Returning to the ring for the first time in well over a year, since suffering a stoppage loss to Eric Molina, Polish great Tomasz Adamek pounded out a wide, near shutout decision over New Zealand’s Solomon Haumono. The 40 year old former light-heavyweight and cruiserweight champ won by commanding scores of 100-90 and 99-91 twice.
Adamek is now 51-5(30). Haumono falls to 24-4-2(21).
Right now, two hugely influential and respected publications are asking the question: who are the finest British boxers in history? British Boxing News first asked the question that is currently causing much debate, while in the US, Ring Magazine also asks the question (limiting the picks from the last 30 years).
Imagine the sensation, the reverberating shock around the world, that would be caused if, on August 26 in their crossover “Super-Fight,” MMA star Conor McGregor “did something crazy;” say perhaps, by deciding to launch, and land, a kick on his opponent Floyd Mayweather Junior!
It would be a cheap shot, but one that would cost McGregor anything but a cheap amount of cash by way of a fine (and of course, Floyd has himself covered for just such an eventuality; a monstrous fine to be issued if McGregor does forget which martial art he is practising in Vegas in August). But as fight fans know, anything – anything – can happen in a ring (or a cage), especially when things get heated and fighter A is so badly getting beaten and/or frustrated by fighter B.
![Manny Pacquiao arrives in Australia: “I have never been as motivated and fired up as [for] this fight”](https://www.boxing247.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1-cid_ii_j4a3ef2j0_15cd5dcbae04abd2.jpg "Photo: Manny Pacquiao arrives in Australia: “I have never been as motivated and fired up as [for] this fight”")
Superstar Manny Pacquiao has touched down in Brisbane, Australia, a week ahead of his July 2 WBO welterweight title defence against local hero Jeff Horn. And the 38 year old all-time great told those fans who were there at the airport to greet him how he is looking forward to a “toe-to-toe battle” with unbeaten puncher Horn.
Spain’s Alfredo Evagelista is, along with Earnie Shavers, Larry Holmes and Leon Spinks, one of the last surviving former fighters to have gone toe-to-toe with an ageing, yet still hugely influential Muhammad Ali.
As with Shavers and Spinks, Evangelista is best known for his fight with Ali. It was back in May of 1977, some forty years ago, when a 22 year old Evangelista entered the ring against the 35 year old Ali. A huge underdog, the challenger who was born in Uruguay surprised quite a few people by pushing Ali all the way to the final bell, losing a 15-round unanimous decision in Landover, Maryland.
Is light-heavyweight ruler Andre Ward currently deserving of being right at the top of the mythical pound-for-pound rankings? More than likely he is, considering his recent stoppage win over Sergey Kovalev, his overall dominance, at two weights, and his perfect unbeaten record.
Australian fighting legend Jeff Fenech, who ruled over three weight classes during an exciting career that was somewhat stifled by bad hands, knows all about the rough stuff. A genuinely tough man, the former bantamweight, super-bantamweight and featherweight champ liked to make it rough, rough, rough for his opponents; even employing borderline illegal tactics on occasion.
WBC heavyweight ruler Deontay Wilder, last seen halting a game Gerald Washington in February, is expected to return to the ring in September or October according to his promoter Lou DiBella, who spoke with Sky Sports.
British promoter Eddie Hearn has sent an offer for Wilder to defend his belt against former British champ and current top-10 contender Dillian Whyte, but it’s an understatement to say Wilder’s response to Hearn was extremely negative (to put it mildly – Wilder really laying into both Hearn and Whyte, with a number of offensive expletives; Wilder insulted at both the cash offer and the deal being on what the champ referred to as “your terms.”)
Superstar Floyd Mayweather yesterday let members of the media into the gym he is using as he trains for his upcoming crossover match with Conor McGregor, and by all accounts the 40 year old is pushing himself as hard as he always has for a fight. For despite the fact that most people see the August fight as one Mayweather can not lose – his sheer boxing brilliance combined with his vast experience being way, way, way too much for McGregor a complete boxing novice – “Money” simply cannot stand the idea of losing a fight; any fight.
He finally has the big one; the defining fight of his career – yet middleweight king Gennady Golovkin says his September super fight with Canelo Alvarez could possibly be the last of his career. GGG says he feels great at age 35 – and you would be hard pressed to name a younger-looking, more fresh-faced 35 year old fighter, one who has had close to 40 pro fights and all those amateur bouts, in all of boxing – yet he is thinking about possible retirement.