With his long experience in the game, top British fight manager Frank Maloney knew that when Scott Harrison lost a world title to Manuel Medina in July of 2003, the Glasgow native was far from being finished from competing in the featherweight division’s upper echelons. Four fights later and the Scotsman has not only regained…
(c) Fabian Weber, www.boxing.de On November 6th German super middleweight contender Mario Veit, 44-1 (22), will be facing one of the strongest opponents of his career. The thirty-year-old man from Hamburg will defend his WBO 168 lb. interim world title against American Charles Brewer, 40-9 (28), a former IBF world champion now ranked number one…
In movie terms, you could probably describe Anthony Farnell as a “cult’ fighter. While not world renowned, Arnie Farnell has a solid, passionate fan base, one that appreciates the honesty with which he sets about his business. He is a breath of fresh air in an industry generally driven by ego. There’s no doubt he…
WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe of Wales celebrated the latest successful defense of his title, a points win over Egyptian Kabary Salem by signing a new contract that will keep him with promoter Frank Warren for the forseeable future. Calzaghe has long yearned to test his skills and power in the light heavyweight division…
A New Lion Roars Towards the Title. To the majority of knowledgeable boxing fans in the United Kingdom, Danny Williams was a colossal disappointment. Well known as a fighter that routinely fought within himself and admittedly left his best work in the gym, Williams was a fighter on the down-slope of Britain’s heavyweight scene. Danny…
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It was to be the last time the incomparable Muhammad Ali would ever successfully defend the heavyweight championship. It would be held in boxing’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. It would also feature Ohio’s most popular heavyweight of the last quarter of a century,
Former undefeated super featherweight and lightweight champion Acelino Freitas will reassume his career in his native Brazil on December the 11th. An opponent for Freitas is yet to be determined but the appearance will give the boxing world an opportunity to gauge exactly how affected he has been by his dramatic loss to Diego Corrales…
Scott Harrison comes out for the first round and immediately goes looking for the challenger with typical pugnacity. Without giving the Ethiopian time to settle, or the fans for that matter, Harrison floors Kebede with a right to the top of the head. I and, no doubt, the rest of the viewing public look on…
NEW YORK (October 29th, 2004) Undefeated, hard-hitting Puerto Rican sensation Miguel Cotto will be featured as the top undercard attraction of the Vitali Klitschko-Danny Williams world heavyweight championship fight on Saturday, December the 11th, live on HBO Pay Per View from The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Cotto will make the first…
BOSTON, Mass. (October 28, 2004). One of boxing’s most popular fighters of all-time, ‘Irish’ Micky Ward, has been selected as the official goodwill ambassador for the U.S. Marines boxing team “Great Northeast Tour,†commencing November 9th at The Roxy in Boston and continuing that week at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Philadelphia. The Semper Fidelis Society,…
Scott Harrison’s big plans of unification hinge on the outcome of his WBO featherweight title defense tomorrow night against unheralded Ethiopian boxer Samuel Kebede at Glasgow’s Braehead Arena. Is this just a tune up for the amazingly strong 126-pound champion? One that will last as long as Harrison feels like carrying his opponent or will…