London (31, October, 2011) After reading yesterday’s reports from Sauerland Events regarding comments made about World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin, British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury would like to set the record straight. “Before my promoter Mick Hennessy had finalized my fight against Neven Pajkic he received a call from Sauerland Events who asked would we […]
By James Slater: Halloween night, 1992, Earls Court, London. Unbeaten 1988 Olympic gold medallist Lennox Lewis was having his first real test against a world class fighter. If the British/Canadian could defeat the man who had given Mike Tyson such a hard fight twice, as well as destroying capable men such as former champ Michael Dokes, then Lewis would undeniably […]
By James Slater: This coming weekend, from Friday Nov. 4th through to Saturday Nov. 5th, sees one of the biggest, most potentially action-packed fight schedules of recent times. Fight fans all over the world really will be spoilt for choice at the end of the week. From the U.K to the U.S, from Mexico to Canada, there are hugely important […]
Steve Bunce’s has lined up another top show with guests for his Boxing Hour on BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch. 456) tonight: – Michael “The Great” Katsidis, known as the Brit Basher because of his wins over Kevin Mitchell and Graham Earl, will be the big live guest to talk about his forthcoming super-fight against Ricky Burns this Saturday night at […]
Live on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) NEW YORK (Oct. 31, 2011) – Rising Canadian junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté will take on Jorge Luis Teron in a 12-round co-featured bout on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on […]