Moore To Challenge Baysangurov For Title
Jamie Moore will challenge European junior-middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Friday September 26.
Heroes Welcome for Barnes
Paddy Barnes will receive a heroes reception in his native Belfast after winning a bronze medal at the 29th Olympiad in Beijing.
Cuban Trio Headline ‘Celtic Crossing’ Card
Cuban’s Mike Perez, Luis Garcia and Alexei Acosta are three former World Junior Champions who spurned a place at the Olympics to concentrate on success in the pro ranks and bringing World titles to their newly adopted home city of Cork.
Egan Has to Settle For Olympic Silver
By Bernard O’Neill: Irish captain Ken Egan had to settle for a silver medal at the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China earlier today.
Degale Strikes Gold In Beijing
By Craig Phillips: British middleweight James DeGale sealed his Olympic dream as he overcame Cuban boxer Emilio Correa this afternoon.
Price and Jeffries have to settle for bronze
By Craig Phillips: Both David Price and Tony Jeffries will have to settle for Olympic bronze medals after they both lost their semi-final bouts at the Workers Gymnasium in Beijing this afternoon.
Captain Fantastic Egan Going For Gold
Captain fantastic Ken Egan got Ireland back to winning ways with a top class 10-3 light heavyweight semi final victory over British battler Tony Jeffries at the Workers Indoor Arena today.
Harrison’s Next Bout on Hold
Heavyweight Audley Harrison’s once-postponed bout with Martin Rogan rescheduled for the September 6 WBO world championship card at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester featuring Alex Arthur vs. Nicky Cook, plus Amir Khan, has been canceled due to a Rogan hand injury.
Classy Zou Too Much For Barnes
By Bernard O’Neill: Light flyweight Paddy Barnes is out of the 2008 Olympics despite a brave semi final performance against reigning Chinese World champion Shiming Zou today.
DeGale cruises past Sutherland to Olympic final
By Craig Phillips: British middleweight James DeGale sealed his place in tomorrow’s Olympic final; and guaranteed himself at least a silver medal, as he cruised past Irish opponent Darren Sutherland.
Rubio: 'Khan Must Not Be Rushed'
Jorge Rubio, the new trainer for undefeated Commonwealth lightweight champion Amir Khan has urged caution ahead of his clash with power-puncher Breidis Prescott on September 6.
Lindsay and Matthews put it all on the line in Sheffield
Derry Matthews and Martin Lindsay will duke it out in a final eliminator for the British featherweight title on September 20 at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, as part of Hayemaker Boxing’s inaugural ‘Rhodes-show’.
ATE: Pacquiao-De La Hoya, Old Timers On PPV, Margarito’s Future, Darchinyan, Hatton-Graham Split And More
In this week’s edition of Ask The Editor (ATE), we look at the reasons why Manny Pacquiao may have turned down Oscar De La Hoya’s fight offer, investigate whether the older name boxers are taking up valuable pay-per-view fight space from our younger stars and we check the crystal ball on the future of Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto. We comment on the future big fights for Vic Darchinyan, look into the Ricky Hatton-Billy Graham split and much more.
New academic year new aims
Boxing4Schools are the pioneers behind the return of boxing in schools, B4S continues to expand throughout London and the S.E, With the launch of the B4S Frank Bruno Boxing Academy in Sept 08.
*Bruce Trampler (Top Rank matchmaker): Short of actually being at a fight, they’re the best source of information out there. I have my own computerized records, and I’m on Boxrec at least a dozen times a day. We take it for granted, but everyone in boxing would miss it if it was gone.
Former middleweight champion Tony Zale grew up in the steeltown of Gary, Indiana. In the late-1940s, he won two of three slugfests against Rocky Graziano in boxing’s bloodiest championship trilogy.
On January 22, 1988, former champion Larry Holmes challenged Mike Tyson for the heavyweight championship of the world. That night, a staggering 53 percent of all homes with HBO tuned in to the fight. By way of comparison, only 35 percent of homes equipped with HBO had watched Barbra Streisand’s historic HBO concert two years earlier.
Imagine if you have been asked to rank two fighters whose records stand at 20-0 (18) and 14-5 (6). The casual fan might assume that the undefeated fighter should be ranked higher.
Following a monumental assault on the middleweight division in 2007 that saw him win the WBC and WBO titles from Jermain Taylor in a classic brawl Kelly Pavlik surveyed the 160 pound landscape and could not have been too excited at what he saw.
Lukas Konecny vs Luis Augusto Dos Santos
Night of Heroes VII - Lukas Konecny vs Luis Augusto Dos Santos - Light Middleweight from BRNO, CZECH Republic - 29 July 2008. Duration: 23 mins 4 secs
IBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship - Paolo Vidoz vs Sinan Samil Sam
No commentary on the last 30 min of the programme Heavyweight European Championship - IBF Intercontinental Championship with Sinan Samil Sam vs Paolo Vidoz. Sinan is aiming to recapture "his" European Heavyweight Championship Title from Büyük Anadolu Hotel in Ankara, Turkey. 4 Ju Duration: 1 hour 4 mins 19 secs
