Green gains no recognition for circus-like event

Since returning to the ring last April, Danny Green has looked and performed in what may be career-defining fashion in dominating victories over Anthony Van Niekerk, Julio Dominguez, once-legendary Roy Jones Jr and Anthony Mundine conqueror Manny Siaca. However, one victory Green will receive zero recognition for is the twenty-nine second fiasco against Paul Briggs.
Accidentally or coincidentally, Green has imposed his will and effectively ended.......
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Beaten Briggs tarnishes reputation with lacklustre performance

The once mighty Paul Briggs single-handedly destroyed every bit of his credibility along with any future career opportunities related to boxing when his comeback was derailed after all of twenty-nine seconds, including the ten-count issued by referee Pat Russell.
A clearly sluggish, unfit and unmotivated Briggs brought himself to the lowest point in his boxing career when he was felled by a single glancing left jab from Danny Green........
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Tunaciao scores upset win over Iannazzo

Daniel Iannazzo (17-1, 6 KOs) is the best super-bantamweight in Australia and is one of the most talented out of the stellar group of lighter-weight fighters that includes the likes of Joel Brunker, Mark Quon and Fred Mundraby. Iannazzo is a headline act in Melbourne but comparatively little known Filipino Allan Jay Tunaciao (10-2-3, 2 KOs) gave Iannazzo all he could handle on Charlie Liparota's Ringside.......
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Caparello makes statement with pummelling of McKay

Undefeated Victorian prospect Blake Caparello (5-0, 2 KOs) continued his steady rise through the Australian light-heavyweight ratings when he knocked out knock-about journeyman Kane McKay (8-9-2, 4 KOs) in the 8th round to capture the vacant WBF Australasian cruiserweight title at the Malvern Town Hall
The taller and much stronger Caparello dominated the fight from the opening........
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Mundine scores lacklustre victory in light-middleweight debut

A near capacity crowd saw Anthony Mundine (39-3, 23 KOs) use a high volume-punching attack along with his typical fleet footed approach to outscore the underwhelmed Argentine Carlos Adan Yanez (30-13-3, 16 KOs) at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Queensland.
Mundine outpointed the clearly overmatched Yanez to take an easy unanimous decision in a bout that was supposed.......
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Editor's Notebook

Many fighters suffer several defeats and come back stronger, however not many fighters can suffer several stoppage defeats and do the same. Enter Les Sherrington, a fighter that has overcome four stoppage defeats and is now highly world rated (IBF #8 and WBA #12) and on the verge of a world title shot......

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Ward outpoints Green in easy shut-out victory

Andre Ward advanced to the semi-finals of the Super Six and retained his WBA super-middleweight title by beating Allan Green by unanimous decision on Saturday.
Ward completely controlled his first defense of the WBA super middleweight title and advanced to the final four of the modified round-robin tournament with one round to go. He won all twelve-rounds from the three judges.....
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Briggs promises a war against Green

Returning Australian cruiserweight Paul "Hurricane" Briggs (26-3, 18 KOs) promised fans yesterday a boxing war when he meets fellow Aussie Danny Green (29-3, 26 KOs) in Sydney next month. The fight will be held at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney on July 21st and will be Green's third defense of his IBO cruiserweight title.
Briggs held a media training session at the Competitive Boxing Gym in Malaga.....
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Green to put it all on the line against returning Briggs

On July 21st, Danny Green (29-3, 26 KOs) will be putting his pride and record on the line when he takes on the highly motivated, returning former two-time world title challenger Paul Briggs (26-3, 18 KOs), a man who has been out of action since 2007 in a twelve round championship fight for Green's IBO cruiserweight title.
Briggs, who twice fought Poland's Tomasz Adamek for the WBC light heavyweight world title in.....
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Holiday outhussles Kanofski in battle of the fittest

For those who argued that Philip Holiday was as equally deserving as Jason Kanofski to challenge for the Australian light-middleweight title, then go ahead, because you won't get any disagreement from anybody in attendance of their fight at the Mansfield Tavern that was televised nationwide of Fox Sports.
To give you an idea of how great the fight was, Angelo DiCarlo, head of Ace......
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Geale makes statement in Australian boxing showcase

Daniel Geale (23-1, 14 KOs) staked his claim as a top-five contender for Australian boxing's mythical throne as the pound-for-pound best as he used his composure, overwhelming work rate and almost lightning-like hand speed to beat and batter former WBO #9 world rated super-middleweight Kariz Kariuki (21-9-2, 18 KOs) into submission in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre.......
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Team Katsidis to Khan – "Show us your balls"

Brendon Smith, trainer and manager of Australian WBO interim lightweight champion Michael Katsidis contacted exclusively to this reporter to dispute UK newspaper reports that Katsidis was reluctant to agree a fight with current WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan, who is pencilled to defend his title in London on 31st July at the O2 Arena.
Smith stated; "We need to put the record straight here – Khan is ducking Michael,......
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Cotto defeats brave Foreman in stadium slugfest

Miguel Cotto got back in the win column and put himself back into the present tense after scoring a strange 9th round TKO over an injured Yuri Foreman in Yankee Stadium.
Referee Arthur Mercante Jr, perhaps caught in a time warp that sent him back to the 1900s when fighters took more abuse than pack mules in a frontier mining town, refused to acknowledge the white towel of surrender......
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Darchinyan batters Barcelona in IBO title romp

It was a cold, damp night in Sydney, but at the Parramatta Leagues Club a storm was steadily rising and slowly brewing. That storm was the first appearance on home soil in two and a half years for unified super-flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan. The job that was awaiting him was not expected to keep him busy for long or as the boxing folk call it, a tune-up fight.
Standing in the opposite corner was tough Filipino journeyman Eric Barcelona, ......
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Meehan ends run of title shots for Aussies with loss to Chagaev

Almost two years worth of ring rust proved too big a hurdle for Australian boxer Kali Meehan, as he suffered an honourable unanimous points loss to former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev in a WBA heavyweight eliminator in Rostock, Germany to round out a very memorable week for Australian fight fans.
Australian Daniel Dawson was stopped in ten rounds in his world title shot against......
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Weekend Review

It's been a long time coming, but on May 15th (Australian time), Daniel "The Rock" Dawson (34-1, 24 KOs) will receive the opportunity he so desperately craves when he challenges unbeaten WBO light-middleweight champion, Ukrainian Sergiy Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KOs) at the Chumash Casino in California, USA.
Fighting in the neutral territory of the United States, Dzinziruk will go into this fight.....
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Katsidis still King with knockout over Mitchell

A crushing left hook, followed by a blur of unanswered brutality, was all it took to inflict the first defeat of Mitchell's seven-year career and continue Michael Katsidis' reign as WBO interim lightweight champion.
For Mitchell, what should have been the perfect night quickly turned into a nightmare; in the most hostile of surroundings, it was the Australian who produced the goods when it mattered most, silencing a crowd of over 15,000 that was almost religious in its support of his opponent......
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Khan makes statement in US debut with Malignaggi stoppage

Amir Khan took a big bite out of the Big Apple on Saturday night with a compressive victory over loud mouthed, local boy and former IBF light-welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi in the second defence of his WBA light-welterweight title. The fight was Khan's first in the US and it is fair to say he has arrived with a bang.
It was one-way traffic in Madison Square Garden for the majority of the bout as Khan wooed the US audience by outpointing crowed favourite Malignaggi......
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Brave Dawson gallantly defeated by Dzinziruk in title shot

Australian Daniel Dawson was unsuccessful in his challenge for the WBO light-middleweight title against champion Sergiy Dzinziruk, being outclassed and eventually stopped the undefeated Ukrainian in his sixth defense of his title.
Dawson was there to win, but he was clearly outclassed by Dzinziruk. Credit must be given to Dawson as he took all Dzinziruk's shots, wasn't knocked down and was still.....
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Dawson receives call-up to challenge Dzinziruk for WBO Crown

It's been a long time coming, but on May 15th (Australian time), Daniel "The Rock" Dawson (34-1, 24 KOs) will receive the opportunity he so desperately craves when he challenges unbeaten WBO light-middleweight champion, Ukrainian Sergiy Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KOs) at the Chumash Casino in California, USA.
Fighting in the neutral territory of the United States, Dzinziruk will go into this fight.....
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Mayweather proves he is the pinnacle of the sport

The rules don't change in boxing. It's like any sport; you have to score to win. Shane Mosley couldn't score after the second round Saturday night. He couldn't find a way inside.
He didn't stand a chance, really.
This wasn't the elite welterweight most believed Floyd Mayweather Jr. needed to solidify his undefeated resume......
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Is Floyd Mayweather Jr the Best?

Regardless of what anyone's personal feelings are about Floyd Mayweather Jr., there is an undeniable fact the fighter has proven beyond any doubt — he has figured out the sport of boxing. Every nook, every cranny where a potential advantage in boxing might lay hidden; Mayweather finds it and exploits it.
That much was clear again when he defeated Shane Mosley by unanimous decision.......
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Mayweather defeats Mosley in five-star performance

To anyone who wondered how Floyd Mayweather would respond if anyone ever could hit him and hurt him, he provided dual answers Saturday night: Yes, he has a far more diverse arsenal and better athleticism than Shane Mosley; and yes, he can take a shot that many others might not.
The undefeated maestro turned in another virtuoso performance with 12-round unanimous decision victory in a historic welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.......
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Kessler crowned king after dethroning Froch in Super Six war

Mikkel Kessler salvaged his Super Six ambitions and picked up the WBC super-middleweight title by scoring a twelve-round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Carl Froch at the MCH Messecenter in Herning, Denmark. Official scores were 117-111, 116-112, and 115-113.
With the win, Kessler (now, 45-2, 32 KOs), earned his first points and created a logjam for second place in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, where four participants ......
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Adamek outpoints Arreola to stake genuine claim as a heavyweight

The long-stagnant heavyweight division sprang to life when Cristobal Arreola and Poland's Tomasz Adamek engaged in a compelling battle of slugger versus boxer, with the lighter Adamek edging out a majority points decision. Adamek was awarded a 115-113 advantage by judge Barry Druxman, a ludicrous 117-111 score by Joseph Pasquale and judge Tony Crebs scored the bout 114-114.
Adamek (41-1, 27 KOs) delivered a swollen face with his precision blows on Arreola's head......
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Edwin Valero commits suicide in jail after stabbing his wife to death

Former two-time world champion and self-proclaimed knockout king Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) hanged himself in his jail cell in Venezuela after being arrested for stabbing his wife to death. Valero, 28, used the jogging bottoms he was wearing to hang himself from a bar in his cell, according to his lawyer, Milda Mora.
The boxer had problems with alcohol and cocaine addiction and struggled with depression......
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Green punishes Siaca, scores three round knockout

Australian Danny Green (29-3, 26 KO's) successfully defended his IBO Cruiserweight Title last night at Challenge Stadium, Perth when he stopped Puerto Rican challenger Manny Siaca (22-7, 19 KO's) inside three rounds. The stoppage came from referee Jack Rees at 1.55 of the third round after Siaca was dropped for the second time in the bout. The fight was Green's third defence of the title and he won in impressive fashion showing.......
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Our Experts Decide – Green vs Siaca

Hot on the heels of Danny Green's IBO cruiserweight title defense against Manny Siaca, the FIGHT GAME team give their expert opinion on how they think the three main fights will play out tonight at the sold-out Challenge Stadium in Perth.......
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Green: "Im in the best shape of my life"

IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25KO's) is in the final stages of his training camp in Sydney for his upcoming title defence on April 14th. He takes on Manny Siaca (22-6, 19KO's) from Puerto Rico in a bout that is sold out at the Challenge Stadium in Green's hometown of Perth, Western Australia. This is a "homecoming" fight for the popular Australian who is a three weight world champion having previously won the WBA light-heavyweight and......
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Green and Siaca get ready to rumble

IBO Cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO's) and challenger Manny Siaca (22-6, 19 KO's) met at the final press conference in Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia. Both fighters were confident of victory but the 37 year old "Green Machine" was reflective on what happened to Roy Jones Jr when they met in December at the Acer Arena
Green stated, "I will not be taking Manny Siaca lightly and will not make the same mistake........
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Bolling bulldozes his biggest test in Oganov

Despite being the semi-main attraction for his entire career, Michael Bolling continues to outshine his spotlight. The current Australian super-middleweight champion extended his undefeated record to 12-0, 10 KOs when he dominated the so called toughest test of his short career in big-punching Victor Oganov (30-3, 28 KOs) in the semi-main event of a six fight card promoted by Grange Old School Boxing.......
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Holyfield defeats Botha in pointless title fight

Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield defeated Francois Botha by eight round knockout to capture the lightly-regarded World Boxing Federation heavyweight title at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs), the only boxer to ever win the heavyweight title on five occasions, is still adamant that he will again become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.......
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Berto beats injury, knocks out Quintana

If an eleven month void of fights and personal hardship was not enough of a concern, Andre Berto dealt with another obstacle soon after he entered the ring for his return bout in Saturday night's welterweight title defense against Carlos Quintana.
Berto, favoured his left arm from an apparent injury sustained in the early rounds. Suddenly, he faced the dilemma of fighting with limited use of one arm on a night he not only......
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David Haye demolishes Ruiz in first title defence

David Haye put the old-time razzle-dazzle back into heavyweight boxing, electrified a sell-out crowd in Manchester and captivated millions watching on television. That he could deliver on his promise of such pyrotechnical brilliance and heart-stopping drama after being deprived of his final month of sparring by an eye cut in training made this performance all the more astonishing.
The one problem is that his domination of a heroic John Ruiz may startle........
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Hopkins gets his revenge on a night to forget for both fighters

In many ways, Bernard Hopkins began his career the minute after losing to Roy Jones Jr. in a middleweight title fight in 1993. After finally avenging that loss with a unanimous decision victory over Jones, there are some who would advise Hopkins it would be the perfect way to end it.
Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KOs) broke into a huge smile as the final bell sounded Saturday, putting an end to a dominating performance in which he won nearly .......
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Dirrell gives Abraham first loss, via disqualification

After being thoroughly dominated for ten plus rounds by Andre Dirrell tonight in Detroit, Michigan, Arthur Abraham committed an egregious, intentional foul, landing a powerful right hook to the jaw of Dirrell after he slipped on a wet spot in a corner of the ring. The foul has to go down as one of the ugliest incidents in recent boxing history, as Abraham clearly threw the punch out of frustration, the result of which was a serious injury to his opponent........
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Abraham's act takes the gloss from Dirrell's performance

In case anybody forgot, underdog Andre Dirrell dominated Arthur Abraham and handed him his first defeat as a professional. The supposedly indestructible "King Arthur" lost nearly every round, was put on his back by a wicked left hand, and was reduced to swinging wildly for a knockout like a drunk in a tough man contest.
He was so completely outboxed that even the German press had him losing .......
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The Klitschko brothers deserve more respect

