Month: June 2009

By Ron Scarfone at ringside – At the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Warriors Boxing and DiBella Entertainment promoted a fight card featuring two marquee matchups televised … Read more

By Shaun Murphy – All through my childhood I thought three things would never change: the USA’s President would always be white, the world heavyweight champion would always be African-American, … Read more

by James Slater – It seems there will be a long, hard road of tough negotiating ahead if we are ever to get the much sought after modern day dream … Read more

by James Slater – 22-year-old Amir Khan believes his fight with defending WBA light-welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik will be the start of big things for him. Set to challenge the … Read more

Boxing promoter Don King believes the World Boxing Association must strip Ruslan Chagaev of any claim to its heavyweight championship after the Finnish Boxing Federation reviewed blood tests and refused … Read more

LAS VEGAS (June 1, 2009) – Team Ruiz has filed an official petition with the World Boxing Association asking that heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev be stripped of his “Champion In Recess” … Read more

By Benjie Varella– Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, the pound for pound king has two to three more fights left before he enters once again the political arena in the Philippines come … Read more

After the cancellation of Saturday´s heavyweight title fight between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and Ruslan Chagaev Wilfried Sauerland, Valuev´s manager, has rejected claims made by Universum Box-Promotion. “It is … Read more

After the WBA heavyweight world championship was surprisingly called off over the weekend in Helsinki, WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev’s promoter Universum Box-Promotion held a press conference at the InterContinental Hotel … Read more

This weeks ‘Left-Hook Lounge’ hones in on some very intriguing topics once again. Coming on the heels of a weekend with action perceived to be questionable at best, needless to … Read more