Month: June 2010

WINTER HAVEN, FLA.) – WBC Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto (Winter Haven, Fla.) was honored on Tuesday by the Polk County Sports Hall of Fame for his efforts in Haiti … Read more

By Ezio Prapotnich – There are lessons you learn in the ring that you can apply to your life. Pain and fear are the same for all of us, but … Read more

World-rated heavyweight contender David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s), is currently in the U.S. training for his upcoming fight against Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic … Read more

On Sunday the 25th July some of the biggest names in British Boxing, along with stars from TV, Film and Music, will be gathering at the Brockwell Stadium in Canvey … Read more

By Conor Ward – Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, April 15th 1985 – a quarter of a century ago now but still an amazing and enduring memory. Undisputed world middleweight champion … Read more

JOHN McDERMOTT has promised fans he won’t be beaten by nerves when the bell rings in his return clash against Tyson Fury. Manchester Romany gypsy Fury (10-0) risks his English … Read more

by James Slater – Two “world” title bouts featuring British challengers suffered mixed fortunes today; as it has been reported that Jason Booth’s IBF super-bantamweight challenge of Steve Molitor, originally … Read more

By Michael Klimes: The magnificent Irish/Anglo-American poet Michael Donaghy wrote poems of startling subtlety and shifts in perspective. He became known as a modern metaphysical writer and can be associated … Read more

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received WBC welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin at a special press conference in Ankara. On June 5th Aydin had won the first ever professional boxing … Read more

by James Slater – Rival British heavyweights Tyson Fury and John McDermott, who fight a rematch of their controversial September 2009 bout tomorrow evening, have both weighed-in in Brentwood in … Read more