- by Anson Wainwright on 5 January 2009
Q&A Denis Inkin
On Saturday Denis Inkin will make his first defence of the WBO Super Middleweight title against stable mate Karoly Balzsay in a fight between two unbeaten fighters who sport a 53-0(38) combined record. It pits two experienced fighters who are both entering there prime, they will collide in Magdeburg, Germany. Both fighters come from a [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 5 January 2009
Q&A Karoly Balzsay
On Saturday Karoly Balzsay 19-0(14) will attempt to become only the third Hungarian ever to win a Boxing world title following in the footsteps of Istvan Kovacs & Zsolt Erdei. Southpaw Balzsay 29, had plenty to say on various topics including his intriguing battle with Russian Denis Inkin in what looks a 50-50 fight. [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 4 January 2009
Canchila-Segura 2?
Rumour has it that Colombian Cesar Canchila 27-1(21) will face Giovanni Segura 19-1(15) in a rematch. It is believed that they will collide on 28 February in Toluca, Mexico for Canchila’s Interim WBA Light Flyweight title.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 1 January 2009
Looking into the 2009 Crystal Ball of Boxing
Casting a gaze into my crystal ball I’m going to attempt to predict what the future holds for the entire world champion in all 17 divisions.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 29 December 2008
Q&A Leon “Hurry up” Moore
Over the Christmas period Guyanese Super Bantamweight Leon Moore took time out of his busy schedule to talk to us. Moore is the current WBC CABOFE Bantamweight Champion and hopes that he’ll get his chance to become the sixth Guyanese World champion. Moore 29 has lost two of 23 with of his wins coming inside [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 18 December 2008
Q&A Shawn Porter
We recently caught up with up and coming Ohio native Shawn Porter. Porter 21, is an American alternate in the 165Ibs division at the last Olympics, he hasn’t wasted anytime as a pro either he debuted in October and has quickly moved to 3-0(3) and will be back in late January for his fourth [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 11 December 2008
Chagaev returns!
Ruslan Chagaev makes his long awaited return to the boxing ring on 7 February in Germany where he’ll be defending WBA Heavyweight title. His opponent will be unbeaten Carl Davis Drummond 26-0(20)
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 6 December 2008
Gulaykevich retains EBU title
On Friday night in Halle, Germany Sergey Gulaykevich 26-1(12) scored arguably his most impressive career win when he retained his EBU Super Featherweight title for the first time out pointing previously unbeaten Vitali Tajbert 17-1(6).
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 6 December 2008
Froch claims WBC 168 lb crown
Fighting in his home town of Nottingham, England Carl Froch 24-0(19) thrilled his fans with a hard earned points victory over previously unbeaten Canadian Jean Pascal 21-1(14).
After a frenetic start in the opening rounds which saw things appear to be fairly close at the half way point. Both guys had landed several fantastic shots, showing [...]
- by Anson Wainwright on 6 December 2008
Big Macc & Kahn win comeback fights
On a much changed card from The Excel Arena, London Enzo Maccarinelli 29-2(22) who was due to fight for the WBO Cruiserweight World title but after two opponents pulled out fought last minute replacement and career Heavyweight Matthew Ellis 20-6-1(9) in a non title bout.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 5 December 2008
Shumenov opponent named
It has been announced today that Light Heavyweight Beibut Shumenov 6-0(5) will face former Cruiserweight world champion Kelvin Davis 24-9-2(17) in Washington on 13 December in a fight scheduled for 10 rounds.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 3 December 2008
9 Wishes for 2009
With the curtain to 2008 close to coming down I was left wondering what I’d like to see happen in the Boxing world for 2009.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 3 December 2008
Q&A Beibut Shumenov “I am going to fight for the world title next year”
One of the fastest moving prospects in Boxing is Beibut Shumenov who recently took some time out of his busy schedule. Shumenov 25, fought in the 2004 Olympics for his country Kazakhstan. However he decided to turn pro in November 2007 since then he’s gone 6-0(5) splitting his time between Kazakhstan & Las Vegas where [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 2 December 2008
Sports Network sign 2 Olympians
Fresh off the recent signing of 2007 World Champion winner Frankie Gavin and Frank Warren decided not to rest on his laurels and be content with just having inked Gavin he went after and signed James Degale & Billy Joe Saunders.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 2 December 2008
Yefimovich & Senchenko retain in Donetsk
On Saturday night in Donetsk in the Ukraine Oleg Yefimovich 15-1(10) easily retained his European Featherweight when he crushed Italian Luca Maggio 7-4(1). Yefimovich attacked from the bell dropped Maggio and then finished him off with a left hook at 2.54 when referee Mickey Vann waved the contest off.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 1 December 2008
British Olympian Jeffries goes pro
Great Britain’s Tony Jeffries who won a bronze at this years Olympics in the Light Heavyweight division has agreed to go professional. Jeffries 23, a life long Sunderland Football fan signed pro forms with Dennis Hobson’s Fight Academy. He also became the first British Olympian from the 2008 games to go pro. The move was [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 1 December 2008
Banks out of Maccarinelli clash
Ahead of Saturday’s clash for the Vacant WBO Cruiserweight. Enzo Maccarinelli is looking for a new opponent. I has been reported that whilst training in Spain with the Klitschko’s in a camp set up by Emmanuel Steward, that Johnathan Banks injured his ankle and won’t be able to fight this weekend. Maccarinelli will still head [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 21 November 2008
Juan Diaz - I just want to fight!
