2011 Wish list
by Chris Kelly: As 2010 winds up and fight fans all over the world debate the end of year honours, most of which will be decided from a handful fights in the…
Boxing Archive: 2010
Explore Boxing247 coverage published in 2010.
Tyson Fury – A fighter from birth or media creation?
By Michael Burnell: Hearing the name is a statement of the family commitment to the sport. Just the name ‘Tyson Fury’ is enough to stimulate the salivary glands of trainers, promoters and…
Chin Check: Pacquiao, Mayweather and Berto
By Jason Bey: In order to be a great fighter there are certain attributes that a fighter has to have. Some fighters are considered great boxers and others may not possess the…
Is Carl Froch the Best British Fighter Since Lennox Lewis?
by Geoffrey Ciani - Former undisputed champion of the world Lennox Lewis is often viewed by fans as the last great heavyweight champion of the world. In addition to being one of…
Rigondeaux – Casey Sold Out!
On March 19th 2011 Limericks own Cinderella-Man takes another leap into the unknown when he challenges Guillermo Rigondeaux for his WBA Super-Bantamweight title. Having defied all the odds to capture the European…
R.I.P “Bad” Bennie Briscoe
By James Slater - It has been a sad end to the festive holidays for two boxing legends. Yesterday, the wife of legendary trainer of champions Angelo Dundee passed away at age…
Bernard Hopkins: “What I did is just expose Pascal and ruin the Chad Dawson and Pascal fight because TV isn’t going to want to buy that mess. You have two losers fighting each other. For what?”
by Geoffrey Ciani - Last week’s 105th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KOs), who is coming off…
Ten Lower-Level Heavyweight Match-Ups I’d Like To See In 2011
By James Slater - With the top three or four guys of the heavyweight division aiming to fight one another soon, therefore ruling out any other match-ups taking place for the time…
Tomasz Adamek-Sam Peter In Doubt – Peter Wants A 50-50 Split
By James Slater - Though the fight wasn’t an official done deal anyway, talks were apparently going well for a showdown between Poland’s Tomasz Adamek and “Nigerian Nightmare” Samuel Peter. The former…
Johnson wrested the title 102 years ago
by Mike Dunn - It was 102 years ago this week that fistic history was made in Sydney, Australia. Tommy Burns -- the Hanover, Canada native who came into the world as…
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