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Around the time great Olympians like Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Floyd Mayweather and our very own Amir Khan were starting their Olympic journey and winning their medals. I was just getting serious with life – lacing on a pair of boxing gloves for the 1st time age 19. I was …

England’s Lee Purdy, the number four rated IBF welterweight contender, is set to face IBF Welterweight Champion Devon Alexander in place of Kell Brook who had to withdraw from the May 18 bout against Alexander at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey after suffering a foot injury. The bout …

Martin Murray doesn’t feel he’ll get another shot at Sergio Martinez despite giving the Argentinian southpaw the fight of his life on Saturday night. The St. Helens man dropped the world’s number one middleweight and seemed to dominate the second half of the contest in front of 40,000 vociferous fans …

European Silver and Commonwealth Boxing Championships Gold medalist Iain Weaver made the long awaited transition to the professional ranks, on Saturday night at the Dave Murphy promoted ‘Thunder & Lightning’ event, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London. Weaver put on what can only be described as a truly sensational …

Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne moved a few more rungs up the heavyweight ladder by defeating legendary American veteran James Toney in Melbourne on Sunday. Browne, 34, controlled the contest from the first bell until the last and was rewarded with a wide unanimous decision as well as the WBF title.

Click the above Image for more Photos from Jane Warburton In December, former Super Bantamweight Champion – Rendall Munroe, retired from boxing aged 32 with a record of 24 wins (10 by KO) 3 losses (1 by KO) and 1 draw. The Leicester man – known as the ‘Boxing Bin-man’, …

Ricky Hatton says he cannot understand how Martin Murray didn’t emerge victorious against Sergio Martinez at the weekend. Murray blocked most of the Argentinian’s southpaw’s best punches in the early rounds before taking over the second half of the contest in front of more than 40,000 fans in Buenos Aires.

Ricky Burns will perform a public work out at the St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow at midday on Thursday May 2, ahead of his WBO lightweight title defence against Jose Gonzalez at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on May 11, live on Sky Sports in ‘Fighting Pride of Scotland’. Burns …

David Haye has signed a long term promotional association with Matchroom Sport, which begins when he faces Manuel Charr at the MEN Arena in Manchester on June 29, live on Sky Sports. Matchroom Sport and Hayemaker Promotions will co-promote the shows headlined by the former World Heavyweight champion, beginning with …

Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will go head-to-head with next opponent Manuel Charr at a press conference this Wednesday, May 1, after agreeing a deal to fight the top 10-ranked contender on June 29 in Manchester. The much talked about heavyweight showdown will be televised live on Sky Sports …

It’s been another busy weekend of boxing for British Fight fans. In Birmingham, newly crowned Midlands Area Cruiserweight Titlist – Chris Keane of Walsall, won his six round Cruiserweight contest against Tamas Toth of Budapest. The Marcus Anderson-Hitchen promoted show featured three undercard contests. At the Sarsfield Stadium in Argentina, …

Danny Garcia walked out of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center bloodied and humbled but still a world champion as the Philadelphia light welter got past former two-weight world titlist Zab Judah after a hard-fought bout. Widely perceived as well past his best before the fight, southpaw Judah managed to turn back the …