Not that anyone noticed, Wladimir Klitschko made his eighth successful defense of his IBF heavyweight world title. In the last seconds of their 12 round contest, Klitschko scored a knockout victory over top rated challenger Eddie Chambers. As usual, Klitschko took virtually every round. He has won his last 12 fights and has not been defeated since 2004. Over the last three years, he and his older brother, Vitali (WBC heavyweight champion) ........
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Maidana continues devastating knockout form

Heading into last night's interim WBA light-welterweight title defense against Victor Cayo, once-beaten Marcos Maidana was still an enigma to many in the sport. Maidana's 27-1 record with 26 knockouts was a testament to his power inside of the ring but nearly all of his fights had taken place in Germany and his native Argentina.
On June 27th of last year Maidana was able to give fans a taste of.......
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Amatruda brings 'Foxtel fights' back to Melbourne

On Thursday March 18th, leading promoters Brian Amatruda and Barry Michael will present a six-fight card at the Flemington Racecourse that will be televised live nationwide through Fox Sports. The card will be the first Fox Sports' card in Melbourne since Murray Thomson's Fighters Factory promotion back in July of 2008. Although its been almost two years, this card is well worth the wait.......
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Pacquiao marches on as Boxing's main attraction

The venue, the crowd, the atmosphere, all of it met and in some cases, exceeded expectations.
Boxing should absolutely return to Texas, where the third-largest crowd in U.S. boxing history (50,994) packed Cowboys Stadium to see Manny Pacquiao successfully defend his WBO welterweight title against Joshua Clottey on Saturday.
Only next time, it should come with a better fight.......
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Pacquiao dominates Clottey, waits for Mayweather

The fight was long over and most of the biggest crowd to see a fight in the U.S. in 17 years had found their way out of massive Cowboys Stadium. Manny Pacquiao had easily disposed of a timid Joshua Clottey, and now he had a concert to perform.
There were only a few minutes to talk about Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his run for congress in the Philippines in May. The post-fight party awaited, and once more the star was.......
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Zappavigna can consider himself very lucky

When Jimmy Lennon Jr read out the 116-111, 114-113 and 116-111 scorecards in favour of Lenny Zappavigna, all his Christmases' and birthday presents came in the one day. After going into the fight with comparisons to Aussie legend Kostya Tszyu, Zappavigna exited the ring if anything, a cheap version of interim WBO lightweight champion Michael Katsidis.
Zappavigna lacked a game plan and looked to be on a ship that was sinking very.......
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Darchinyan dominates, Zappavigna struggles in world title fights

In December last year, a lot of talk in the sport revolved around the possible super fight between former pound for pound King, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his successor, Manny Pacquiao. When that fight fell through (for reasons I need not elaborate on) Manny Pacquiao quickly found a replacement opponent in Joshua Clottey and that was that. Mayweather had to search for an opponent and after a few names......
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Mayweather-Mosley: Behind the Hype

The Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley fight in Las Vegas is "historic" according to the hype. That was made clear at the fight's press conference in Los Angeles last week when various promoters likened it to Ali vs. Foreman or one of numerous Sugar Ray Leonard classics.
And they said it with a straight face. Among those spouting the hyperbole was the president of Golden Boy Promotions, the home of "Sugar" Shane Mosley and a former fighter himself.......
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Weekend Review

Unbeaten Devon Alexander stopped Juan Urango in the eighth round Saturday to unify the IBF and WBC light-welterweight championships of the world. Referee Benjy Esteves stopped the fight 1:12 into the eighth round after a pair of uppercuts by US standout Alexander sent Colombia's Urango to the first knockout defeat of his career.
Alexander improved to 20-0 with his 13th victory inside the distance while Urango fell to 22-3 with one drawn.......
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Weekend Review

Wilfredo Vazquez Jr, son of legendary Puerto Rican Wilfredo Vazquez joined the father-son world champion list when he knocked out former WBO super-flyweight champion Marvin Sonsona to earn the vacant WBO super-bantamweight championship.
Vazquez dropped the 19-year old Sonsona with a combination in fourth round. The most damaging punches of the flurry were two left rips that sent Sonsona to the canvas for the ten-count......
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The Welterweight Super-Four

In December last year, a lot of talk in the sport revolved around the possible super fight between former pound for pound King, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his successor, Manny Pacquiao. When that fight fell through (for reasons I need not elaborate on) Manny Pacquiao quickly found a replacement opponent in Joshua Clottey and that was that. Mayweather had to search for an opponent and after a few names......
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Cotto-Foreman may find new home at Yankees Stadium

Louis-Schmeling. Ali-Norton. Cotto-Foreman?
The boxing promoter Bob Arum is in discussions with the Yankees to hold the first fight at the new Yankee Stadium this summer.
The bout, which could be held June 5, would feature Yuri Foreman, the WBA light-middleweight champion, making his first title defense against former two-division world champion.......
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Green to defend title against Mundine conqueror Siaca

Danny Green's failure to land a fight with big-name American boxers Bernard Hopkins and Antonio Tarver prompted last week's move to call out arch rival Anthony Mundine.
Faced with the harsh economic realities of boxing, the IBO cruiserweight world champion realises that his best hope for another big payday lies in Australia with a rematch against Mundine rather than on the international stage........
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Donaire and Montiel destroy opponents

The evening of boxing meant to showcase Filipino super-flyweight Nonito Donaire went exactly as planned.
Donaire, quickly becoming ready for prime time, caught Manuel Vargas of Mexico midway through the third round with a barrage of punches that overwhelmed the smaller, less-skilled Vargas. The final blow of the series was a left hook. Vargas kind of let the pain move from his.......
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Mundine: Green is infatuated with me

WBA #1 middleweight Anthony "The Man" Mundine responded in the media this weekend to the challenge made to him by IBO Cruiserweight Champion Danny Green last week. Green publicly challenged Mundine on Thursday to a rematch of their 2006 fight which broke all Australian box office records.
He told The Sunday Times in Sydney yesterday, "He is talking crap, utter crap.......
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Hopkins-Jones II: Seventeen years too late

Future Hall-of-Famers Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr are set to fight a rematch 17 years after their first bout. The non-title fight, at an as yet unspecified weight, will take place in Las Vegas on April 3rd.
"A rematch has been in the back of my mind for a long time and it's finally going to happen," said Hopkins, 45, who lost to Jones when they met in 1993......
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Mosley to Mayweather: "This is my era"

Shane Mosley will certainly have to engage in some trash-talk battles with Floyd Mayweather Jr. before their May 1st bout, which became official with Mayweather's contract signing today.
Once the veteran fighters who have combined for eight weight-division titles step into the ring, however, Pomona's Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) said he feels confident he can "do a lot of things better" than Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs)......
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Haye announces title defense against Ruiz

Out of the ashes of the failed negotiations for a superfight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao comes a matchup boxing fans have actually been waiting much longer for, Mayweather against Shane Mosley.
Mayweather (40-0, 25 KO's) and Mosley (46-5, 39 KO's) would square off on May 1st in Las Vegas.
Negotiations to pit Mayweather and Pacquiao in a March......
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Shumenov dethrones Campillo via controversial scorecards

The first time Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KO) fought Gabriel Campillo (19-3, 6 KO) last August in Kazakhstan, Campillo came away with a majority decision clouded in controversy. Their rematch may prove to be even more controversial.
Shumenov, who lives and trains in Las Vegas, earned a split decision win to become the new WBA light heavyweight champion, much to the shock of many who watched the fight......
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Weekend Review

Beibut Shumenov set a boxing record by securing the WBA light heavyweight title in just his tenth professional fight. The Kazakhstani outpointed Gabriel Campillo of Spain in a split-decision result to smash the mark previously set by Michael Spinks, who won a championship in his 17th pro fight.
The scorecards revealed an unusual inconsistency, with Judge Levi Martinez scoring the bout strongly in favour of Campillo (117-111).....
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Haye announces title defense against Ruiz

It will be the first world heavyweight title fight in the United Kingdom for almost a decade.
The last world title fight to take place in Britain was in 2000 when undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis beat South African Francois Botha in two one-sided rounds at the now-defunct London Arena.
There are inbuilt dangers for Haye in this defence against the 38-year-old former....
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Lopez and Gamboa KO their opponents and doubters

Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa had their detractors coming into Saturday nights Top Rank card at New York's Madison Square Garden. Lopez was considered the next Puerto Rican superstar set to equal or exceed the stardom of Miguel Cotto and Felix Trinidad on the islands radar and the worlds. That was until his perfect record almost slipped through his hands when he survived a 12th.....
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Tamara dethrones Viloria in epic battle

In the days leading to his second title defense of his IBF light- flyweight title, Brian Viloria exuded confidence during a light workout at the Punchout Gym in Makati. The Hawaiian Punch noted that his challenger, Colombian Carlos Tamara, likes to drop his hands.
"I'm going to take advantage of that," promised Viloria. "I'm ready to do 12 rounds if I need be and I'm going to win.".....
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Weekend Review

Rising Cuban star Yuriorkis Gamboa retained his WBA featherweight title Saturday with a sizzling second-round knockout of Tanzania's Rogers Mtagwa. On the same card, Puerto Rico's Juan Manuel Lopez knocked out Steven Luevano in the seventh round, claiming the World Boxing Organization belt. Lopez improved to 28-0 with 25 KOs. Gamboa, a 2004 Olympic gold medallist for Cuba, also remained unbeaten, improving to 17-0 with 15 wins inside the distance......
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Pacquiao turns attention to Clottey

Joshua Clottey smiled for photographs, hugged two Cowboys cheerleaders, then stood behind a podium and thanked Manny Pacquiao for the opportunity to fight him.
Three times.
The two will vie for Pacquiao's version of the welterweight championship on March 13 at the new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, but they looked anything like foes.....
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The Dream still alive for Kassim Ouma

Boxing is a sport filled with hard men. That's the simplest and most direct way to describe the men who risk life and limb in our modern gladiator sport. Many of them have had lives more difficult than the average person.
I'm familiar with a lot of these stories and none that I've heard to this point as tragic as the story of Kassim Ouma. Everyone who is familiar with boxing knows how he was kidnapped......
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Door-wide open for Mayweather vs Mosley

Shane Mosley vs. Andre Berto, the fight that was keeping fans optimistic during the whole Mayweather-Pacquiao debacle, has been cancelled. Berto, whose parents are from Haiti and who represented Haiti in the 2004 Olympics (after missing out on a spot in the American team due to disqualification in the trials), has pulled out of the January 30th bout with Shane Mosley.
Berto sited that he was left "mentally and physically exhausted" by......
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Pacquiao-Mayweather off, boxing its own worst enemy

It's as if a Super Bowl had been replaced by two lesser events as two premier boxers fail to agree on a match and then announce separate fights. A picture is worth a thousand words. So let's make a visual out of the current state of boxing.
Close your eyes and remember. October 1993. Las Vegas. The land is needed more than the building, so they fill the venerable Dunes Hotel on the Strip with dynamite......
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Khan signs with Golden Boy Promotions

Few shed any tears for promoters, who are often portrayed as the fat cats making money outside the ring while the boxers are shedding blood and sweat inside it. But if you want to look at what Frank Warren did for Amir Khan, just rewind 17 months to Khan's 54-second demolition at the fists of Breidis Prescott.
Who could have imagined that night that Khan would be a world champion.....
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Ricky Hatton announces comeback

Britain's Ricky Hatton will come out of retirement for "one more fight" this year against a big name opponent at a venue and date still to be decided, he announced on Wednesday.
The former welterweight and light-welterweight world champion has not fought since he was knocked out in the second round by Filipino great Manny Pacquiao in May last year
"I have decided to make a comeback and have another fight this year......
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Taylor withdraws from Super Six tournament

When former undisputed world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor announced in a statement this week that he would "take some time off" from boxing, it sounded like as good a permanent retirement announcement as the sport can get.
Taylor, famously, has never been in love with the sport which swept him to global fame and earned him millions of dollars, and at the age of 31, after two successive painful knockouts.....
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Brother Hatton to take on Mayweather

Matthew "Magic Man" Hatton (37-4-2, 14 KOs) took time out today to catch up with Fight Game Online about his plans for 2010 and in particular recent media reports that he was a potential future opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr after the proposed March 13th fight with Manny Pacquiao fell through. He told Fight Game Online, "The discussions about the Mayweather fight came about around four weeks ago when.....
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FIGHT GAME Inaugural End of Year Awards

Amongst the long list of high-achieving Australian boxers in 2009, there was one fighter that without a doubt stood head and shoulders above the rest. That fighter was Danny Green; after spending over twelve months in retirement, Green returned to the sport in a very big way when he captured the IBO cruiserweight world title in August in America before scoring one of Australia's most.....
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Mundine ready to take on the world

Anthony Mundine's unanimous decision victory over "Deadly" Robert Medley proves that "The Man" must now move off the domestic scale and take on the big names in the Super Middleweight or Middleweight division.
I believe he has the natural athletic ability, the boxing skills and just as importantly, the charisma to make some noise in either weight class.....
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Wood wins as true Cinderella Man

With three minutes left in Garth Wood's journey from hell, his trainer Billy Hussein roared "Brother, this is a Cinderella Story"... turns out Hussein was right.
Wood the thirty-one year old former NRL journeyman who cleans offices to make ends meet - last night emerged from boxing obscurity and dark depression to claim the inaugural Contender series with a crushing win over Kariz Kariuki......
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Garth Wood wins The Contender

In The Contender Australia Final at the Sydney Entertainment Centre big underdog Garth Wood (7-1, 3 KO's) outpointed Kenyan Kariz Kariuki, (21-8-1, 18 KO's) in an absorbing contest and won the first prize of $25,000 but perhaps more importantly secured a future match up with former two time WBA super-middleweight champion Anthony Mundine – with it a guaranteed purse of $250,000.....
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The Contender Australia Final Preview

When Danny Green destroyed Roy Jones Jr in just 122 seconds at the Acer Arena on December 3rd it gave Australian boxing a huge boost, not just for the result but because it put the sport back in the media spotlight and has created some momentum for the sport "Down Under".
On a daily basis now, boxing coverage has shown a visible jump in media exposure and coverage all over Australia. At the same time, the highly entertaining TV show....
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The True Gauge for Pacquiao-Mayweather

Manny Pacquiao's rise to boxing superstardom has been as fast and as furious as the offensive style he adopts when he enters the ring. His last 6 fights have been against superstars in their own right, at least 3 of whom have their place in Canastota concreted. 'Pacman' has beaten Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and most recently he dismantled Miguel Cotto....
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Super-fight looking more like super-farce

There are reasons why boxing is the only sport that consistently translates into great art, and they are the same reasons it is viewed with suspicion by many modern sports fans.
The boxing world is dark, dangerous and amoral, the sporting equivalent of the Wild West: no-one seems to know who's in charge, and many seem not to care. This apparently lawless environment froths with characters living by their own laws.....
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Why Pacquiao-Mayweather will still go ahead

Any bookmaker framing odds on the chances of Manny Pacquiao fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this year might have it at close to even money this morning.
The reasons are these: Floyd, one of life's great gamblers, has already pushed Manny too far in their drawn-out blood feud, and he needs the money more than the little guy. I think the Mayweather's .....
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Darchinyan brutally knocks out Rojas, Zappavigna wins in US debut