Nearly three months removed from his comprehensive points win over Mike Katsidis in front of 15,000 jumping fans in Houston at the Toyota Center and Baby Bull still has no idea where or when his next fight will take place.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 17 November 2008
Q&A Juergen Braehmer “I’m one step away from my dream”
On Saturday Juergen Braemher 31-1(25) attempts to win the WBA Light Heavyweight title from Argentinian Hugo Garay. Described by his promoter Klaus Peter Kohl as the hundred year talent he finally gets his title shot against teak tough Garay 31-3(17) in Rostock, Germany.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 16 November 2008
Haye downs Barrett in thriller!
The much anticipated return of David Haye 22-1(21) proved worth while as be put on a solid performance stopping dangerous Monte Barrett 34-7(20) in 5 action packed rounds. It all started when Barrett entered the ring at the 02 in much the way that Wrestler The Ultimate Warrior used to. He literally ran to [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 12 November 2008
Making Haye at Heavyweight
After 8 long months this Saturday David Haye 21-1(20) will remerge up at Heavyweight. Much has been made of the move to Heavyweight, it was long talked about who would appear in the opposite corner to Haye upon his return. In the end the assignment was given to American Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 10 November 2008
Q&A Frankie Gavin
I recently caught up with Britain’s Frankie Gavin who is the newest member of Frank Warren’s Sports Network. Gavin had an outstanding amateur career in which he became the first Englishman to win gold at a World Championships in the Lightweight division in Chicago in 2007 however despite being one of the favourites to pick [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 5 November 2008
Kobari to defend against Moses on January 3rd
It seems that the long mooted WBA Lightweight title defence by Yusuke Kobari 23-2-1(12) against Namibian Paulus Moses 23-0(17) will take place on 3 January in Tokyo.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 5 November 2008
Q&A Fernando Guerrero- “To me winning is not enough, I believe you have an obligation to give people something they will like watching”
I recently spoke to up and coming Middleweight Fernando Guerrero 10-0(9) from Salisbury, Maryland by way of Dominican Republic. Guerrero has raced off to a speedy start to his fledgling career with all 10 fight taking place in the last year. The Hard hitting charismatic southpaw had plenty to say on various subjects.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 28 October 2008
State of the game in Colombia
When you think of Colombian boxers you think of huge hitting fighters who’ll either win or lose via KO. That was recently brought back into our memories having seen the emergence of Breidis Prescott who vanquished Amir Khan and on the opposite side of things Edison Miranda’s demolition at the hands of Arthur Abraham. [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 22 October 2008
Q&A Jaffa “The African Assassin” Ballogou
Recently we spoke with Jaffa “The African Assassin” Ballogou who’s now based in New York but originally from Togo in Africa. He’s 46-6(40) and fairly recently turned 40, but still has a dream to one day be a world champion. Ballogou returned in September beating Manu Ntoh in his first fight in two years. Interestingly [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 20 October 2008
B-Hops top 5 fights
After Saturday’s masterclass by Bernard Hopkins, i felt compelled to write about the 5 best performances of a first ballot hall of fame career. Love him of hate him you have to respect him he’s mastered all facets of his trade and never cease’s to amaze anybody who watches the sport of Boxing. Ever since [...]
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 20 October 2008
Q & A with Tony Jeffries
We recently spoke with Britain’s Tony Jeffries who won a bronze medal at the recent Olympics in the Light Heavyweight class. Jeffries 23, from Sunderland in the North East of England spoke candidly on his Olympic experience and what the future may hold.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 15 October 2008
Q & A with Alexander Dimitrenko
We recently spoke to Ukrainian Behemoth Alexander “Sascha” Dimitrenko 28-0(18) who faces Luan Krasniqi on 15 November in Dusseldorf, Germany. Dimitrenko 26, is ranked third by the WBC, WBA & IBF and is number one contender for the WBO title.
Read more- by Anson Wainwright on 11 October 2008
Boxing Cleverly takes the Commonwealth title
Former Joe Calzaghe protege Nathan Cleverly 13-0(3) stepped out of the great mans shadow winning his first pro title at just 21 beating tough Tony Oakey 25-4-1(7) for the vacant Commonwealth Light Heavyweight title.
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