The rematch is just around the corner. Once again Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) and Ola Afolabi (19-2-3, 9 KOs) will fight it out for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight World championship, this time at the Messehalle in Erfurt on May 5. In December 2009, the two athletes squared off in Ludwigsburg. Back then Huck won an exciting bout […]
By Exclusive interview by Charles C. White: Kindly taking time out of his busy training schedule, undefeated heavyweight “Viscious” Vincent Thompson had the following answers to my questions: CW: Been a while since our last interview Vince, how are you doing my friend? VT: Just fine Charles, just itching to get back in the ring. CW: In your last fight, […]
LOS ANGELES, April 29 – “The Magic Man” is back on top. Using pinpoint accurate punches and a punishing attack from start to finish, Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi stopped previously unbeaten Vyacheslav Senchenko in the ninth round on Sunday to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) world welterweight championship. Fighting at the Donbass Arena in Senchenko’s hometown of Donetsk, Ukraine, Malignaggi […]
By James Slater: Who says Paulie Malignaggi can’t punch!? Tonight in Ukraine, the 31-year-old “Magic Man” used his full bag of tricks, and some of his rarely seen punching power, to snatch the WBA welterweight title with what was arguably the finest performance of his long, up and down pro career. Making Brooklyn proud, Malignaggi boxed out of his skin […]
By James Stillerman: The last couple of years in boxing contained numerous electrifying boxing matchups, including last year, Strum v. Macklin, Berto v. Ortiz, Wolak v. Delvin, Salido v. Lopez, and Donaire v. Montiel, among others which contributed to the sport being rejuvenated and capturing people’s imagination once again. Last couple of years, many fighters risked their undefeated records and […]