Vic Darchinyan was thinking about nothing but revenge only moments after his emphatic knockout win over Mexican Tomas Rojas at the Rancho Mirage in California. It took Darchinyan just a tick under three minutes of the second round to flatten Rojas to defend his WBC and WBA super-flyweight belts.
"I want rematches" said Darchinyan, who was supported by a large contingent of Australians, including IBO world cruiserweight champion Danny Green.....
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Vitali Klitschko continues heavyweight reign, ends knockout streak

Two streaks ended in Switzerland when Vitali Klitschko made the third defense of his second reign as WBC Heavyweight Champion against the undefeated American Kevin Johnson.
Taking on the first top-level opponent of his career, Johnson lost his undefeated record, but the match also cost Klitschko his knockout streak in title fights. Aside from his only two losses, both technical knockouts, Vitali had won all of his eight previous title fights by stoppage.....
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Bradley dominates Peterson, calls out the champions

Timothy "The Desert Storm" Bradley was so wicked against challenger Lamont Peterson that the previously unbeaten challenger was simply swept away.
Bradley, the WBO light-welterweight champion, was just too fast, too slick and too powerful for the taller Peterson, whom he dominated on the way to a unanimous, 12-round decision in defense of his world title in a Showtime-televised main event.....
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Malignaggi leaves no doubt in second bout with Diaz

Paulie Malignaggi wanted to prove that he won his first fight against Juan Diaz by thoroughly dominating him in the rematch; he also wanted to prove that he wasn't just a boxing burnout. The brash, Malignaggi did both on Saturday night, winning a clear unanimous decision after the controversial scoring in his first fight against Diaz in August. All three judges scored it 116-111 for Malignaggi at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.....
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Williams defeats Martinez by majority decision

Paul Williams proved exactly why he's considered one of the most feared fighters in the world. Williams earned a majority decision over Sergio Martinez in a 12-round, middleweight bout on Saturday night, though the fight did have an element of controversy. One of the judges, Pierre Benoist, scored the fight a whopping 119-110 in favour of Williams, while Lynne Carter had it 115-113 for Williams. Julie Lederman scored the bout 114-114.....
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Pacquiao-Mayweather almost a done deal

Manny Pacquiao has not signed his name on either a final contract or a deal memo, but promotional teams are discussing purse sizes and possible venues for a boxing Super Bowl.
It's on.
That's how promotional teams for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are progressing, even if there has been no official announcement that the super-fight scheduled for.....
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Paul Williams: "the most avoided" no more

No longer can Paul Williams call himself the sport's most avoided fighter. Sergio Martinez met him head-on at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall.
"They called him the most feared man in the world, but I didn't have any fear at all in this bout," said Martinez, who overcame a first-round knockdown to drop Williams at the first-round bell en route to losing a disputed majority decision in a non-title middleweight bout in front of 2,927.....
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Khan completes his regal redemption

Fifteen months on from his own apocalypse at the hands of Breidis Prescott in Manchester, Khan is back, a regal presence leading the upward march of British boxing. This was his resurrection. A credible opponent obliterated in a manner which few saw coming, least of all the poor sap bouncing off the canvas.
Brooklyn hard nut Dmitriy Salita entered the Metro Arena.....
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Khan conquers in first title defence

Ultimately, after all the fevered speculation, provocative rhetoric and manic hype, only the big fight itself has the capacity to change the world. Consider it changed. Amir Khan transformed his own future to that of a super-champion in the making. In so doing, this principled young man struck several more blows for the cause of Anglo-Muslim harmony in this country. For good measure, he also declared as official the rebirth of British boxing......
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Weekend Review

Paul Williams' majority decision victory Saturday over Sergio Martinez, a fight that many boxing scribes scored for Martinez, joins Marquez-Diaz and Taylor-Froch as the finalists for Fight of the Year.
It always helps the Fight-of-the-Year cause when the first round features knockdowns by both fighters, Williams winging an off-balance Martinez at mid-round but going down near the end from a beautiful right hook, one of many Martinez landed in the first three rounds.....
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Jones career could be over after defeat to Green

Danny Green scored a stunning first round TKO victory over American great Roy Jones to retain his IBO cruiserweight world title at Sydney's Acer Arena on Wednesday.
Green put down the eight-time world champion with a well-timed right hand which sent Jones tumbling to the canvas midway through the opening round and then pummelled the American legend.....
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Green scores shock result over Jones

Danny Green has retained the IBO cruiser weight world title, stopping American superstar Roy Jones Jr in barely two minutes.
Jones was the hot favourite for the fight tonight at Acer Arena in Sydney but survived just 122 seconds with Green - who said at weigh-in for the match he had a punch that could put his opponent to sleep for a week......
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Fight for the ages, over in a moment

Just like that, it was over. Danny Green retained the IBO cruiserweight titles and possibly sent arguably one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of the last decade in Roy Jones Jr into retirement with a stunning first-round knockout.
The clash was billed as a fight for the ages and it was the underdog Green who stunned Jones, knocking him down early with two left jabs and a pile-driving right.....
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Danny Green readies his Kryptonite for Superman

Danny Green wore optimism like a knuckleduster under his dark grey suit and tie yesterday, as he came face to face with his great adversary Roy Jones Jr in the build-up to tomorrow night's world title fight in Sydney.
Only the thongs, also worn by Green's trainer Angelo Hyder and elder brother Brendan for the occasion, showed he was at peace with himself in what....
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Roy Jones: I'm an all-time great

Roy Jones Jnr lashed out at the suggestion his reputation as an all-time great was at stake in Wednesday night's fight, while his opponent, IBO world cruiserweight champion Danny Green, predicted he'd "destroy" the American.
Jones, who is considered a certainty to one day join the likes of Muhammad Ali, Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano....
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Roy Jones Jr ready to make history

Not since legendary heavyweight Jack Johnson came in 1908 has there been such a high profile fighter boxing in the country of Australia. Now in 2009 former eight times world champion Roy Jones Jr is poised to make boxing history when he takes on local Aussie hero Danny Green for the IBO cruiserweight title at the Acer Arena in Sydney on December 2nd. The significance of the match is not just the fact.....
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Bute leaves no doubt as he knocks out Andrade in rematch

There were two questions to answer when Lucian Bute and Librado Andrade fought a rematch of their 2008 IBF super middleweight championship bout. Was Bute an outstanding fighter who’d made merely a strategic error in getting worn down, or was he something less? And what psychological effect would Andrade’s relentlessness have on a rematch in which both men knew its consequences?.....
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Ellis adds another belt to his collection

Melbourne's firebrand Heath "The Heat" Ellis increased his record to (11-1-1, 6 KO's) as he scored a shutout win over Thailand's Jakkirt Suwunnalirt (15-13-1, 6 KO's) at the Malvern Town Hall last Friday night.
Ellis was coming off a bicep tendon injury that put him out of action for six months earlier this year. Ellis only appearance for the year was his fourth round stoppage over.....
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Ward dominates Kessler, earns super-middleweight top billing

It was a technical decision by a master of technique.
Andre Ward captured the WBA super-middleweight title Saturday night by being too fast and too skilled for Denmark's Mikkel Kessler, winning on points when the bout was stopped at 1:42 in the 11th round because of a cut inflicted on a head butt three rounds earlier.
At that point, the fight was decided on the score cards, with Ward winning 97-93....
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Pacquiao vs Mayweather would be a historic fight

The list of parties who've contacted promoter Bob Arum in hopes of hosting a mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather include the Yankees and the Mets, the Jets and the Giants, the Cowboys, a consortium of Nevada businessmen, and a former Presidential advisor.
First off, you can forget about Yankee Stadium or Citi Field, where municipal, state and other assorted taxes would result in a 15 percent levy against the combatants' purses.....
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When is it time to retire?

The hardest decision for a professional fighter to make is when to retire from the ring.
Every fighter dreams to retire with his faculties intact, enough money in the bank to live comfortably the rest of his life and a legacy of immortality. Since boxing is a livelihood, it's difficult to disengage from an occupation that pays for the food on the table. It's even more difficult when a fighter has few career options after boxing and wasn't able to save for the future.....
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Cotto's corner could have stopped it earlier

It could have been or should have been over by the ninth round. Or even a little earlier perhaps.
Miguel Cotto, after winning the opening round, had already gone down twice, the fight had become one-sided, and at the end of the ninth round the Puerto Rican corner had started thinking of whether they should stop the fight.
"Is that enough? Or should I give you one more round?" Cotto's young, inexperienced.....
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Cotto conquered as Pacquiao makes history

The chants began as soon as Manny Pacquiao was declared the new WBO welterweight champion Saturday night. "We want Floyd! We want Floyd!" many in the sellout crowd of 16,200 at the MGM Grand Garden demanded.
But in the wake of Pacquiao's overwhelming 12th-round technical knockout over Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr. might want to think long and hard before.....
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Yuri Foreman: Future Rabbi, Current World Champion

Boxing is a sport for immigrants, for tough young men looking to make a living, which is why it used to be a sport for American Jews. Before World War II, there were a number of superior Jewish fighters, like Benny Leonard, Barney Ross and Maxie Rosenbloom. But these days, the Jews in boxing tend to be promoters.
Still, we are seeing a mini-renaissance of Jewish fighters.....
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Ndou retains title with draw against Hatton

Lovemore Ndou has retained the International Boxing Organisation welterweight title with a draw against Matthew Hatton in Stoke, England.
South Africa-born Sydneysider Ndou, 38, making the first defence of the title, appeared to be in control after nine rounds of the closely contested fight, but Hatton, 28, the younger brother of former junior welterweight and.....
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David finally beats Goliath

THE euphoria created by David Haye's victory over Nikolai Valuev should now be the subject of some sober reflection. A Martian landing in England on the night of the fight must have thought Haye had at least beaten a Muhammad Ali or a Joe Louis to win the WBA world title.
But in modern Britain, I am afraid any perspective is ignored when the occasion arises to rejoice in an unexpected sporting triumph. The fact Haye was judged to be too good.....
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Pacquiao on track despite distractions

Manny Pacquiao is fully focused on next month's fight with Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas despite the typhoon which has devastated parts of his native Philippines, insists trainer Freddie Roach.
The 30-year-old took time out from his preparations to visit some of the worst-hit areas around the capital Manila and distributed food and supplies. More than 700 people died and six million were left homeless ....
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Haye promises to knock Valuev out

David Haye has continued to fan the flames ahead of his WBA heavyweight title challenge against Nikolai Valuev on November 8th, describing the Russian giant as the "bogeyman" ahead of their fight in Germany.
The outspoken former cruiserweight champion Haye has dominated the build-up to the fight in Nuremberg with regular jibes and publicity stunts aimed at the 7ft 2in champion.....
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Perez outpoints Agbeko to capture IBF bantamweight title

Yonnhy Perez didn't need airplane fighters to beat Ghana's Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko by unanimous decision and didn't need the phantom knockdown either in capturing the IBF bantamweight world title.
A small but vocal crowd at Treasure Island Casino saw Colombian born Perez (20-0, 14 KOs) grab the title with an aggressive and non-stop performance against the energetic.....
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Mundine and Geale on the road to rematch

Anthony Mundine and Daniel Geale comfortably removed South American roadblocks to their rematch with convincing wins at the Silverdome in Launceston.
Geale (22-1, 13 KOs) won every round on each judge's card to record a complete 120-108 shutout over Brazil's Samir Dos Santos Barbosa (22-6-3, 17 KOs) and win the vacant IBF Pan Pacific middleweight title. Mundine (37-3, 23 KOS) was almost as dominant in recording.....
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Froch ready for war with Kessler

Carl Froch can't wait to go to war with Mikkel Kessler next after outpointing Andre Dirrell in Nottingham on Saturday night. The "Cobra" retained his WBC super-middleweight title with a split-decision victory at the Trent FM Arena.
Froch's next assignment in the new Super Six tournament pits him against dangerous Dane Kessler, the man who gave Joe Calzaghe plenty to think about in their superfight in Cardiff back in 2007......
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Froch defeats Dirrel via controversial points decison

The title will have to wait for another day, another fight. Andre Dirrell's first bid for a world boxing championship was repelled Saturday night when the he lost a 12-round split decision to Carl Froch in a super-middleweight bout at Trenton FM Arena in Froch's hometown of Nottingham, England.
Dirrell (18-1, 13 KOs) was going after Froch's WBC belt but instead absorbed the first loss of his four-year professional career......
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Deja Vu for Taylor as Abraham scores last round knockout

Arthur Abraham laid down a huge marker in the Super Six World Boxing Classic with a punishing final round knockout of Jermain Taylor in Berlin.
Overcoming a slow start, Abraham came on stronger in the second half of the fight and a hard straight right connected perfectly with Taylor sending the American thumping to the canvas in a heavy knockout. It was a hurtful case of déjà vu for Taylor, as he suffered a dramatic final-round.....
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Soliman, Gostelow reign supreme on Melbourne's Docks

Leading Melbourne promoter Brian Amatruda presented an entertaining eight-fight card at the Docklands' prestigious Shed 14 venue. The card was "Dual Main Event" card was headlined by Sam Soliman who faced The Contender Australia's Les Piper for regional honours as well as Lance Gostelow who faced former Commonwealth welterweight champion Fatai Onikeke. Photo by Brock Ellis.......
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Tua destroys Cameron in two

The Tuamanator is back - big time! David Tua re-ignited his international boxing career and left some serious doubts hanging over Shane Cameron's competitive future with a stunning win in the heavyweight contest in Hamilton on Saturday night.
Tua knocked Cameron down three times - twice in the first round and finally just seven seconds into the second round for a stunning knockout victory.....
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Weekend Review

John Murray emerged as British boxing's next superstar in waiting, with the potential to take over from Ricky Hatton as a Manchester legend, as he took only four rounds to stop Jon Thaxton, the former European champion.
Aged 24 and unbeaten in 28 bouts, Murray seems ready for the big time. The win in Altrincham enabled him to regain the British lightweight title he lost when weighing 2oz over the limit.....
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Weekend Review

Bernard Dunne's first defence of the WBA world super-bantamweight title ended in defeat against Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym in Dunne’s hometown of Dublin in Ireland. Dunne impressed in the opening two rounds against his Thai opponent and looked on course to retain his crown. But the 29-year-old was floored three times in the third round and the referee stepped in to stop the contest on the three knockdown rule.....
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Dr Iron Fist hammers Arreola

With blood streaming out of Arreola's nose from the eighth round, Ramirez had seen enough when he came back to the corner at the end of the 10th.
"He was taking too much punishment. When I told him that I was going to stop he was irate," Ramirez said. "It was not an beasy decision. But we had discussed it and I had to do it."
Klitschko said he was surprised that Arreola did not come out for the start of the 11th......
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Mayweather outclasses Marquez in classy return

