleweight Mikkel Kessler’s coming out party was completed tonight in his native Denmark as he punished former champion Manny Siaca. At only twenty-five years of age, Kessler becomes the WBA champion in an impressive performance that forced the more seasoned Siaca to stay on his stool after the seventh round. Kessler’s name should…
Friday, November the twelfth at the Wembley conference centre in London, England. Junior Witter retained his British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight titles when he stopped Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias in two rounds. Francis Barrett won a unanimous points decision against Alan Bosworth. David Walker stopped Danny Moir in five rounds. Daniel Cadman took a six…
Friday night, the twelfth of November at the North Bridge leisure centre in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. David Barnes remained unbeaten by knocking out James Hare in six rounds. Barnes is the British welterweight champion. Thomas McDonagh remained the undefeated WBU International light middleweight champion by winning a unanimous points decision over Darren Rhodes. Matthew…
James Hare has his back against the wall and needs to pull off a convincing win against young hotshot and British welterweight champion David Barnes tonight in order to get some much needed breathing room if he is to completely resuscitate his once high flying career. The former Commonwealth and WBF supremo plans on doing…
Matthew Hatton thought that he was going to be defending his British central area welterweight title against former foe Rob Burton tonight in Halifax, England. Things are not always what they seem however in the sports of kings. As evidenced by our own Ben Lynch’s stellar interview with Hatton yesterday, the title in contention is…
When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That’s the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight title against Golota as part of a heavyweight extravaganza at Madison Square Garden that features more than a ton…
British welterweight champion David Barnes has his mindset on earning the coveted Lonsdale belt for keeps but will have to walk through what is sure to be a stern barrier in the form of former Commonwealth and WBF kingpin James Hare to do so. The Manchester based 147-pounder won’t have to wait long as he…
Holyfield-Donald. On that magical night in 1996, when Evander Holyfield performed a miracle before our eyes by completely dismantling Mike Tyson in eleven rounds, we could scarcely have imagined that in the years to come it would be Holyfield himself that would so readily degrade his legacy and the heroism his performance represented. Even after…
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 at Madison Square Garden. Not…