Month: August 2009

By Michael Herron: Finally, the autumn has arrived and the two most highly anticipated fights of the year are at hand, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny … Read more

PITTSBURGH (August 31, 2009) — Former IBF lightweight champion PAUL “The Pittsburgh Kid” SPADAFORA will return to the ring for the second time in three months in a 10-round junior … Read more

by James Slater – Ricky Hatton has made it perfectly clear that he will not be rushed into making a decision as to whether or not he will fight again. … Read more

Marco “Captain” Huck is the new WBO Cruiserweight Champion following a spectacular victory over Victor Emilio Ramirez. In a hard-fought battle, Huck stuck to his coach´s game plan and was … Read more

Jamie Savin – In recent times there has been a slight but worrying shift away from Boxing to the fast rising world of the UFC. The shift gathers paces more … Read more

(August 31, 2009) In one of the best title fights in recent memory, Randall Bailey fell just short in his bid to wrangle the IBF junior welterweight title from Juan … Read more

by James Slater – Paul “The Punisher” Williams’ trainer George Peterson is as anxious as the rest of us when it comes to the fight between Williams and middleweight king … Read more

By Frank Gonzalez Jr. August 30, 2009 – Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Arena in Hollywood Florida, IBF Jr. Welterweight titlist, Juan “The Iron Twin” Urango (22-1-1, 17 … Read more

by James Slater – Naseem Hamed, now aged 35 and well into his retirement, says if he hadn’t suffered with bad hands back when he was doing his thing he … Read more

By Jaime Castro-Núñez. Photo: Courtesy of Marco Pérez – boxeodecolombia.com. After a poor start of the year when most Colombian contenders were unable to get important victories, finally three kids, … Read more