The Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg ruled in a decision announced today that Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are no longer under contract with Universum Box Promotion. Universum Box Promotion had argued that their contract with Wladimir Klitschko was valid until Feb. 22, 2005, and that their contract with Vitali Klitschko was good until May 20,…
In the aftermath of Glencoffe Johnson’s coronation as the king of the light heavyweights, the chairmen of the IBF and WBC will not be joining in the celebrations. The success of the promotion and the universal recognition of the bout as “the people’s championship” will not sit well with any of the four major governing…
Glencoffe Johnson took a hard fought split decision win over Antonio Tarver on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The win solidifies Johnson as the universally recognized light heavyweight champion of the world even in the absence of any of the top-three sanctioning organization titles. Both fighters were exhausted by the end…
JOHNSON SPLIT DECISIONS TARVER!! Former IBF light heavyweight champion of the world Glencoffe “Road Warrior” Johnson returned from his knockout of Roy Jones Jr. with a split decision win over former WBC light heavyweight champion and fellow Jones conqueror Antonio Tarver. In a back and forth fight that saw both men have their moments of…
Two time WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer successfully marked his second reign as the champion with a win over Yoshinori Nishizawa. The fight took place in the Oberfrankenhalle in Bayreuth in Beyer’s native Germany. Beyer had to survive a knockdown in the early rounds but came back to post an impressive enough result on…
Each being thirty-five years of age and both having sensationally knocked out former light heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Tarver and Glencoffe Johnson share honors even going into the fight that is rightfully recognized as the universally recognized fight for light heavyweight supremacy. Credit must be afforded to both fighters for alleviating themselves of…
Glen Johnson is a soft-spoken man without the typical boxing bravado of, say, Antonio Tarver. So Johnson smiled when asked about the man he’s about to fight. “Talk is talk. Anyone with a mouth can talk,” Johnson said. “Not just Antonio Tarver, but any guy who talks too much – they’re not just trying to…
With the recent announcement that former world champion “Sugar†Shane Mosley will return to the welterweight division, on the heels of Oscar De La Hoya saying he’s coming back to the 147-pound class, World Boxing Association welterweight champion “El Gallo†Jose Antonio Rivera (37-3-1, 24 KOs) believes that in 2005 the welterweight division will be…
Ebo “The Extreme Machine†Elder fought courageously, with both eyes nearly closed due to swelling, to knockout Courtney “Killer†Burton to retain his North American Boxing Association Lightweight belt Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†In the junior welterweight co-feature from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif., “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis registered a third-round knockout…
“I really want to be a champion.â€-Jameel McCline. They say that to those whom much is given, much is expected. Heavyweight contender Jameel McCline certainly has his share of gifts. Immense physical size, strength, boxing skill and stern self-evaluation are some of the traits that have helped Jameel rise through the ranks of the heavyweight…
Newly crowned IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan of Australia won his title by stopping previously unbeaten champion Irene Pacheco of Colombia. It was a back-and-forth battle that saw both men achieve dramatic successes. It could be said that the ten minute delay that stopped the action after the mid-way point of the fight was crucial…
In the battle for the WBO NABO lightweight championship tonight at the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, USA, Ebo “X-treme Machine” Elder stopped Courtney Burton in the twelfth and final round. Elder, from Atlanta, Georgia was docked a point early in the fight but went on to put Burton down twice in the final round…