Floyd Mayweather returned from retirement with an outstanding, unanimous points victory over Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas last night, showing few signs of rustiness in his first competitive fight for 21 months.
The former five-weight world champion boxed with clear superiority over his Mexican opponent from the start, staying out of range of Marquez's jabs....
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Boxing's Super Bowl awaiting its second participant

Boxing's Super Bowl is halfway home now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. so thoroughly dismissed the lighter Juan Manuel Marquez by unanimous decision Saturday. The participants in the future mega-match, however, remain a work in progress. HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg says "there's an anticipation that Mayweather will fight the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto winner," a fight that comes November 14th......
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John survives late rally to retain title

Rocky Juarez waited an extra three months for another shot at Chris John and the WBA featherweight title after John dropped out of their scheduled June bout. If only Juarez could have found another minute or two in their fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, he might have walked out a champion.
Juarez's frenzied onslaught in the final 35 seconds staggered but never knocked.....
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Katsidis Shines in Vegas

Australian lightweight contender Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO's) secured the WBO interim lightweight title on Saturday night with one of the most impressive performances of his career when he won a split twelve round decision over Vicente Escobedo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He won by scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 112-116 (to Escobedo) over twelve championship rounds.....
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All in the Game: Teen terrific in Milan

Queensland teenager Damien Hooper scored two victories in the middleweight (75 kg) division at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan, Italy, in the first fortnight of September.
Only last December he won the Australian under 17 title in 70kg division at Sydney.
In Milan, Hooper notched a 12-7 win over Mathieu Bauderlique of France then bagged an rsc3 over the Czech, Vaudan Beselan.......
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Kessler punishes Perdomo

Making his first appearance in almost a year, WBA super middleweight championship Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO's) looked hardly impressive in beating Gusmyr Perdomo (16-3, 10 KO's) by a 4th round technical knockout at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Kessler, 30, looked rusty, missing many of his punches during the fight. In the 4th round, Kessler hurt Perdomo with a hard right hand that sent Perdomo back into the ropes......
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Pacquiao has Cotto figured out

A week before he officially begins training camp, Manny Pacquiao has already solved the puzzle that is Miguel Cotto as the five-city publicity tour for the November 14 super fight. Talking to a couple of scribes sent to cover the event, Pacquiao said he is overly excited to get in the ring with Cotto, the shaven-skulled banger whose WBO welterweight crown will be on the line at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas......
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Katsidis primed to produce

Australia's Michael Katsidis is primed to produce the performance of his boxing career as he makes his big screen debut in his lightweight world title fight in Las Vegas this weekend.
The twenty-nine year old Queenslander Katsidis, (25-2, 21 KO’s) is taking on twenty-seven year old 2004 American Olympian Vicente Escobedo (21-1, 13 KO’s) for the WBO interim lightweight title on the undercard.....
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All the pressure is on Mayweather

Locker room philosopher Charles Barkley once said pressure is for tires. That wise-guy bit of wisdom is worth remembering as anticipation and speculation combine and begin to register a surprising buzz in the build-up for Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s comeback September 20th against Juan Manuel Marquez at Las Vegas' MGM Grand.
In a fight predicted to be one-sided, intrigue is there because......
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De La Hoya: Marquez will beat Mayweather

Future Hall of Famer Oscar De La Hoya believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. will lose his unbeaten record when he takes on Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in a hotly anticipated welterweight fight in Las Vegas next week.
Mayweather has won all 39 of his career bouts, including 25 by knockout, but the American will be making his first appearance in the ring for almost two years.....
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All in the Game: Feathers, farewell

The featherweight division, is to be struck out of amateur boxing after a century. AIBA will drop the 57 kg limit this time next year, cutting international divisions from eleven to ten.
Way back in Young Griffo's era the feathers were an established marker on the nine-stone class, with small shifts to suit the key contestants.
Now, for the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur, the key contestants are – females.....
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Ward wins warm up to Kessler

Super middleweight contender Andre Ward scored a convincing knockout to keep his place in line and move the chains forward for Goossen-Tutor Promotions. Ward was on target like a pair of laser-guided smart bombs.
It was Ward who entered the fight against Shelby Pudwill (22-4-1) knowing his next opponent would be Mikkel Kessler...
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The ups and downs of "Sugar" Shane Mosley

In boxing, it's considered a pretty rare occurrence when the WBA welterweight titleholder and widely considered best welterweight fighter around struggles to find a meaningful matchup. Although after a rather turbulent year for fans of the sweet science, perhaps it's not all that surprising – alongside every injury, every postponement, every scandal involving the innovate use of plaster of Paris – perhaps it's become expected from the sport....
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O'Donnell easily retains Commonwealth Crown

Thoroughly out of his depth, Tom Glover was halted in the 6th round after taking heavy punishment from John O'Donnell and offering little in return this past Saturday at the Watford Coliseum.
Although scheduled as O'Donnell’s first defence of the Commonwealth title he claimed from Craig Watson, the belt was not at stake as the Commonwealth Boxing Council failed to rubber.....
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Weekend Review

Reigning Champion Lopez of Puerto Rico had fought for various flyweight titles four times but could never get over the hump. Finally, in March, he won a unanimous decision against Thailand's Pramuansak Posuwan to win a vacant title at junior bantamweight. However, his reign didn't last very long, as Sonsona beat him in his first defense.
Sonsona, a 19-year-old southpaw from Manny Pacquiao's.....
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"Money" Mayweather may lose on bottom line

Regardless of what happens between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez in the ring, it looks like "Money" Mayweather will be on the losing end at the end of the day. I'm talking about his battle with Dana White and the UFC. Though UFC 102 may not outsell Mayweather's PPV card, it will definitely make its dent on "Money's" bottom-line. Don't agree? Allow me explain my take on this issue......
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Katsidis on the road to redemption

Heading into his March 2008 fight against Joel Casamayor, the stock was fairly high on Michael Katsidis. Then undefeated with a 23-0 mark, 20 by way of knockout, Katsidis had caught the attention of the boxing masses due to his aggressive nature and brawling ways. His fight against Casamayor was looked at as a serious step up in class and unfortunately for the Australian native the results were devastating in all the wrong ways.....
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Weekend Review

What a great way for Friday Night Fights to end its season, a pair of world title bouts including this terrific main event that delivered tons of action, excitement and drama. Urango, who is trained by Evangelista Cotto (the estranged uncle and former trainer of Miguel Cotto), won the vacant IBF light-welterweight for the second time in January by outpointing Herman.....
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Diaz controversially outpoints unlucky Malignaggi

If Juan Diaz needed further reminder of what he needed to get done in the ring, all he had to do was listen to his entrance song by popular Mexican music group Tigres del Norte that he knows gets his hometown crowd riled up so well.
The song? Jefe de jefes, Spanish for "Boss of Bosses."
It took him a round, but Diaz proceeded to show Paulie Malignaggi ....
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Malignaggi: Cotto will stop Pacquiao

Although he has yet to feel the power of Manny Pacquiao, but Paulie Malignaggi is convinced the Filipino superstar can't measure up against Puerto Rican icon Miguel Cotto when they tangle on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Malignaggi went as far as predicting that Cotto, who beat him by unanimous decision three years ago, would knock Pacquiao out and retain his World Boxing Organization welterweight crown.....
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Big "O" Omotoso dominates Augustus

Coming into the biggest fight of his career, if there was ever any doubt about the ability of Oyewale Omotoso (14-0, 12 KO's)... surely they no longer exist as he pounded out a ninth round stoppage over extremely durable and evasive journeyman Emanuel "Drunken Master" Augustus (38-31-6, 20 KO's). The fight was set to be the biggest text of Omotoso's career and he passed it with flying colours, although it was not without a brief struggle.....
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Weekend Review

Robert Guerrero threw everything and the kitchen sink as he out-punched and out-boxed Malcolm Klassen en route to a unanimous decision by scores of 117-111, 116-113, and 116-112.
Tough for first round for Klassen who ate jab after jab and the occasional left hand and right hook from Guerrero who pressed the pace and action in the opening frame. Circling .....
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Local talent score easy wins at Blacktown RSL

On Friday August 14th, New South Wales leading promoters Grange Old School Boxing and BHS Boxing joined forces to promote a seven-fight card at Blacktown's RSL featuring some of the states hottest prospects. In a card that featured a regional title fight that offers a world ratings and an Australian title contest, the main talking point was the absolute mismatch that took place between highly-regarded prospect Lenny Zappavigna and Thailand's Thongthai Rajanondh......
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Nobody can take credit away from Roy Jones Jr

Looking very much like the champion of old, Roy Jones Jr despite getting on in years still proved he is a fighter to be reckoned with as he toyed with former world champion Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy in a one-sided showcase of Jones' talent and his ability to clown with the fans at the MS Coast Coliseum in his hometown if Biloxi, Mississippi.
Jones used his own vaunted left hook and lightning-fast combinations......
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Green to take on Jones in Sydney

American former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr will fight Danny Green for the IBO cruiserweight world title in Sydney in late November.
The New South Wales Government announced that Green, who won the vacant IBO cruiserweight title in Mississippi last weekend, will defend his title against Jones in Sydney, with the bout tentatively set for November 21......
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Soliman wins big at the Docklands

After a fifteen month absence from the ring, Sam "King" Soliman returned in a very big way with an impressive seventh round stoppage over Thailand's durable Singtung Kietbusaba to pick up the IBF Australasian and IBO Asia Pacific middleweight titles.
Soliman entered the ring to a standing ovation after five hours of brilliant boxing action that featured an all out war between knockout sensation Solomon Haumono....
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Weekend Review

Donaire was put in a tough spot because Concepcion was 119½ pounds, way above the 115-pound limit for the fight, at Friday's weigh-in. But rather than miss the six-figure payday and kill the main event of Top Rank's "Pinoy Power 2" pay-per-view card, Donaire decided to go through with the fight, even though Concepcion would have a significant size advantage. ....
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Curtain Call for Legendary Jones

Roy Jones Jr. is fighting this weekend against former IBF super-middleweight champion Jeff Lacy. What I can't seem to decide, though, is how I feel about it. But as I'm about to tune in to watch the fight, I'll be wondering exactly what I've paid my pay per view money to see, because like many other diehard boxing fans, I've been fooled by this Jones character before.
Froch's title will be on the line, as Dirrell is the mandatory challenger but, .....
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Carl Froch hopes Super Six will be his lucky number

Carl Froch, who has been kicking his heels in Nottingham since he retained his WBC super-middleweight title with a last-round knockout of Jermain Taylor in April, fights next against the unbeaten young American southpaw Andre Dirrell in the UK on October 17th at the Trent Arena.
Froch's title will be on the line, as Dirrell is the mandatory challenger but, more importantly, the contest will be the first of three preliminary bouts he fights in Showtime's innovative....
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De Mori extends winning run

WBC#20 ranked Heavyweight Mark De Mori from Perth, Western Australia extended his current winning run to 11 fights with a fifth round stoppage win over New Zealand fighter Kevin "King Kong" Karusa at the Italian Club in Northbridge, Perth on 31st July.
The 27 year old Australian heavyweight prospect, known as the "Dominator" showed his power in both hands that have brought him 14 KO's in his exciting career....
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Egberime stars against Antonakos on final Superboxer card

Although IBO super-middleweight champion Sakio Bika was the main attraction, it was the Australian light-welterweight title fight between defending champion Solomon Egberime and challenger Bobby Antonakos that entertained the sold out Orion Function Centre.
Former Olympian Egberime won the title by impressively stopping former Australian Mick Shaw and made his first defence and even more impressive performance......
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Waters scores dramatic stoppage win over McMahon

In what was supposed to be an easy blow-out, Ryan Waters struggled to a 9th technical knockout victory over IBF Australasian champion Shannon McMahon to retain his WBO Oriental light-middleweight title at the Cronulla Leagues Club.
Waters came into the fight having already scored victories over the highly rated Pradeep Singh, Steve Heremaia and Eddie Delic; where as McMahon.....
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Witter fails to regain his old title against Alexander

Timothy Bradley defended his WBO light-welterweight title by battering Nate Campbell, whose eye injury forced the fight to be stopped after three rounds.
Bradley (25-0, 12 KOs) rode the energy of his hometown crowd in a dynamic performance, although television replays appeared to show an accidental head-butt opening a cut over Campbell's left eye early in the third.
Campbell's eye also was injured in the round, which he barely survived on his feet......
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Bradley controversially beats Campbell

Timothy Bradley defended his WBO light-welterweight title by battering Nate Campbell, whose eye injury forced the fight to be stopped after three rounds.
Bradley (25-0, 12 KOs) rode the energy of his hometown crowd in a dynamic performance, although television replays appeared to show an accidental head-butt opening a cut over Campbell's left eye early in the third.
Campbell's eye also was injured in the round, which he barely survived on his feet......
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Weekend Review

Two-time Rob Medley conqueror Isaac Hlatshwayo (29-1-1, 10 KOs) scored a twelve round split decision over Delvin Rodriguez (24-3-2, 14 KOs) to claim the vacant IBF world title on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino.
The boxers had fought a controversial, bizarre draw in an eliminator for the title at Emperors Palace, on the outskirts of Johannesburg in November after a decision in favour of an under-pressure Hlatshwayo had been reversed....
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Showtime's Ground-Breaking Super-Middleweight Tournament

Showtime Sports and six of the best super middleweight boxers in the world converged in New York City to announce an unprecedented new boxing tournament to be presented by Showtime in the United States and throughout the world on various television networks.
The inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic is a round robin, six-fighter tournament featuring the class of the Super Middleweight division from home and abroad.....
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Hoppa batters Big Bob in easy title defence

A 44-year-old sent him home from the US in May with his tail between his legs, but last Thursday night John Hopoate got the better of another old man, Bob Mirovic, to retain his Australian heavyweight title.
In his first fight since Oliver McCall stopped him in the second round in Las Vegas, Hopoate was too powerful for his rival 43-year-old Mirovic, winning the ten-round .....
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A night at the fights in Malvern

Victorian promoter of the year Peter Maniatis put together a credible four fight card at the Malvern Town Hall last Friday night.
The card was dealt with some lethal blows in the weeks before the night with the scheduled IBO World Youth title fight and main event between Heath Ellis and Denkamol Kiatchanachai being postponed due to an injury Ellis suffered in training; also scheduled attractions Jonny Walker, Pierre Karam and Lincoln Stewart all pulled out the weeks prior to the promotion due to injury.....
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Haye finally set to challenge for World Title, but not against a Klitschko

In a huge heavyweight twist, after talks with the Klitschko brothers broke down, former undisputed world cruiserweight champion David Haye has signed a contract to meet current WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev on November 7, at a location yet to be decided.
Expected to take place in Germany, The "Hayemaker's" scheduled 12-rounder with "The Beast From The East" will pair the world's most exciting heavyweight commodity with the world's largest......
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First Dominguez then Jones for Danny Green

When Australian boxer Danny Green (26-3, 23 KOs) takes on Argentinean Julio Cesar Dominguez (20-4, 14 KOs) on August 18th in Biloxi, Mississippi, he has the chance to join an elite club of boxers who have won world titles at three different weights. The fight with Dominguez is for the vacant IBO cruiserweight title and provides a chance to add to previous world honours as WBA light heavyweight and WBC super middleweight champion.
The 36-year-old from Perth, Western Australia is known as the "Green Machine".....
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Zappa, Ganoy and Medley cruise to wins

Once again, boxing returned to cable television when Grange Old School Boxing put together a seven-fight card featuring some of Sydney's finest boxing talent.
The main event of the night was contested over ten rounds for the "interim" IBF Australasian light-middleweight title between the popular "Deadly" Rob Medley and Indonesia's Aswin Cabuy. Cabuy has fought all over Asia and has a notable points victory over Samuel Colomban along with a knockout loss to Oyewale Omotoso.....
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Vernon Forrest shot dead at the age of 38

Recognized as one of boxing's good guys, two-division world champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed Saturday in Atlanta during an apparent robbery, police said.
Forrest was 38.
"This is a tragedy beyond belief" Forrest's promoter, Gary Shaw, said in a statement. "The life of a decent, caring man and a loving father has ended -- a victim of senseless violence."....
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Weekend Review

Top Rank's PPV show was supposed to feature Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the main event with featherweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa in the co-feature. When they both fell out for different reasons, Antillon's fight with the unheralded Acosta was pushed up to main event status.
It figured to be a terrific showcase for Antillon, who is an exciting and rising lightweight contender who was one of Manny Pacquiao's main sparring partners for his fight with Ricky Hatton.....
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All in the Game: Father comes first

Paul Fleming was set to box in August then jet to the United States. Instead Paul flew north to Tully, North Queensland, to the bedside of his father Steve . . in hospital with terminal cancer. 'Two Guns' chose to be alongside the man who started him on his dream road....

