by James Slater – Exactly 40-years ago yesterday, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the career of one of boxing’s most fascinating, most mysterious and most brutal heavyweight champions came to an end with a bloody victory. A 38-year-old Charles “Sonny” Liston, over six years removed from his tenure as the world’s heavyweight champion, and six months removed from his painful […]
by James Slater – As we now know, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s next fight will not be against Wladimir Klitschko, the Ring magazine, IBF, WBO, IBO ruler; because “Dr Steel Hammer” is to defend against his IBF mandatory, Alexander Povetkin in September. It seems, then, that the long talks Team-Haye had with Team-Klitschko, came to nothing – regarding Haye […]
by James Slater – It’s official: Wladimir Klitschko, the reigning IBF, WBO and Ring magazine heavyweight champion, will NOT be facing WBA champ David Haye in his next fight. Despite reports surfacing that say Klitschko and his team tried their best to negotiate a deal with the Londoner, the eagerly awaited unification clash will have to wait at least a […]
Tickets for the August 21st ‘Brick City Boxing Series’ title fight between Tomasz Adamek, the IBF International Heavyweight and NABO Heavyweight Champion, (41-1, 27 KO’s) and Michael Grant, (46-3, 34 KO’s) go on sale this Thursday, July 1st.. Tickets are available at 11am. The fight tops a 7 bout card taking place at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ and is promoted […]
LOS ANGELES, June 30 – It’s no surprise that the rematch of the 2009 Fight of the Year between Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz has made boxing fans around the world circle July 31 on their calendars. Now, Golden Boy Promotions is upping the ante, making the event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las […]