Before the heavyweight championship action begins this Saturday night at Madison Square Gardens, fight fans will be treated to an intriguing scrap between former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall and hard-hitting contender Davarryl Williamson. McCall became the WBC heavyweight champion by knocking out Lennox Lewis in two rounds back in the nineties but subsequently lost the…
We have all heard of Ali, Frazier and Foreman. Of Tyson and Holyfield. The lighter weight classes have produced the likes of Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. Who will ever forget Duran, Pryor and Arguello. What about the “near misses”? The ones who in this day of multi- fractured titles would almost…
WBA Light Heavyweight World Championship Fabrice Tiozzo vs. Dariusz Michalczewski 26. Feb. 2005, Color Line Arena Hamburg Hamburg – The Tiger returns where he stopped one year ago: Right at the top. On February 26 the thirty-six-year-old record keeping former world champion will challenge for the WBA light heavyweight title. His opponent at Color Line…
Bradford’s British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter has revealed how boxing has steered him away from the many troubles that beset the youth in his hometown. “For as long as I can remember there has been tension in Bradford,†said the thirty-year-old, who defends his European title against Krzysztof Bienias at the…
At the present moment in Britain, there are a number of top American fighters doing what we call the dinner club circuit. They go around chatting, have dinner, speak to the gathered attendees for about forty minutes, show some film and then answer questions. As a measure of the popularity of this sort of thing,…
Irish traveler Francis Barrett is steeling himself for a tough night this Friday when he defends his EU light welterweight title against Alan Bosworth at the Wembley Conference Centre on the Hennessy Sports “Born To Do It’ promotion. “This is going to be a real blood and guts affair,†predicted the twenty-seven-year-old, now based in…
Ipswich warrior Spartacus has vowed to make the first defense of his English light heavyweight title in style when he takes on Peter “The Daddy’ Haymer on November 12th at the Wembley Conference Centre. “Crash, bang, wallop. It should be a case of job done, next!“ appraised the twenty-seven-year-old. “Haymer is a good operator. He’s…
Byrd-McCline. Jameel McCline is on his last chance to become a heavyweight champion of the world, and he knows it. I recall a message he once sent me in response to an article I wrote about him a while ago. Watching a heavyweight division comprised of an aging era in slow and painful decay and…
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 his IBF Intercontinental title against…
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 to already move on to…
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 in September, despite having clearly…
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 to a fighter whom has…