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WIN Double Passes to see "Tyson" The Movie

To celebrate the release of the explosive new documentary TYSON, Hopscotch films are exclusively offering FIGHT GAME subscribers the opportunity to win one of 15 complimentary double pass to advanced screenings of the film in your capital city. To secure your double pass, simply click on the links for your capital city and tickets will be sent to you in the mail.....
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King Khan dethrones Kotelnik to become Britain's newest superstar

Exactly four years and eleven months to the day after he became the teenage Olympic silver medalist, Amir Khan has graduated to a professional World Champion taking the WBA light-welterweight title from the battle hardened Ukrainian Andreas Kotelnik at the MEN Arena last night.
At 22 and only in his 22nd fight the boy from Bolton has grown into a man of the world - King Khan they acclaimed him after...
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Iannazzo Mark II

Professional boxing will have another intake of fresh air with younger brother of unified Asia Pacific Youth Champion Daniel "Babyface" Iannazzo. The young blood will throw away his singlet and his head guard and join the professional ranks in coming months.
"Iron" Andrew Iannazzo has decided to turn pro and join his brother under the astute guidance of Keith Ellis Snr....
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Pacquiao vs Cotto is now official

Miguel Cotto is next on Manny Pacquiao's hit list for what's likely to be the biggest fight of the fall. Although the fight may not be as big in stature as the possible bout between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, there is no doubt that Cotto and Pacquiao will a box-office hit.
Pacquiao and Cotto will meet November 14 at the MGM Grand Garden....
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Bell unifies regional titles on Superboxer's second showing

After a rocky start to the Superboxer series, Empire Promotions presented its second of four promotions in July to be televised nationwide on free-to-air channel One HD. The main event featured "Tiger" Tim Bell who was aiming to unify regional titles and solidify his place amongst the top five world rated fighters in the light-heavyweight division by the WBA....
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Weekend Review

Ten months ago, Khan's world was in tatters. The 2004 Olympic silver medallist from Great Britain, had been hyped as the next big thing in boxing, crashed and burned when he was brutally knocked out in 54 seconds by unheralded Breidis Prescott in front of a hometown crowd.
Now, Khan, 22, owns a world title after completing an impressive rebuilding job spearheaded by future Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach......
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Dib willing to rematch Yamaguchi

Billy Dib and Team BTK wish to respond to the media, supporters, boxing fans and the Australian public following his victory over Kenichi "Machine Gun" Yamaguchi of Japan for the WBO Asia-Pacific Featherweight Title bout on opening night of the "SuperBoxer" series held at "The Big Top", Luna Park Sydney.
Firstly, as a team, we thank everyone who has sent their wishes both pre,.....
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Green tempts Hall to the Ring

Barry Hall met with former world champion Danny Green at Moore Park's Entertainment Quarter on Friday afternoon to discuss a possible pugilistic career - and there was no mention of the former Swan fighting for world titles.
Green, a former world champion, runs Green Machine Promotions Company and is keen to recruit Hall to fight for him but he offered the former Swan what he called a realistic sales pitch.
"I told Barry first and foremost he would always have a say.....
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Arturo Gatti: The Legendary Warrior

Arturo Gatti, the star of Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall and one of the most compelling television fighters of the modern era for his rough-and-tumble style, was found dead Saturday in Brazil.
Gatti, 37, was on his second honeymoon with his wife, Amanda, and their 10-month-old baby when his blood-spattered body was discovered in a seaside resort in Porto de Galinhas, according to media reports.
A police investigation was ongoing and foul play is suspected. Gatti was found to have blood.....
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Controversy surrounds Dib on boxing's return to Mainstream

In what was labelled as one of the biggest nights for Australian Boxing in the last decade, boxing made its long awaited return to free to air television. The concept was called "Superboxer" was held by at Sydney's Luna Park and was promoted by Fidel Tukel's Empire Promotions.
The night featured some good domestic matchups along with the headline act being Billy "The Kid" Dib facing Japan's Kenichi.....
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Agbeko retains title with a clear decision over Darchinyan

Joseph Agbeko retained his IBF bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Australian Vic Darchinyan on Saturday night US Time.
Using solid rights to the head, which eventually opened cuts above both of Darchinyan's eyes, Agbeko spoiled Darchinyan's goal of winning his third world title in a different division.
The bout had one disputed knockdown in the seventh round.....
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Adamek out-gunns Gunn, retains cruiserweight World Title

Tomasz Adamek successfully defended his IBF cruiserweight world championship Saturday night with a fourth-round technical knockout of Bobby Gunn.
Adamek, a Polish native who now lives in New Jersey, dominated the fight from the outset and improved his career record to 38-1 with 26 KO’s. Gunn’s record fell to 18-4-1.
Adamek stunned Gunn with a powerful overhand right in the fourth round,.....
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Weekend Review

Felix Sturm retained his WBA middleweight title, beating Khoren Gevor in a unanimous decision Saturday at the Ring Arena.
Sturm relied on clean, strong shots that stunned Gevor several times throughout the 12-round fight. But the Armenian challenger was aggressive and tenacious, moving Sturm around the ring and keeping him in a defensive crouch.
All three judges called the fight for Sturm, 115-113 twice and 117-111. Many in the arena were.....
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Hassler and Myers' barn burner in Bendigo

Leading Melbourne promoter Brian Amatruda presented a five fight card in the country town of Bendigo that featured fighters such as highly decorated amateur star Justin Whitehead and undefeated regional titlist Daniel Iannazzo. The surprise and main talking point of the evening was the all out war between welterweights Chris Myers (3-3) and local boy Matt Hassler who was making his pro debut.....
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Chambers defeats Dimitrenko, set to challenge Klitschko

If someone would have told Alexander Dimitrenko that Eddie Chambers would live up to his nickname "Fast", he probably would have taken another fight. However, he did choose to face the 28-years old American in a WBO heavyweight title eliminator for the right to face unified champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Going into the fight, Dimitrenko was very confident of scoring a victory over the....
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Weekend Review

M'baye, 34, a former titleholder from France, went through a rough stretch in 2007 and 2008 in which he went 1-3, losing his world title to Gavin Rees and later losing a title eliminator to Herman Ngoudjo. But since the loss to Ngoudjo 13 months ago, M'baye has won two in row.
In his latest victory, he pulled out the split decision against Colin Lynes. Lynes, 31, of England, is the former European champion who lost his third in a row.....
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Maidana stops Ortiz in brutal battle, Kickett knocked out

Middleweight veteran Shannon Taylor (49-7-3, 35 KO's), from Wollongong has turned his attention to a possible showdown with former IBO champion Daniel Geale after his planned August 5th fight in Wollongong with Danny Green fell through last week.
Green's management team sought to go to the United Stated and fight for the IBO cruiserweight title....
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"Bulli Blaster" Taylor targets Geale showdown!

Middleweight veteran Shannon Taylor (49-7-3, 35 KO's), from Wollongong has turned his attention to a possible showdown with former IBO champion Daniel Geale after his planned August 5th fight in Wollongong with Danny Green fell through last week.
Green's management team sought to go to the United Stated and fight for the IBO cruiserweight title rather than take on the experienced Taylor.....
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Lopez continues impressive knockout streak

Juan Manuel Lopez stopped Olivier Lontchi in the ninth round to retain the WBO junior featherweight title Saturday night. For Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs), the TKO was his 14th consecutive knockout.
"I knew going to be difficult," Lopez said. "He was very awkward and very difficult to fight. I think the he was way fighting he wasn't really boxing. He was running a lot......
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Weekend Review

Undefeated Arthur Abraham successfully defended his IBF middleweight boxing title with a technical knockout of fellow German Mahir Oral in the 10th round on Saturday.
Abraham improved his record to 30-0 with his 10th consecutive defense, though none have been against top-level challengers since he won the title in December 2005.....
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Treacy: Mundine running scared

Anthony Mundine is running scared of a rematch with Daniel Geale, the former IBO titlist’s camp believes.
Negotiations for a rematch of last month's split-points decision where Mundine claimed Geale's IBO world middleweight title in Brisbane stalled after Geale's manager Bill Treacy met with Mundine's manager Khoder Nasser yesterday. ....
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Local prospects deliver at Mooney Valley

Leading Melbourne promoter Brian Amatruda in conjunction with Peter Iannazzo put on an eight-fight card at Mooney Valley Racecourse featuring some of Melbourne finest boxing talent. The main-event was a state title matchup between popular local boy "Big" Pat Rullo (8-1, 1 KO) up against tough Bohol-import Jurland Ceniza (6-17-1, 3 KO's)....
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Klitschko cleans up in record Euro showdown

Wladimir Klitschko again proved his dominance of the heavyweight division, stopping Ruslan Chagaev in a hastily put together title fight Saturday night before 61,000 fans at a German soccer stadium.
The IBF and WBO champion added the Ring Magazine belt to his haul, knocking Chagaev down in the second round and opening a cut over the Uzbekistan-born....
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Davidson and Talipeau star in Aussie Title showcase

A near capacity crowd at the Sutherland Entertainment Centre were treated to a stellar night at the fights in which two Australian Title fights headlined the bill.
The first of the two Australian Title contests pitted the highly-touted unbeaten Nigerian import King Davidson (9-0, 5 KO's) who was up against game competitor.....
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Green vs Jones: Signed and Sealed

Former four weight world champion Roy Jones Jnr confirmed via telecast in Sydney on Wednesday that he would come to Australia in November this year and take on former WBA light-heavyweight and WBC interim super-middleweight champion Danny Green in probably what is Australia's biggest boxing match up since Jack Johnson came to the country.....
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Historic Pacquiao-Cotto bout almost finalised

It's the fight Bob Arum wanted, and now it looks like he'll get it. Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao are reportedly going to fight on November 14.
Pacquiao, who is currently the pound-for-pound king of boxing, may have been there to do a scouting report on his next opponent.....
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Weekend Review

This raging battle was not only the best fight of the weekend but also one of the best fights of the year so far. Just a tremendous battle set to the backdrop of a frenzied crowd of 13,659 at Montreal's Bell Centre, where the fans turned out to see the first world title bout between two Montreal-based....
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Green set to announce super bout with Legendary Jones

Today at 11am on Wednesday June 17th in Sydney, the details of an Australian "super bout" will be announced between former WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green (26-3, 23 KOs) and former four weight world champion and living legend Roy Jones Jnr (53-5, 39 KO's) which is expected to be held in Australia, later in 2009.....
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Cotto survives Clottey, Pacquiao next?

Under normal circumstances, the brutal fight that Miguel Cotto and Josh Clottey waged on the eve of the national Puerto Rican Day parade might have left fans clamouring for a rematch.
Then again, with Manny Pacquiao sitting ringside, economics might prevail.
Overcoming a grisly early cut from an accidental head butt and several ferocious rounds....
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Egberime overpowers Shaw to claim National Honours

A high-quality main event put together by leading Queensland outfit Ace Boxing Promotions saw two of the best light-welterweights in the country contest for the vacant Australian Light-Welterweight Title. The title was declared vacant when former champion Chris McCullen announced his retirement earlier this year....
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Busy times ahead for Billy Dib

What a month coming up for Billy "The Kid" Dib.
Dib, the former IBO Super-Featherweight Champion and current world-rated contender in the Featherweight division had another busy week, appearing at last Thursday's launch of the exciting new free-to-air championship boxing series - Superboxer.
Brought to Australia through Fidel Tukel's Empire Promotions.....
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Mayweather injures rib, postpones Marquez fight

Floyd Mayweather's long-awaited return to the ring will have to wait a bit longer after the six-time world boxing champion suffered a rib injury during practice last week, forcing the postponement of his fight with Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas.
Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, who are co-promoted .....
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Weekend Review

It was a case of mixed emotions for John Murray as he one-sidedly beat Scott Lawton inside six rounds, although Murray easily won the fight he ultimately lost his British lightweight title due to the fact he came in overweight at the weigh-in the night before.
The drama started at the weigh in when Murray came in 0.08kg over the weight limit and was forced to vacate....
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All in the Game: Fame and a new firm for Bobby Goodman

BOB Goodman will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY, this Sunday, June 14.
Bob, Don King's right hand man, left Don King Promotions last month to join Square Ring Promotions.
Goodman has just turned 70. He ran the King operation since the '90s, after years as head of boxing at Madison Square Garden.......
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One HD Presents: Superboxer Series

Australians will soon have the opportunity to see some of the country's best professional in action thanks to the new 'Superboxer' series on Network Ten's 24-hour sports channel ONE.
Over four Thursday nights in July some of Australia's elite boxers will fight it out at exclusive venues in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra with all fights to be televised LIVE on ONE......
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Cotto parades back to The Garden

WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto has fought at Madison Square Garden on the night before the Puerto Rican Day Parade for four of the last five years.
Cotto doesn't plan on disappointing them this year as he will defend his title on Saturday against Joshua Clottey (35-2, 20 KOs), a tough welterweight champion from Ghana who now lives in the Bronx.
"I like fighting here around Puerto Rican Parade weekend,".....
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Katsidis challenges Pacquiao to "Biggest fight in Filipino History"

Michael Katsidis has put his head into the lion's den by travelling to Manila to challenge Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao, the man regarded as the world's finest pound-for-pound fighter.
Former WBO interim lightweight world champion Katsidis called a press conference in Manila on Friday to announce his challenge.
The 28-year-old Queenslander is already well-known to Filipino fight fans.....
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Ruslan Chagaev new opponent for Klitschko

Ruslan Chagaev is the new opponent of IBF, WBO and IBO World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko on June 20 in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
WBA Champion Chagaev was engaged after original fighter David Haye had pulled out due to an injury on Wednesday. The winner of the bout will receive the vacant Ring Magazine Heavyweight Championship Belt which was held by Vitali Klitschko until he retired in 2005....
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Brian Amatruda Presents: International Boxing

On Friday June 19th leading Melbourne promoter Brian Amatruda along with co-partner Barry Michael will present a nine-fight card featuring some of Melbourne's leading talent. The fight night which will be held at the Mooney Valley Racecourse will be headlined by local boy Pat Rullo in a state title against Filipino Jurland Ceniza.....
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Talipeau and Davidson in Aussie Title Matchups

Sutherland Entertainment Centre will stage two Australian title fights when it hosts its first Boxing Show on Friday, June 19.
Australian middleweight champion Junior Talipeau will defend his title against Ben Crampton, while King Davidson finally gets a chance at a national title in the light middleweight division, taking on Robert Toomey....
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Pony Shaw out to defend "perfect" title record

Mick Shaw will be hoping to keep his unbeaten Australian title record intact when he faces talented Nigerian Solomon Egberime on Friday.
The pair will fight for the Australian light-welterweight title in Brisbane on June 12th for the title Shaw first won in March 2005; Shaw later relinquished the title after two successful defences.
The Toowoomba boxer also fought for the Australian welterweight title last year,...
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Can Joshua Clottey upset Cotto?

