Kotelnik / Khan – The Handicappers Thread
By Erik Schaffer - Andreas Kotelnik (31-2-1 with 13 ko's) takes on Amir Khan (20-1 with 15 ko's) at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England on Saturday. As always, I will talk…
Boxing Archive: July 2009
Historical Boxing247 coverage published in July 2009.
The Thrill of Love
by Jeremy "NR" Ebert: I loved watching Arturo Gatti fight. I appreciate watching Bernard Hopkins fight. I should love Hop the same way, but I don't - not because I can't recognize…
Samuel Peter To Return On July 25th In Mexico?
by James Slater - Though a large number of fans will have written him off after back-to-back losses, to Vitali Klitschko and Eddie Chambers, respectively, former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter is…
Video: Roy Jones Jr; Jeff Lacy
Photo by Tom Casino / Square Ring Promotions - Two of the best left-hook punchers in boxing, 8-time world boxing champion Roy Jones, Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs) and former 2-time super middleweight…
Bernard Dunne vs Poonsawat Kratingdaeng?
By Jonny Stapleton - Bernard Dunne will have to make the first defence of his WBA Super Bantamweight World Title against Thai fighter Poonsawat Kratingdaeng or forfeit the belt. Dubliner Dunne has…
Chris John-Rocky Juarez II Added To Mayweather-Marquez Card In September
by James Slater - While the September showdown between pound-for-pound entrants (either past or present) Floyd Mayweather Junior and Juan Manuel Marquez is intriguing enough by itself, the MGM Grand, Las Vegas…
Pacquiao & Mayweather lead actives in World Greatest Ever promotion
LAS VEGAS (July 16, 2009) –The two greatest pound-for-pound boxers today, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., lead a group of six active champions in “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxers” (TWGEB) promotion.…
Bute vs Andrade II on Nov. 28
Montreal, Wednesday July 15, 2009 - Golden Boy Promotions, InterBox, IBF World Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute (24-0-0, 19 KOs) and IBF number one ranked supper middleweight contender Librado Andrade (28-2-0, 21…
Gatti before Gatti
By Ted Sares - There’s only one way you can lick [Tony] Zale—you gotta kill him. —Rocky Graziano The proof is in the pudding when I get in the ring. -- Thompson…
Video: Super Six Showtime Super-Middleweight Tourney Press Conference In Berlin
All six superstars, their promoters and SHOWTIME Sports Senior VP & GM Ken Hershman were present in Berlin today as the Super Six World Boxing Classic PR Tour hit Germany. After an…
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