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…
Junior Witter is planning his fifteenth early night on the bounce when he defends his European light welterweight title against Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias on the Hennessy Sports November 12th “Born To Do It’ promotion at the Wembley Conference Centre. “I have knocked out my last fourteen opponents,†said the thirty-year-old from Bradford. “Bienias is going…
Well, let’s get this over with once and for all. Who was the best white heavyweight since Ingo, or since 1960? Many names come to mind but few have reached the pinnacle of world champion status.You could make a case for South African Gerrie Coetzee who briefly held the WBA crown. He was a game…
NEW YORK-Chris Byrd and Jameel McCline are good friends who both happen to make a living hitting people in the ring. They go to dinner together and hang out at each other’s houses. Their wives talk constantly on the phone. On Saturday night, they’ll fight for the IBF heavyweight title. For a few rounds, at…
Yanqui Diaz, the man that knocked out former undefeated WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez will take on heavyweight journeyman Vaughn Bean tonight in the featured attraction of the fight card being held in Green Bay Wisconsin, USA. Diaz, whose full name is Yamplier Azcuy Diaz is a former Cuban amateur that turned professional in…
Matthew Hatton is a young British fighter on the rise. He will be in action once again on Friday night at the Northbridge leisure centre in Halifax. Being the younger brother of Manchester’s light welterweight star Ricky Hatton, expectations are high for Matthew. However, SaddoBoxing.com was fortunate to be able to talk exclusively with Matthew…
Ton For The Road: Click for larger image© David M. Warr/DKP It was a wild scene Thursday in the lobby of the Theater at Madison Square Garden with nearly a ton (over a ton with promoter Don King!) of heavyweights weighing-in for the New York State Athletic Commission in anticipation of four epic heavyweight clashes…
“Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it.” Words that can be duly applied to the current life and times of German middleweight Felix Sturm. Sturm wanted to be involved in high profile fights after he lost a debatable decision to Oscar de la Hoya in June. It is being rumoured…
LAS VEGAS, NV (November 11, 2004) – Will incumbent WINKY WRIGHT, the first undisputed super welterweight champion in 29 years remain in office? Can über trainer Joe Goossen return two-time Oscar De la Hoya conqueror SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY, a world champion in three different weight divisions, back to glory? One thing is for sure, the…
Legendary trainer Brendan Ingle believes that British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter is still not at his prime, even though he is already every bit as good as his former charge Naseem Hamed. Ingle said: “You have to remember that Naz was brilliant because he had a lot of time spent on…