Miguel Cotto's next fight should be one of the tougher ones in his career as he will step into the ring with IBF welterweight champion, Joshua Clottey. The fight will take place next Sunday afternoon (Australian Time) as it will bring Cotto back to Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in June.
A fight between these two is a very intriguing matchup.....
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Weekend Review

It took longer for Germany's Brahmer to walk to the ring for his mandatory European title defence than it did to blow out Brancalion of Italy.
It was over in just 83 seconds, as the 30-year-old Brahmer, who had won the title with a fifth-round knockout of Rachid Kanfouah in March, decked the 33-year-old Brancalion just 15 seconds into the fight with a left hook. A minute or so later....
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Darchinyan is Ready to Rumble

Increased power in his right arm to go with his lethal left has Vic Darchinyan feeling confident as he resumes his quest for all-time boxing greatness.
Undisputed super-flyweight champion Darchinyan flew out of Sydney yesterday in preparation for his title challenge against Ghana's IBF bantamweight world champion Joseph Agbeko in Florida on July 11.
A victory would bring him his fifth major world title belt...
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Mayweather vs Marquez: The Eliminator

When Floyd Mayweather Jnr walked away from boxing, he was widely considered the pound-for-pound king, the mythical mantle bestowed upon the best in the game.
Now that he's back, at least one person believes Mayweather still is: Lightweight champ Juan Manual Marquez, whom he'll face in his highly anticipated return.
"I'm expecting the best Floyd Mayweather ever; I'm putting in my mind that he never retired, so I'm expecting the best." Stated Marquez...
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Weekend Review

It seems as though Angulo, nicknamed "Perro" or "The Dog", bit off a bit more than he could chew. After moving extremely fast through his first 15 fights, his momentum ground to a halt as he was outboxed by Cintron, a former welterweight titlist who fought one of his best fights.
Angulo made things entertaining by coming forward and really coming on strong late in the fight when Cintron, who annoyingly fought too often moving backward, clearly started to tire. But give Cintron...
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Berto retains title over "Iron Twin" Urango

Blessed with quickness of hands and feet, Andre Berto won a lopsided, unanimous decision over Juan Urango and retained his WBC welterweight title..
"We just boxed him and showed what we can do," Berto said. "I was just trying to stick into my game plan and not get into a fight mode."
In his previous victory, against Luis Collazo, Berto pressed the action in the final round and won a close decision....
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Superboxer: Boxing's ticket back to Mainstream

Australian Boxing has now been ushered into a new era. Empire Promotions in conjunction with Prestige Sports Management will proudly present a seven-fight card that will be broadcast live on free to air channel One HD under the new name of "Superboxer".
It is an all-new initiative run by boxin's newest powerhouse Fidel Tukel; these promotions will ....
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Mundine edges Geale in domestic Fight of the Year

In one of the best world title fights seen in Australia in recent years, WBA#1 ranked middleweight Anthony Mundine (36-3, 23 KO's) secured the IBO Middleweight World Title at the packed Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Australia this evening with a close split decision over previously unbeaten Daniel Geale (21-1, 13 KO's).
The former two-time WBA super-middleweight champion boxed impressively to secure his third world title....
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Mundine narrowly outpoints Geale in dramatic thriller

Its not very often that fights live up to their pre-fight hype; but in the case of Anthony Mundine vs Daniel Geale... it certainly did.
Coming into the fight, not many people knew exactly what to expect. Some were saying Mundine would be too classy for Geale, whilst others were saying Geale would easily defeat Mundine, who was appearing to be on the decline.
If one thing was for certain, it was that Aussie fight fans were in for a real treat.....
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Mundine vs Geale: The Time is Now

Fomer two-time WBA super-middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (35-3, 23 KO's) was in confident mood at the final press conference in Brisbane today for the highly anticipated IBO middleweight title fight with unbeaten champion Daniel Geale (21-0, 13 KO's) to be held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Wednesday.
This fight is the biggest bout in Australian boxing in 2009 so far....
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Tim Bell: Australia's Least Wanted

For most fighters, a spot inside the top ten world ratings is a dream come true. The chance of receiving bigger paydays, more opportunities and if their lucky... real lucky they may even find themselves in a position to challenge for a world title. It is the ultimate bargaining tool; well that is for most fighters anyway.
For one fighter all of the above is a reality, yet he seems ....
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Hoppa stopped in two by the Atomic Bull

John Hopoate's fears about the "lethal" right hand of former heavyweight world champion Oliver McCall proved justified as the American stopped him within two rounds of their IBA Intercontinental title bout in Las Vegas.
McCall, 44, dropped Hopoate twice in the second round at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, with experienced referee Joe Cortez halting the fight after the second knock down....
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Kickett maintains winning streak on Nitro Night

On Friday 22nd May, promoter Angelo Hyder held his first Nitro Boxing night of the year; headlined by "Cool" Willie Kickett who continued on his steady rise by defeated tough Filipino Roel Mangan.
The card which was aired live nationwide on Fox Sports, featured nine four round fights. Jackson Asiku, Fatai Onikeke and Brendan Batty were other noticeable fighters that fought on the card....
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Weekend Review

Japan's Toshiaki Nishioka retained his WBC super bantamweight title with a third-round technical knockout of former bantamweight World Champion Jhonny Gonzalez.
Nishioka (34-4-3, 21 KOs) landed a giant left to send Gonzalez (40-7) to the canvas with the official stoppage time at 1:20 of the third round. This was the first title defense for Nishioka, who....
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BHS Presents: Farewell to a Champion Gallery

On Saturday 16th May, BHS Boxing promoted an excellent night of fights in which some real all-action wars took place. As always, Tim Barry who is one of Australia's finest boxing photographers was there to catch all the action....
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Aussie Boxing Roundup

FIGHT GAME has been recently tipped off by an insider at Fighters Factory who stated that their stable’s hot prospect, Oyewale Omotoso is set to challenge for the WBC World Youth Title in Mexico.
The opponents name wasn’t confirmed but two names have been touted for this bout. Omotoso also looks set to fly over to the US in order to prepare for the bout with none other than the legendary Floyd Mayweather....
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Weekend Review

Giacobbe Fragomeni retained the WBC cruiserweight belt when he drew with former IBF champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in Rome.
After a long and hard fought battle, the champion had to settle for a twelve-round split-decision draw. The scores were 114-113 Fragomeni, 116-112 Wlodarczyk and 114-114.
Fragomeni, whose record now stands at (26-11, 10 KOs), was ...
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Ward walks the walk against Miranda

Not only was Andre Ward the better boxer, but also the tougher customer, scoring a clear-cut, unanimous decision over Colombia's Edison Miranda in their 12-round super-middleweight bout.
Bleeding from above the left eye after taking a head butt in the first round, the 2004 Olympic champion dominated with a series of combinations, avoiding the big punch that Miranda searched for all night.....
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Bell and Tomlinson star in big title wins

Things went much as expected last Friday night when "Wild" Will Tomlinson and "Tiger" Tim Bell both won and retained their titles in dramatic fashion at the Sunshine Skating Centre.
Tomlinson, (7-0-1, 7 KOs) captured the vacant Australian Super-Featherweight Title with an impressive stoppage victory over former champ Matt Powell (11-7-2, 3 KOs) in five rounds.....
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Clenshaw calls it a day, Crowe crowned Australian Champion

When most fighters decide to call it a day and bow out with one "last fight", usually you wouldn't blame them for choosing someone that would be easier to beat then their usual opponents. However, when Justin "Chainsaw" Clenshaw (26-16, 13 KOs) decided to have his final fight he didn't exactly choose the easiest fight out there.
His opponent, none other than the decorated former Nigerian Commonwealth Games representative, undefeated King Davidson (8-0, 5 KOs)....
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Daniel Geale: Ready and Waiting

With less than a few weeks to go before Daniel "The Real Deal" Geale steps into the ring in what will be the biggest fight of his career to date. The reigning and defending IBO Middleweight World Champion discusses with Fight Game how his preparations are going ahead of his clash with Anthony Mundine.....
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Foley and Fleming in double showcase

On Friday May 22nd, two of Queensland's up and coming prospects will be showcased on a Mike Foley promotion that will be taking place at the Maroochydore Rugby League Club in Queensland.
Headlining the double main event card will be Wade "Left Hook" Foley who will be challenging for the first title of his professional career when he takes on seasoned journey "Hardcore"....
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Weekend Review

Despite the lopsided outcome in the first meeting, Tarver was confident he would win the rematch. He was almost right as he again dropped but unanimous decision to Dawson.
Tarver, nicknamed the "Magic Man," believes he proved he still has some magic left in his hands.
Tarver, a significant underdog, pieced together successful combinations especially in the earlier rounds he showed the veteran champion wasn't going to be an easy opponent....
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Raging Waters wins a close one against Delic

On Friday May 8th a sellout crowd at the Cronulla Leagues Club witnessed "Raging" Ryan Waters successfully defend his WBO Oriental Light-Middleweight Title for the second time against Melbourne's tough man Eddie "Psycho" Delic.
Waters entered the fight as a firm favourite despite not having fought someone as experienced as Delic before. Waters was the busier of the two from the outset; looking to establish himself on the inside....
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Australian Heavyweight Assault!

In a period when the Russians are dominating the global heavyweight boxing scene, Australia has three ambitious heavyweights who are each attempting to rise through the world rankings in 2009 and perhaps land the biggest prize in boxing – a version of the heavyweight championship of the world.
Firstly, former NRL star John Hopoate has amassed.....
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Dawson beats Tarver... Again

Chad Dawson successfully defended his IBF and IBO light heavyweight titles, unanimously outpointing Antonio Tarver in a rematch of their October fight.
The undefeated Dawson, who looked lackadaisical at times in fighting off several impressive combinations from the 40-year-old Tarver, had winning scores of 116-112, 117-111 and 117-111 from the three judges.....
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Banal set to face former World Champion

After the awesome performance of this charismatic Manny Pacquiao - the talented youngster AJ Banal who idolises the Pacman is more determined than ever to prove to his detractors that he is back!
After suffering a temporary setback when he lost via 10th round stoppage to Rafael Concepcion in a battle for the....
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Triple Thunder: Ndou vs Ndou

Emperors Palace will be rocking to the sound of 2009's most explosive fistic action on July 11th when Golden Gloves Promotions hosts "Triple Thunder".
Indeed, with acolytes already abuzz at the prospect of seeing two of this country's most exciting young fighters; Tommy Oosthuizen and Jared Lovett exchange heavy artillery ...
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Hatton Advised to Retire

Ricky Hatton was advised to hang up his gloves for good by his own trainer after being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao in a fight that ended with him flat on his back.
Filipino southpaw Pacquiao captured a world title in his record-tying sixth weight class by taking Hatton's IBO light welterweight crown one second before the end of the second round....
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Pacquiao Demolishes Hatton, Remains Pound for Pound King

Manny Pacquiao stunned Ricky Hatton with a left hook to the side of the head, knocking the Brit to the canvas and bringing their light-welterweight title fight to a stunning end with a second to go in the second round tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The heavily hyped bout figured to be a close one but Pacquiao set Hatton up with right hooks in the first round, knocking him down twice.....
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"Money" Mayweather to make return against Marquez

After temporarily retiring and seeing his informal standing as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter handed to Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather says he's aiming to regain his former status.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. returned to boxing today after a temporary retirement,and the 32-year-old who had last fought in December 2007 wasted no time affirming that his charisma and ring skills have not been diminished.....
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De Mori shines in St.Louis!

