Lee Purdy believes he cannot go wrong in his British welterweight title defence against Craig Watson. The Colchester man believes training alongside European middleweight champion Darren Barker has fired him up to beat Watson again. Purdy, 24, caused a huge upset in April snatching the crown from Watson with a magnificent fifth round stoppage.
© Click the above photo for more images fromthis event Last night, at the Park Inn Hotel, Northampton, First Team Promotions (PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson) hosted a Boxing Dinner-Show which would feature three bouts from local boxers and then show the Klitschko v Haye Fight on a big TV screen. Thankfully the third /…
David Haye spent the last three years insulting Wladimir Klitschko leading up to their clash tonight at Im-tech Arena in Hamburg, Germany but when it came time for his fists to do the talking, the WBA titlist came up empty handed over the course of twelve mostly one-sided rounds. Klitschko immediately put Haye on the…
After three years of talking and postponements the heavyweight unification fight we all want to see is finally taking place at the magnificent Immtech Arena in Hamburg. 60,000 fight fans will at long last see WBA champion David Haye take on the WBO and IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko in arguably the biggest heavyweight fight in…
It’s finally here ! The much anticipated showdown for the World Heavyweight Unification clash between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye happens tonight – at the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany ! Yesterdays weighin saw crazy scenes with hundreds of British and German fans packed in to a shopping centre. Haye – taunting a cool, expressionless Klitschko…
It started back in 2008, David Haye, 25-1-0, 23 KO’s, had just defeated Enzo Maccarinelli at cruiserweight to unify the division. Haye announced he would be moving up to heavyweight, and that his goal would be the same as the only other cruiserweight to move up to that division, and succeed, Evander Holyfield. This of…
WBC Flyweight king Pongsaklek Wongjongkam has successfully defended his title this evening at The Arena in Hatyai, Thailand. The 33 year old southpaw whirlwind headed off the rivalry posed by reigning OPBF super fly beltholder Takuya Kongawa. The Tokyo based challenger came in with a respectable won-loss record on paper but despite having the youth…
Unbeaten cruiserweight hopeful Matty Askin will head the bill when big time boxing returns to Blackpool this summer. The Central area champion will lead the line-up at Blackpool Tower on Friday 19th August against a selected overseas opponent. Askin, 22, has won all ten professional fights so far and is rapidly closing in in British…
Elvin Ayala – known affectionately as “The Pride of New Haven†– plans on beating crosstown rival Israel “Pito†Cardona of Hartford, Conn., so convincingly that Cardona’s fans might reconsider their allegiance. “People from Hartford are going to want to move to New Haven,†Ayala quipped.
Floyd Mayweather, Six-Time World Champion in Five Weight Divisions “I want to thank Victor Ortiz for stepping up to the plate and taking the test. I also want to say congratulations to Victor Ortiz. It’s not easy to bounce back from a crucial loss. He bounced back like a true champion. I take my hat…
© Lawrence Lustig Lovemore N’dou believes unbeaten welterweight star Kell Brook is on the brink of winning a world title. Brook defeated the Australian-based South African in his first outing under new promoters Matchroom Sport, impressing all-comers in his first 12 round fight at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in his hometown Sheffield.
Gary Buckland believes his victory on the Saul Alvarez-Ryan Rhodes undercard is the boost he needed to defeat British super-featherweight champion Gary Sykes, again. The Hatton Promotions hopeful outpointed local Jose Roberto Gonzalez on the bill in Guadalajara earlier this month. Buckland, 25, is back home in Cardiff waiting for the results of next month’s…