Month: June 2005

CANASTOTA, NY – JUNE 6, 2005 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today reigning WBA lightweight champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz will attend festivities planned for the 16th … Read more

06.06.05 – By Neil Goodman: In the early hours of Sunday morning the Ozzie, of Russian decent, Kostya Tszyu stepped out of his corner to defend his IBF light-welterweight title … Read more

06.06.05 – By Scoop Malinowski / Boxinginsider.com – The final images of the great fighters in their last battles is rarely a beautiful spectacle. But somehow Kostya Tszyu managed to … Read more

06.06.05 – Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 30, 1966, Michael Gerard Tyson has experienced more in his 36 years than most people experience in a lifetime. At an early … Read more

06.06.05 – Former two-time heavyweight champion “IRON” MIKE TYSON (50-5, 44 KOs) will face Irish/American heavyweight KEVIN “THE CLONES COLOSSUS” McBRIDE (32-4, 27 KOs) on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at … Read more

06.06.05 – Irish heavyweight champion Kevin McBride hopes that the third time will be the lucky charm for him against Mike Tyson. Their June 11 fight in Washington D.C. is … Read more

06.06.05 – By Michael Amakor: WBU Light Welterweight Champion Ricky “The Hitman”Hatton yesterday beat long time defending champion Kostya “Thunder from Down Under” Tszyu to become the new IBF Light … Read more

06.06.06 – By Frank Gonzalez Jr.: WBU Jr. Welterweight Champion, Ricky Hatton suffocated IBF Champion Kostya Tszyu (photo: Tom Casino/Showtime) for every minute of every round forcing Tszyu to quit … Read more

05.06.05 – Hamburg – WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei will make the next defense of his title on July 2nd against Frenchman Mehdi Sahnoune. With his fifth world title … Read more

MANCHESTER, England (June 5, 2005) In front of 22,000 screaming, singing and chanting fans who waited for a 2 a.m. local start, Ricky Hatton took out boxing’s universally recognized 140-pound … Read more