Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Sam Sexton reckons he has already won the first battle against Martin Rogan before he steps into the ring with him on October 9th at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena. Sexton met head-to-head with Rogan yesterday for the first time since their fight in May to promote the rematch, and the Belfast brawler was still fuming about the controversial […]
By John Clifford – Over the years in boxing there have been fighters who have been criticised and had their achievements discredited no matter how great they were, fighters such as Roy Jones Jnr, Larry Holmes, Joe Calzaghe and Floyd Mayweather to name but a few in my short lifetime, no doubt there are countless more from earlier periods. Fighters […]
By Vivek Wallace: This weeks ‘C.E.O. Fridays’ segment shines the spotlight on two men who find themselves firmly planted in a very odd predicament. Odd in the following sense….If one were to say that the Campbell/Bradley showdown pairs one man who stands at the doorstep of greatness, against the other who is one bad performance from being exposed, many would […]
On August 1st, undefeated middleweight contender, “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms (24-0-1, 11KO) will look to take one step closer to a world title opportunity, when he takes on Marcus Upshaw (11-3-1, 5KO) on the undercard of the Delvin Rodriguez vs. Isaac Hlatswhayo battle for the IBF vacant welterweight championship of the world. The card is promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing […]
Roy “Big Roy” Jones Sr. is spending his second consecutive camp with Roy “Captain Hook” Jones Jr. in California, PA. Alton “Coach” Merkerson, Jones Jr’s long time trainer is still in camp, but Bog Roy is there to remind “Little Roy” of the skills he learned as a kid that made him the pound-for-pound best for a decade. Roy “Captain […]