The battle for the WBA light-welterweight championship culminated in a right hand from the champion, Vivian Harris that stopped challenger Oktay Urkal in his tracks in the eleventh round. The fight was a rematch between the two that materialized when Harris was unable to negotiate a higher profile defense against a more prestigious name. Stopping…
Lines of history are begun, continued and broken every day of our lives. Therefore, it is in boxing that a fighter embarks upon his journey oblivious to its ultimate end and the many places, people and events that will lead him to it. Diego Corrales and Acelino Freitas are fighters who had already written several…
ARNAOUTIS DESTROYS FELICIANO TO WIN NABO JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT TITLE, NUNES AND GRANADOS FIGHT TO AN EIGHT-ROUND MAJORITY DRAW ON A “SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION” DOUBLEHEADER SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (Oct. 22, 2004) – Undefeated Mike Arnaoutis floored Jesse Feliciano three times in the initial three minutes to capture the vacant North American Boxing Organization (NABO) junior…
“Knock on Wood†Aussie Jason “the Nailer†Delisle has been in London for over a week, where he is scheduled to take on IBF # 5 Clinton Wood for the # 2 position on October 24 in Sheffield. A carpenter by trade, Jason is used to working with wood everyday back in Australia – yet…
Round1: A very stop-start round. Salem employed some dirty tactics by hitting Calzaghe’s leg in the clinch. There was also a clash of heads. Very little happened as Salem clinched every time Calzaghe got close. Calzaghe’s round as he worked harder and landed more punches. Round 2: Another scrappy round. Calzaghe received a cut via…
A suitable analogy to explain the current predicament of heavyweight contender Joe Mesi would be to imagine yourself having realized that you are the possessor of a jackpot winning lottery ticket, only, upon attempting to cash the ticket, you are startled to find that its expiry date has already passed. Although the admission from his…
Before attentions are focused across the Atlantic to Showtime’s American coverage, (presented in this article), Edinburgh, Scotland will witness the battle for the WBO super-middleweight championship between Welsh champion Joe Calzaghe and challenger Kabary ‘The Egyptian magician’ Salem. Calzaghe’s latest title defense of his incredible reign comes against Salem, a native of Cairo who has…
It is Saturday October 25th, 2003. We are at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, where the prodigiously talented Alex Arthur is just moments away from the biggest fight of his professional career thus far, against Manchester’s Michael Gomez. The bell rings and Arthur rushes Gomez with a flurry of lefts and rights, giving the war…
Friday (Oct. 22 nd ), Red Corner Promotions presents a night of boxing at the Kedron Wavell Services Club, Chermside QLD, the undoubted highlight of which will be the fight for the Australian Heavyweight Championship between defending champ Colin “Kid†Wilson and challenger Auckland Auimatagi.
King of the Hill. I bet you did not know that Don King, cultural icon and boxing promoter extraordinaire is also a master of the Japanese art of Origami. Look no further than his magnificent paper champions Chris Byrd and John Ruiz for evidence.. Only, now that he has manipulated them into the desired shape,…
The successful return of “Tito Trinidad’ and the destruction of “El Matador’. The crystal clear demise of Roy Jones Junior. Oscar DLH gets knocked out for the first time. Hopkins solidifies his legacy. James Toney makes a comeback only to go back on injured reserve. Kostya Tszu is coming back versus Shambra Mitchell. What does…
As I lack any kind of originality, I thought I would put spin on an old idea, which I have written about before. A couple of week ago I “celebrated” my 30th birthday, so I thought I would do a little piece to assess the strength of boxing on July 23 2004 against the date…