Month: August 2011

By Mike Casey – There was that famous first fight between the two masters, and the fight before that with which many boxing fans of today might not be familiar. … Read more

EW YORK (Aug. 2, 2011) — International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight Champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko and undefeated rising star and World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver 118-pound Champion Abner Mares … Read more

Pavel Yakovlev – (August 2, 2011) – Former world heavyweight champion Oliver McCall is a now a free agent and looking for fights. Last week McCall was released by his … Read more

YOUNGSTOWN (August 2, 2011) – Former World Middleweight Champion and current World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 1-rated super middleweight contender KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK’s professional boxing comeback took a wrong … Read more

By James Slater – Reports are coming in from a number of sources (ESPN.com, The Vindicator, Yahoo! Sports, etc) that former middleweight king Kelly Pavlik has pulled out of this … Read more

August 2, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of World Boxing Council (WBC) President Dr. José Sulaimán: As president of the WBC, I feel that I should make a … Read more

By James Slater: In the third and final of my “in the ring with” articles (see previous pieces on fighters who met Tyson and Foreman), I pay tribute to the … Read more

By James Slater: While Tyson Fury, right now one of the hottest young heavyweights out there, assesses his options when it comes to his next fight, the man he defeated … Read more

RW: David, I believe this is the first time that you’ve promoted one of your own fights, along with SKY Sport in New Zealand. Do you see that being a … Read more

Gavin Rees will defend his European Lightweight title against Derry Mathews at the Newport Centre in South Wales on Saturday 1 October. The duo were set to meet in July … Read more