Month: October 2008

by James Slater – Both Roy Jones Junior, and, to a slightly lesser degree, Joe Calzaghe, have had truly great careers during which they have taken on top name after … Read more

LOS ANGELES, October 30 – As the architect for some of the greatest fighters of all-time, including Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and George Foreman, Angelo Dundee’s name is synonymous … Read more

By Vivek Wallace – This weeks ‘Call Em Out Fridays’ segment shines light on the career of the man we all simply know as ‘Lights Out’. For years, James Toney … Read more

30.10.08 – by James Slater – Ronald “Winky” Wright, a fighter far too talented to have been as inactive as he has, finally gets back in the ring this December … Read more

Championship boxing returns to Columbia, South Carolina. Standing 8 productions’ “Explosion over the Midlands” was an elite night of boxing with two championship bouts Saturday Night in Columbia, SC. The … Read more

LAS VEGAS (October 31, 2008) – NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato” Figueroa, recently signed to a promotional contract by Roy Jones, Jr.’s Square Ring Promotions, will now take … Read more

By Ted Sares – Fall seven times, stand up eight —Japanese proverb. I have written about this subject on numerous occasions and now, since the Iinternational Boxing Hall of Fame … Read more

David Haye admits he needs to raise his game for his upcoming fight against Monte Barrett. The heavyweights go head to head at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday … Read more

Napa donated his cash prize for being voted ‘Fighter of the Night’ after taking the European bantamweight title from Carmelo Ballone on October 17. Hackney’s pocket dynamo edged out Henry … Read more

by James Slater – For once not speaking about his own career and lofty ambitions, former cruiserweight world champion David Haye has been speaking with BBC Sport about the upcoming … Read more