Year: 2009

By Eugene Carnachan at ringside – Fight night. Mystery Creek, Hamilton, Waikato New Zealand. What an event!!! Packed to the rafters! This fight has divided a Nation re who is … Read more

By Jonny Stapleton, photos by Ludovic Daly – Newly crowned WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym recieved a hero’s welcome in Bangkok’s Suwannaphum Airport early last week and spent … Read more

By Paul Strauss – The scorecards signified a strong showing for Allan “Sweetness” Green over unbeaten Tarvis Simms. But, the reality is his performance was not a Super Six performance. … Read more

by James Slater – A few hours ago in New Zealand, former heavyweight title challenger David Tua made a brutal return to the ring after a two year absence, as … Read more

On October 24 in Dessau, Germany, two heavyweight oldies – both linked to Fight Production – will share a ring to battle it out for the WBF ‘world’ heavyweight championship … Read more

TODD DUBOEF (President, Top Rank): We are real excited about this event. As you know, we have a real forte of developing fighters and having young prospects. Even though we … Read more

LINCOLN, R.I. (October 3, 2009) – Hot prospect Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (12-0, 8 KOs) nearly pitched a shutout today, defeating battle-tested Darnell Boone by a unanimous 8-round decision in … Read more

PHILADELPHIA (OCTOBER 5, 2009)—Ran Nakash to another step towards fighting for a world title as he scored a tough unanimous decision over Gary Gomez in an eight cruiserweight bout that … Read more

AUDLEY HARRISON kept his boxing career alive with victory in Barry Hearn’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III tournament. Harrison, 37, insisted he would retire if he suffered a disappointing evening at London’s … Read more

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 2, 2009) – Vitali Klitschko’s dominating defense of his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title over No. 1 ranked challenger Cristobal Arreola on Sept. 26 on HBO … Read more