Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham traveled from his home in Philadelphia to Germany to defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight World Crown against Marco Huck at the Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld on the 29th December 2007 In the opening minutes of the battle it appeared that Huck and the fans would have much to cheer about […]
MORE ...Today’s classic fight is the November 2003 World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Featherweight Championship rematch at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow between Mexico’s Manuel Medina and Scotland’s Scott Harrison Felt rather appropriate to have a Scott Harrison fight in this series, due to the recent news breaking that Harrison is set to return to the […]
MORE ...I had the immense pleasure of not just being ringside for the Kevin Mitchell versus John Murray World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Inter-continental Battle Royale at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on the 16th July 2011, but also travelling from London to the venue, and back, with Kevin, Jimmy and Mark Tibbs and Shaun Hogg so […]
MORE ...VIDEO: Go-Boxing Classic Fight: Billy Joe Saunders Vs Chris Eubank Jr (2014)
Billy Joe Saunders versus Chris Eubank Jr took place at the ExCel Arena in London on the 29th November 2014. Saunders’ European, Commonwealth and British titles were on the line, as well as being an eliminator for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) world middleweight title. The rivalry and build-up was likened to the first fight […]
MORE ...Carl Froch and George Groves first fought on 23 November 2013 at the Phones4u Arena in Manchester. As with the rematch in that fight, both of Froch’s World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) World titles were on the line. Groves scored a surprise knockdown in the opening round and went on to […]
MORE ...YouTube series puts the focus on Eddie Hearn’s rising American talents Diego Pacheco is the latest rising star in focus in Matchroom Boxing USA’s YouTube series on ‘The Prospects’. Pacheco has raced to 9-0 with seven big KOs after turning pro with Eddie Hearn and making his debut in the paid ranks in December 2018 in Mexico, […]
MORE ...Former Unified Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury completed his miraculous return to the top of the sport when he faced Deontay Wilder for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight crown at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the 1st December 2018. It was an incredible match up of styles, Wilder’s power punching coming up against […]
MORE ...Ring Magazine’s 2018 “Fight of the Year” featured Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin in a rematch following their scintillating draw that had taken place a year previously. Taking place in front of a sell-out crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the two best middleweights in the world really went for it hammer […]
MORE ...The highly anticipated rematch between the top pound-4-pound fighters in the world, Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev, was just one of a number of sensational fights in 2017. Ward vs Kovalev II had the unified light-heavyweight championship on the line and as such was sold out within days of the fight being announced as taking […]
MORE ...The 2017 “Fight of the Year” took place at Wembley Stadium in front of a record breaking 90,000 crowd. Then International Boxing Federation (IBF) Heavyweight Champion of the World Anthony Joshua faced Ukrainian icon and former unified World Heavyweight Champion, Wladimir Klitschko. Both protagonists scored knockdowns and the fight hung in the balance until Joshua […]
MORE ...WINNING A WORLD TITLE AND OLYMPIC GOLD IN THE SAME YEAR WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY SAYS FERREIRA
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