30.11.04 – By Coach Tim Walker – tpwalker@hotmail.com – American based boxers don’t like traveling abroad to fight. The perception of questionable decisions and anti-American crowds leads fighters to believe that the deck is stacked against them. Whether it is perceived hostility or not, bouts frequently end in decisions that favor home town fighters. It happens abroad and it happens […]
30.11.04 – Berlin – It will be the moment of truth for two German heavyweights on Saturday, Dec. 4. When European champion Luan Krasniqi is defending his title against Timo Hoffmann at Estrel Convention Center in Berlin the winner is hoping for a world title shot in 2005. “If Luan wins on Saturday he will move up the rankings of […]
30.11.04 – By Eddy Manning: Danny Green may be better than most at playing the waiting game these days, it has been almost 16 months since Green travelled to Germany for what would go down as one of the worst and most controversially disputed decisions in recent years. Challenging for the WBC Super middleweight title against hometown hero Markus Beyer, […]
30.11.04 – By Shane Rhinewald: We have all heard the story before. The destitute youth, lonely orphan, and impoverished outcast rise up against incredible odds to generate incredible wealth, wield unimaginable powers, and take revenge upon those that ridiculed them. Oliver Twist proved the value of perseverance in overcoming his upbringing and Cinderella upstaged her evil stepsisters. The fairytale story […]
30.11.04 – Former ABA champion Matthew Thirlwall has set his sights on a big 2005 following several recent, unjust, setbacks. The bad times started for the 24-year-old in September when he lost a scandalous points decision to Walsall’s Jason Collins. He vowed bounce back with a win, only for his November comeback opponent Michael Monaghan to withdraw on the day […]