Perth Heavyweight Mark de Mori extended his professional record to 15-1-2 with thirteen knockouts when he stopped experienced Jason Barnett in seven rounds in St Louis, Missouri, USA on Friday night. This was the Australian prospect, known as, "The Dominator" second win in the USA after he signed up with Don King Promotions in 2008. In the fight he dropped his 34 year old opponent five times with body shots before the referee Mike England intervened and stopped the fight at 1.30 minutes....
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Box on the Docks 5: Champagne and Leather

On May 17th one of boxing's leading promoters in Melbourne, Brian Amatruda in conjunction with Barry Michael Sports will present a six-fight card at one of Melbourne's more luxurious venues Shed 14. The card will be headlined by Samuel "The Lion" Columban (11-3, 5 KO's) who will be challenged by New Zealand based veteran Guillermo "Pantera" Mosquera (41-7-3, 20 KO's) for the vacant WBO Oriental Welterweight Title. Up for grabs will not only be the regional title, but a possible world rating inside the top 15 by the WBO....
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A Walk Down Memory Lane

A gentleman, a great bloke and a bloody good boxer, he was Commonwealth champion and got to number 23 in the World by the WBC. A great fighter in the ring and beautiful human being outside it; Fight Game takes your thoughts back to the 80’s with Graeme “Porky” Brooke. Brooke without a doubt could easily walk into anyone’s top fifteen pound for pound best aboriginal boxers of all time. Fight Game places him inside their top ten...a champion fighter and a champion bloke....
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Green finishes Van Niekerk in two

In front of a sold out crowd of 4,500 fans at the Challenge Stadium in Perth, former WBA light-heavyweight champion Danny Green (25-3, 23KO's) made an impressive ring return on Sunday in Perth, stopping experienced South African Anthony Van Niekerk (21-7-2, 13 KO's) at 2.42 of the second round.
The 36 year old, "Green Machine" was making his ring return after 16 months out of the...
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Aussie Boxing Round-up

Was I the only one that struggled to watch Jackson Asiku's one-sided demolition of former world champion Gairy St.Clair. Gairy, who is now 34 and has certainly seen better days, was pummeled all around the ring by Asiku who looked fresh and rejuvenated under the guidance of Craig Christian. Asiku knocked down St.Clair down in the second and twice in the ninth; all three times you could easily argue the case that the fight should've been stopped...
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Weekend Review

In boxing, no matter how far a fighter trails on the scorecards, he still has hope even if he has lost every single round. That's what separates boxing from all other sports -- hope, no matter how hopeless a situation might look.
Well, Froch scored the equivalent of a five-run homer when he rallied for an ultra dramatic knockout with just 14 seconds left in a fight he trailed 106-102 on two scorecards (and ludicrously led 106-102 on the third) going into the final round....
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Remembering Kid Young

THE funeral service of Leo Vincent White, boxing's Kid Young, will be conducted this Thursday afternoon (April 30) in Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Bostock Avenue, Manifold Heights in West Geelong.
This is probably the church we used to see across the back fence each time we visited the gymnasium Kid Young built in his back yard....
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Fight Game's Monthly Preview

In the coming weeks, fight fans throughout the country will be treated to some evenly-matched and potentially exciting fights featuring some of Australia’s finest fighters.
FIGHT GAME will give its readers a brief preview of which fights to pencil in on your monthly boxing calendar....
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Green Good as Gold as Fight Time Approaches

Danny Green has a case of the nerves ahead of his first fight in almost 16 months, but the former world champion has no regrets about coming out of retirement.
Green, lured back to the sport in February with the promise of a lucrative re-match with Anthony Mundine, will take on 35-year-old South African Anthony van Niekerk in a light-heavyweight bout in Perth.
But Green, knowing all too well that one solid punch could knock him out....
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Weekend Review

First, let's be clear about the title Yuriorkis Gamboa claimed: it's pure lunacy and it's the WBA after all... which means it was a belt created for no other reason than for the organization to collect its fee.
Chris John is the undefeated WBA titleholder and the best featherweight in the world. He is uninjured and just fought February 28th. Creating an interim title is pure nonsense.
Okay with that out of the way, the electrifying Gamboa, a 2004 Cuban Olympic gold medallist ....
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Oscar De La Hoya: A Photo Tribute

Oscar De La Hoya, the "Golden Boy" has announced his retirement from the ring on Wednesday (Australian Time).
FIGHT GAME ONLINE pays tribute to one of boxings true greats with a photo tribute, highlighting the highs and lows of what was truly a spectacular career...

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The Golden Boy calls it Quits

Oscar De La Hoya has called it quits in the ring, ending a career in which he won 10 world titles in six divisions and became boxing's most popular fighter. He announced his decision at an outdoor plaza across the street from Staples Center, where a statue of the 36-year-old Golden Boy stands.
"I've come to the conclusion that it's over," the East Los Angeles native said before hundreds of fans, "It's over inside the ring for me."...
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All in the Game: Two Guns signs for Vegas

Las Vegas and ring fame beckon to Queensland boxer Paul Fleming.
Fleming signed a contract with Bob Arum's Top Rank that brings him a decent monthly salary right now and big purses a few months on.
Aussie manager Mike Altamura swung the deal for the Queensland sparkler - the first of its kind for a beginner pro from Down Under....
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Weekend Review

Few men wanted to tangle with Paul Williams before, but what about now? Who will dare fight him after seeing him take apart the previously indomitable Winky Wright for a virtual shutout decision victory in their middleweight showdown Saturday night before an excited but sparse crowd of 5,425 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center?
Chris Arreola stopped Jameel McCline in the fourth round Saturday night, passing the biggest test in the top American heavyweight prospect’s unbeaten career.....
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Khan set for World Title tilt against Kotelink

Barely seven months ago, Amir Khan suffered the first professional boxing loss of his career to Colombian upstart Breidis Prescott via first round knockout. Now, his road back to success will culminate in a match against reigning World Champion Andreas Kotelnik for the WBA Light Welterweight World Title on June 27.
Amir Khan, whose record is 20-1 with 15 KO's is still fresh off his victory against Marco Antonio Barrera. Andreas Kotelnik is no slouch either, with a 34-2-1 record with 13 KO's......
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Haye vs Klitschko is Finally Official

The biggest heavyweight fight in since Tyson-Lewis is finally here as David Haye (22-1, 21 KO's) looks set to take on current heavyweight lynch pin Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KO's).
Haye, nicknamed The Hayemaker for obvious reasons (see knockout ratio), says that his title shot against IBF/IBO/WBO World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko is a done deal and is set to take place in Germany on June 20.....
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Pacquiao vs Hatton: Boxings Mega-Money Showdown

Power and speed will determine who will emerge as winner in the upcoming superfight between boxing's pound for pound #1 fighter Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao and England's Ricky "Hitman" Hatton on May 2, 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Freddie Roach, the world's most popular trainer and owner of the famous Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, is very confident that his charge will easily defeat Hatton....
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Katsidis Shines on Boxing's Biggest Stage

Australia's very own excitement machine Michael Katsidis re-established himself as a leading figure in the lightweight division with a sixth round TKO of former two-division world champion Jesus Chavez in Texas.
Fighting as the semi-main attraction on a massive Golden Boy Promotion headlined by knockout king Edwin Valero, Katsidis impressed many boxing pundits as he pounded out a tough, yet convincing win over hometown favourite Jesus Chavez.....
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Membrey's take on Malvern

Victoria's Promoter of the Year, Peter Maniatis headlined his promotion at the Malvern Town Hall on Friday 3 April with former hot prospect Pierre Karam's return to the ring after an absence of 4 years.
Karam returned to the ring after a loss of 40kgs on the scales and was matched with New Zealander Mike Lloyd. Despite the New Zealander's southpaw stance Karam took the fight strait up to his opponent. Lloyd had no answer to Karam's work rate and accuracy of his solid punching. . Karams right hand caught Lloyd flush on the chin several times.....
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Tarneit Boys shine on Malvern's Big Night

On Friday April 3rd, Peter Maniatis kicked off his 2009 promotional campaign with a six-fight card at the Malvern Town Hall.
Headlining the card was Heavyweight Pierre Karam who was on the comeback trail after a prolonged break of almost five years. Karam was originally set to face New Zealander Sam Leuii over eight rounds but Leuii withdrew from the fight on very short notice, therefore stocky heavyweight Mike Lloyd stepped in as a last-minute replacement......
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Sakio Bika Interview, "I would knockout Mundine

I spent time with Sakio Bika in Los Angeles recently as he was flown over by the Contender to watch the finale of the most recent series that saw Troy Ross the winner.
Read on to see what our IBO Super Middleweight Champion has to say about Anthony Mundine – who he thinks is pound for pound the best in Australia and plenty more about the Scorpion. You only need to read his responses to some of the questions to see what a modest Champion he is and if you chose to read between the lines will be able to figure out a little about what motivates him.....
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Weekend Review

He had to climb back off the canvas twice to win, but the way the 24-year-old Timothy Bradley sees it, his immediate prospects in the lucrative Light-Welterweight sweepstakes might have been enhanced almost as much by the knockdowns as by the two belts he wore out of the ring after beating Kendall Holt.
"Everybody saw those two knockdowns and they'll all be chasing me now," said Bradley. "But they don't know how hard Kendall Holt hits.".....
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Malvern Town Hall Weigh-In

On Friday April 3rd Victorian Promoter of the Year Peter Maniatis is back at the Malvern Town Hall for the Bob Rose Cup. Maniatis will present a six-fight card headlined Pierre Karam who is making his comeback after several years in the wilderness.
Pierre Karam will be making his comeback after several years in the wilderness against late substitute, Kiwi Mike Lloyd. Also featuring on the card will be IBF Pan Pacific Welterweight Champion Heath "The Heat" Ellis who will be going for a historic third State Title in as many divisions against Dion McNabney....
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Katsidis closes in on title shot against lightweight supremo Marquez

Former WBO interim Lightweight Champion Michael Katsidis (24-2, 20 KO's) continues his quest back into world title contention with a WBO lightweight eliminator against former WBC super-featherweight and IBF lightweight champion Jesus Chavez (44-4, 30 KO's) from Mexico on April 4th in Austin, Texas in the United States.
The 28 year-old all action fighter from Toowoomba, Queensland lost in 2008 against high quality opposition in Joel Casamayor and Juan Diaz...
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Don King: Khan's victory is tainted

Don King claims Marco Antonio Barrera should be handed a rematch with Amir Khan. Khan picked up the biggest win of his career when he was awarded a technical decision against the fight legend earlier this month.
But King insists the bout is tainted because Barrera suffered a nasty cut in the opening round during an accidental clash of heads.
And the legendary promoter has called on the British Boxing Board of Control, the WBO and WBA to overturn the result and declare it a no contest. He said: "Khan is in possession of a tainted victory....
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Mundine set to face Geale, Green not a priority

Outspoken former world champion Anthony Mundine says his next fight could be his last in Australia, casting doubt over a rematch with Perth's Danny Green.
Mundine (35-3) announced on Tuesday he would take on underrated IBO middleweight champion Daniel Geale (21-0) in his first fight in Brisbane on May 27.
But he also cast his eye further into the future, claiming he had "big fish to fry" in boxing and Green was "not a priority"....
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AFL Star Brent Harvey Climbs Aboard

The Kangaroos skipper and champion player Brent Harvey, who narrowly missed out on last year's coveted Brownlow Medal has taken a shine too....
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All in the Game: The Great Budd at 95

BUDD Schulberg was six years old when his dad first took him to see the boxing at Madison Square Garden. Regretfully, they would not let him in because he was too young. From age ten to now Schulberg has been attending the fights. He's ninety-five years old, come Friday March 27.
Sporting a large mop of silver hair, Schulberg stands out as the best writer on boxing of the 2Oth century. The fight game was not his only subject, but no one ever matched him in this field....
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Stuart Duncan Interviews John Bray

This week I took time out to interview former Heavyweight contender and on screen trainer from the Contender Johnny Bray who racked up a professional record of 15 wins 3 losses & 2 drawn. John had his last professional fight 10 years ago and now works out of Justin Fortunes gym with his own stable of boxers. One of his boxers is WBC # 8 Middleweight Miguel Espino who recently beat rugged Mexican Alejandro Garcia at the Playboy Mansion this month....
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Aussie Boxing Round-up

After months of speculation, reigning Australian Light-Welterweight Champion Chris "Little Big Man" McCullen has announced his retirement... effective immediately.
McCullen, 34, won the Australian Light-Welterweight on two separate occasions; the first being a unanimous points victory Brad Hemming and the second-time against Aussie veteran Johnny Cotterill Jr....
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Knockouts Galore at Knox

On Friday March 20th, 1500 fight fans were treated to some awesome KO action at Murray Thomson's Fighters Factory Promotion at Knox Netball stadium.
The promotion was scheduled in February but was delayed until Friday 20 March due to the unfortunate Bushfires across the state. Thomson thanked the overseas boxers on the promotion; many had remarkably stayed in Australia during the 3 week delay to honour their commitments....
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Will Mayweather return for one more Mega Fight

As the boxing world awaits a puff of white smoke to appear from high above the Las Vegas mansion of retired pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather, there is endless speculation surrounding his return to the ring.
The Internet has been plastered with unconfirmed reports the undefeated Mayweather is sparring again in preparation for an upcoming fight.....
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Jones shows Sheika that he still has it

Roy Jones Jr. says he is still addicted to boxing. Knocking out lightly regarded Omar Sheika did nothing to convince him that it's time, at 40, to hang up his gloves.
"Don't you understand?" Jones said after the referee stopped the fight at 1:45 of the fifth round Saturday night. "I haven't learned that yet. I'm going to rehab."....
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Khan defies critics with big win over Barrera

For someone who has never put on a bet in his life, Amir Khan is one hell of a gambler. On Saturday night, he put his career on the line, staking that six months on from being knocked out in 54 seconds he not only had the tools to beat a modern-day legend in Marco Antonio Barrera, but also, at 22, he had the maturity to use them. There never seemed a moment's doubt....
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Kirby upsets Briggs

Ace Boxing Promotions officially got their 2009 campaign underway with a bumper-card that was broadcast live nationwide on Fox Sports. Headlining the card was "Nasty Boy" Nathan Briggs who was looking to cement his place as one of Australia's leading heavyweights with a win over the big-punching Michael Kirby in the first defence of his OPBF Heavyweight Title which he won when he convincingly beat Colin Wilson late last year.....
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Sakio Bika Calls Out Hopkins

Current IBO Super-Middleweight World Champion & The Contender Gold Medallist Sakio Bika spoke out this week about his frustration at the lack of challengers. Speaking from his home in Sydney... Bika had this to say:
"I read about Bernard calling out Joe Calzaghe who has retired - I say that Joe summed it up pretty nicely in telling me and the media that I am the ....
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Fighters Paradise: It's all in the name

Stu Duncan headed over to Los Angeles in 2007 to expand his boxing interests & further develop relationships with key players in the sport. He has been consulting to production companies who have boxing programs underway - matchmaking / managing - establishing a high altitude gym at Lake Arrowhead and by the looks of things he is now involved in the property market....
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Dallas Brooks, Take II

New promoter David Diecke of Prestige Sports Management packaged up an excellent night of Professional Boxing entertainment at one of Melbourne's best venues for Boxing at the Dallas Brookes Hall, featuring "Tiger" Tim Bell and 6 other contests on Friday, 6th March 2009 and plans to promote again in 6-8 weeks...
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Aussie Boxing Round-up

In a week where all the attention was put towards the big PPV on Wednesday night; many people missed the other announcements take took place this week.
The first being Anthony Mundine looks set to face undefeated IBO Middleweight Champion, Daniel Geale. Although it hasn't been decided where the fight will take place the date has been booked in for Wednesday 27th May. Tasmania has been mentioned as a possible location for the fight but at this stage it looks unlikely as the fight would be a big draw in NSW....
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Zappavigna, Dib shine on a Great Night for Australian Boxing

On Wednesday March 11th, fight fans from around the country witnessed several things;
The emergence of two potential world-class fighters, the shortcomings of two local prospects, the revival of one career and the probable end of another.
Almost all of the fighters that were supposed to win did, but it was the way they unfolded that left many viewers on the edge of their seats....
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Elomar Boys Receive Six-Month Ban

The well re-known bad boys of Aussie boxing, Ahmed "Trigger" Elomar and Mohammed "Sugar" Elomar have been banned by the NSW Boxing Authority for six months in regards to their actions after Ahmed had spectacularly knocked out William Kickett at the Central Coast last November. A melee occurred immediately after the conclusion of the fight when a herd of Elomar supporters jumped into the ring and began wildly celebrating Ahmed's victory...
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Bell defeats the Jungle Lord

On Friday March 6th, a crowd of roughly five-hundred people came to the Dallas Brooks Hall in East Melbourne to watch "Tiger" Tim Bell defend his PABA Light-Heavyweight Title against crowd pleasing last minute substitute "Jungle Lord" Sonni Michael Angelo.
Bell was originally booked in to face Brazilian Marcelo Da Silva for the vacant WBA International and PABA Light-Heavyweight Titles but Da Silva withdrew...
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The King is in the Room

