Year: 2008

Put the house on it – the next Ladbrokes.com Fight Night looks set to be a sure fire candidate for the 2008 “Fight of the Year” with Irish middleweight champ … Read more

By Matthew Hurley: According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, Marco Antonio Barrera’s retirement will be short-lived. Barrera, 63-6 with 42 KOs announced his retirement at the post fight … Read more

13.02.08 – by James Slater: In recent heavyweight boxing history there is one fighter that stands out as one of the toughest, most durable and most hard-headed big men of … Read more

By Matthew Hurley: As Jermain Taylor, 27-1-1 with 17 KOs makes his final preparations for his much anticipated rematch with Kelly Pavlik, 32-0 with 29 KOs the Arkansas fighter insists … Read more

13.02.08 – By Cesar Pancorvo: Paul Williams’ loss, in his fight against Carlos Quintana, made me reorganize my thoughts and make some conclusions: One: Puerto Rico is living a very … Read more

13.02.08 – By Andre Courtemanche: Former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Reggie “Sweet” Johnson (43-7-1, 25 KOs) has had a good career. In his first world title fight in 1991, … Read more

By Matthew Hurley: Monday’s press conference for the Kelly Pavlik – Jermain Taylor rematch was a fairly sedate affair. Both fighters expressed respect for each other and promised victory on … Read more

By Geoffrey Ciani: Prior to his bout with Carlos Quintana, many observers (including me) had a very high opinion of Paul Williams. After all, what’s not to like about a … Read more

by Paul McCreath: We have all taken our turn at trashing the sanctioning bodies at one time or another. Who has not accused them of corruption, incompetence, stupidity or accepting … Read more

As the architect of Lennox Lewis’ meteoric rise to the undisputed world heavyweight title in the late 1990’s, brash promoter Frank Maloney knows a thing or two about the big … Read more