There are a couple of little know facts about Sam - achievements that aren't prominent to some - but to those that know him well are achievements that we are all proud of. Sam has always been known as the "Anywhere Anytime Anyplace" AAA fighter out of Australia. He has faced & defeated many top 15 rated boxers on all occasions traveling to their backyards....
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Da Silva pulls out, Angelo steps in

In a bizarre turn of tragic event Marcelo Da Silva failed to board the plane in Sao Paulo, Brazil yesterday. Da Silva's brother was gunned down and shot dead, followed by the severe beating of his mother who is fighting for her life in hospital.
Promoters were left in a vulnerable position yesterday, saddened by the news from Da Silva. Sydney fighter Sonni Michael Angelo has put up his hand....
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Weekend Review

What you just saw was a great old fighter beat a good young fighter". Those were the words of HBO commentator Max Kellerman as Marquez stood above his corner victorious after knocking out Juan "The Baby Bull" Diaz in front of a packed house of over 14,000 people in his hometown of Houston.
Marquez, 35, went into the fight as a firm favourite having brought Pound for Pound #1 Manny Pacquiao to the brink of defeat on two separate occasions....
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Kanofski edges Toomey

At the Colossus Reception Lounge, West End, Queensland, former Australian middleweight hardman Geoff "Krazy" Kanofski, broke from his winning formula of promoting in his home town of Ipswich and it hurt him in crowd turn out as a small but vocal crowd of around 200 witnessed a mixed quality of bouts which saw both his sons victorious, but not without some difficulty...
In a sometimes lacklustre affair, nationally rated welterweight Jason Kanofski took on rated middleweight Robert Toomey in a fight which exposed flaws in both fighters...
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British Boxing News

A hostile crowd, a warrior-like performance, and the first glimpses of a precocious talent were the talk of the 'Once upon a time in the Midlands' show at the Birmingham National Indoor Arena.
The event saw the professional debuts of Frank Warren' 'Olympians; Beijing gold medallist James DeGale, "Funtime" Frankie Gavin and Hatfield hitter Billy Joe Saunders.
And without doubt it was Romany traveller Saunders who impressed most, whilst DeGale may choose to mute the sound on the re-run of his points victory against Vepkhia Tchilaia....
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Tim Bell's defining moment

It was another big week in Currently ranked 15 in the World Light Heavyweight Division by the WBA, unchallenged dual Australian Champion, PABA champion and OPBF Champion, "Tiger" Tim Bell is about to embark on a journey which could lead him straight to the top of the world rankings.
Bell will be fighting Brazilian Marcelo Leandro Da Silva on the 6th of March at the Dallas Brooks Hall in East Melbourne. Da Silva, who has had 19 fights with only 1 loss will challenge Bell for the vacant WBA International Light-Heavyweight Title...
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Aussie Boxing Round-up

It was another big week in Aussie boxing circles with a few big matchups going to waste; nevertheless the show must go on and that's exactly how it went.
Hussy Hussein's schedule bout with Indonesia's Dedy Ronald for the WBO Oriental Super-Flyweight Title didn't go ahead as planned when Ronald failed a routine Hepatitis check-up. It was too late for Team Hussein to fly in a replacement so the bout so scratched....
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Weekend Review

If a new-look Miguel Cotto had been permanently damaged by his devastating loss against Antonio Margarito, it certainly didn't show as he demolished and outclassed the clearly overmatched Brit, ...
WBO/WBC World Middleweight Champion, Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik made a successful return to Youngstown, Ohio for the first time since winning the Middleweight World Title against....
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Zappavigna vs Onikeke: Battle of the Big Bangers

"These are the sort of fights the Australian boxing public want to see... it is going to be an outstanding fight while it lasts, because somebody is going to get knocked out".
These were the words of a very confident Team Onikeke, headed by leading trainer Craig Christian and manager Mike Altamura....
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Medley survives tough Leveni

A fight that many insiders predicted would not last the distance did exactly that and then some last Friday night when "Deadly" Rob Medley won the vacant IBO Intercontinental Light-Middleweight Title against Australian Light-Middleweight Champion Tui "The Titan" Leveni at the Newcastle Panthers Club.
Grange Old School Boxing promoted an excellent night of fights that concluded with Jamie Pittman....
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Gostelow triumphs over Nakbalee

For Lance Gostelow, revenge couldn't have been any sweeter. In front of a packed house at Echuca's Fonterra Sports Centre, Gostelow pounded out a twelve-round unanimous points decision against Somchai Nakbalee to win back his WBO Oriental Light-Welterweight Title which he had lost four months ago.
Nakbalee entered the ring very confidently....
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Australia's Finest Featherweights Finally Meet

Rarely does such a young fighter capture the attention of Australia's most influential boxing figures let alone some of history's greatest ever fighters. Billy 'The Kid' Dib, a world champion at only twenty-two years of age enjoys freakish talent beyond his years.
The upcoming bout is Billy's first for 2009 after experiencing both the highs and lows of the boxing world throughout 2008....
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Can Lenny Zap the Superman

The Zappa aka Lenny Zappavigna returns to the ring for 2009 on March 11th at The Cube in Campbelltown, making his first defence of the IBF Pan-Pacific Light-Welterweight Title against the former IBF and IBO Super-Featherweight Champion Gairy The Superman St. Clair, scheduled for 12 rounds of championship boxing....
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Huge Mundine vs Taylor Gallery

Some great shots by Australia's premier boxing photographer Tim Barry....
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Pittman's Homecoming

Champion boxer Jamie Pittman can't wait for the bell to sound this Friday night to signal the start of his 2009 campaign.
The 2004 Athens Olympian takes on two-time Australian Champion Josh "The Chainsaw" Clenshaw at Newcastle Panthers.
The bout will be a homecoming of sorts for Pittman who grew up in the Newcastle suburb of Shortland before relocating to the Central Coast in 2004...
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Weekend Review

A brief round-up of last weekend's fights:
Nate Campbell (33-5-1-25 KO's) lost his IBF, WBA and WBO Lightweight World Titles without throwing a punch as he failed to make weight for his scheduled defence against the unknown quantity in African Ali Funeka (30-2-2-25 KO's)
Nevertheless the fight went ahead, although much shorter than the lean and ripped Funeka, Campbell outworked....
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Aussie Boxing Round-up

It's been a big week in Aussie Boxing with a few big fights being discussed to take place over the next couple of months.
This week started with the Mundine vs Taylor fight in which Anthony Mundine looked all but "The Man" as he struggled to beat an inspired but clearly overmatched Shannon Taylor.
The only thing that overshadowed Mundine's underwhelming performance was the blatant fouls by Taylor which were missed by referee Brian McMahon. In most instances Taylor would have been disqualified by the 11th round....
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Golden Boy announce Lightweight Tournament

The promotional team behind the consistent line-up of mega money match ups, Golden Boy Promotions has put together another stellar card of fights. This time featuring some of the best fighters the Lightweight Division has to offer.
The tournament, named "Lightweight Lightning" will feature some of the best and exciting fighters the Lightweight Division has to offer. The line-up will include eight fighters; seven of those have held a major World Title at some stage of their careers...
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Grange Presents: Bad Blood

Answering the call by Australian boxing fans for high caliber domestic bouts, Grange Old School Boxing is proud to present "Bad Blood"
The 1st of 3 scheduled Pay-Per-View events for 2009.
Headlining the card is "The Real Deal" Daniel Geale, (20-0) against (23-3-1) former WBC International middleweight champion, "Hot Ice" James Obede Toney.. by far his toughest opponent to date....
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Judgement at The Waterfront

The tandem of ALA Promotions and ABS/CBN, the country's largest TV network, reunite anew to bring to the Queen City of the South, another blockbuster boxing event on March 14, 2007 at the Cebu Waterfront Resort Hotel and Casino.
In an unprecedented dream match, the episode will feature two former IBF world champions, Roberto Mako Leyva of Mexico and Muhammad Rachman of Indonesia in collision with two champions .....
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Night of the Black Stars

As an average punter and relatively inexperienced observer of live boxing, big top at the block was a colourful and culturally rich fight night showcasing Aboriginal boxers as well as a plethora of sporting legends and artists. Regardless of the rain and small space offered by the large tent there was no shortage of passion and atmosphere....
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Mundine cruises to shutout over Taylor

It was not about what Taylor failed to do... that was already on the cards. It's about what Mundine failed to deliver against an opponent that was well past his best, posed no threat and gave no challenge- bar illegal tactics. He was there purely to make Mundine look good and nothing but good. This couldn't be further from the truth...
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British Boxing News

FIGHT GAME and BritishBoxing.net have formed an alliance in which a portion of news and happenings from the British boxing scene will be posted on FIGHT GAME for many of the Australian fight fans to read. Although the articles will not be published in full and will lead to the BritishBoxing.net website.
Prescott Calls Out Murray...
John Murray has received a written offer to fight Breidis Prescott, who was last seen destroying Amir Khan...
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Weekend Review

This weekend fight fans were treated to a real spectacle as several great matchups turned out to be even better fights. Here's a quick rundown of this weekend's fights;
Chagaev And Kotelnik Retain Wba World Titles...
WBA World Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev finally made his return to the ring after a series of niggling injuries which had previously forced him to withdraw out of several World Title defences
He successfully defended his title with a six-round technical decision victory over previously ...
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Hail the wayfaring warrior!

The important thing about Vic Darchinyan's win over Mexican tough man Jorge Arce was that it was a testing match.
Vic was right to say that Arce fought an unexpected fight. Even in the face of a systematic beat down, Arce remained determined, he succeeded, at times, in unsettling the rhythm of the Raging Bull, and he held his technique right to the end. He fought determinedly, like any man who deserves to be called a champion....
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Calzaghe retires on top

After 15 years in professional boxing, "The Fighting Pride of Wales" Joe Calzaghe has officially retired.
Calzaghe, retires from the sport at the age of thirty-six with his legacy in tact along with a perfect record of 46 fights with no defeats and 32 wins by way of knockout.
Since winning the WBO Super-Middleweight World Title in 1997, Calzaghe has reigned supreme winning all four alphabet belts in the Super-Middleweight and even stepping up to Light-Heavyweight to defeat future Hall of Famers ....
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Championship Boxing: February 20th

Grange Old School Boxing commences the 2009 televised season with the first of their 9 scheduled shows to be held at Newcastle Panthers.
The honeymoon is over for Deadly Rob Medley who commenced training in 2009 with renewed vigour, declaring "I want to fight on every show this year and I want to fight the best we have!"...
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Vale Ingo and Chequi

In the last fortnight, boxing lost two famous world champions - Ingemar Johansson and Jose Torres.
Johansson was the last white world heavyweight champion from the days when there was only one road to the title, and it was narrow and crowded with tough, accomplished men. Recently, I wrote that Johansson was an "accidental champion" whose short interregnum came to an inevitable end as soon as he rematched the man he won the title from, Floyd Patterson.....
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Katsidis wins shutout over Ramirez

Leading Australian Lightweight Michael "The Great" Katsidis pounded out a ten round unanimous point's decision over Argentine Angel Hugo Ramirez to win the vacant WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight Title at a packed out Cebu Coliseum in the Philippines under very hot and muggy conditions.
Ramirez was continually beat to the punch by the much stronger, faster and vastly improved Katsidis for the majority of the ten rounds and at times just looked happy be on his feet....
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Medley and Leveni to square off for Regional Honours

Coming off another stellar year in which several blockbuster fights were promoted, Grange Old School Boxing will be putting on another star-studded card for Aussie fight fans to feast on. Headlining this card will be "Deadly" Rob Medley taking on Australian Light-Middleweight Champion Tui "The Titan" Leveni for the IBO Intercontinental Light-Middleweight Title. Also featuring on the card will be former World Title challenger Jamie "Mr. Business" Pittman who is set to face perennial tough man Josh Clenshaw and current OPBF Cruiserweight Champion Dominic Vea will square off...
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Kickett's comeback against tough Thai

William Kickett the aboriginal star in the making from Balga, WA has been matched with tough former WBC World Youth Featherweight Champion Thai Tor Silachai (10-2). The Bangkok Rooster was last seen in Australia when he lost a unanimous but close points decision to the undefeated IBF Pan Pacific Youth Featherweight Champion Davey Browne in October last year. Kickett is returning to the ring after a sensational knockout loss to Sydneysider Ahmed Elomar from Billy Hussein's Bodypunch Gym....
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Browne vs Dib: Lamb Roast with all the trimmings

On March 11th at Campbelltown's "The Cube", Grange Old School Boxing will be putting on an Australian Boxing showcase, featuring some of the country's leading talent along with some good home grown stoushes. Headlining the Pay-Per-View Card will be IBO Middleweight Boss, Daniel Geale (20-0) facing tough former Commonwealth Middleweight Champion, Ghanaian James Obede Toney (23-3-1). Hot of the press, Geale has been offered a unification fight in Germany against IBF middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham (28-0)...
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One on One with Justin Fortune

Today I had the good "Fortune" of interviewing my friend and legendary trainer (what can I say - he refused the interview unless he was introduced this way) Justin Fortune.... from the Fortune Boxing Club in Hollywood. For those young readers (as he is getting on a bit) - Justin is a former Aussie heavyweight that took off to the USA & beyond in his journey to get as far as he could in boxing. Along his travels he has faced the ilk of Lennox Lewis - Buster Mathis Jr and locals Kali Meehan - Col Wilson & KO'd big Bob Mirovic...
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Stuart Duncan joins FIGHT GAME team, interviews Yusaf Mack

...I will do my first interview with John Tandy who is head coach & partner with me in my High Altitude Camp in California. One of John's boxers Yusaf Mack, currently ranked WBA #9, IBF #11, WBC #22 is fighting for the WBA #1 Light Heavyweight position on March 6 against Chris Henry. My questions are directed to both John and Yusaf
...So John welcome to FIGHT GAME and thanks for taking the time out to keep their readers up to speed with Yusaf and his upcoming critical fight. My first questions would be - being associated with myself - can you tell us a little about yourself and the role you play in the sport?.....
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Banal and Amonsot to make eagerly anticipated return

Boxing's come back fights are usually made to redeem a lost prestige after a defeat as in the case of AJ Banal and Czar Amonsot who lost in their last fights. Banal was stopped by Panamanian Rafael Concepcion in his losing bid for the WBA Interim bantamweight championship while Amonsot put up a gallant battle but failed to wrestle the WBO interim lightweight title from Michael Katsidis....
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Briggs to make US debut in 2009

Nasty Boy Nathan Briggs has his hopes pinned on heading to the USA and fighting twice there in 2009. Excited about what the future holds Briggs speaks candidly about what is in store this year.
Finally now I am at a stage where I feel am both mentally & physically prepared to go the next step. Paul has been in my corner & training me since he early last year and I have now teamed up with Stu Duncan who was managing Paul prior to him retiring...
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Katsidis' Filipino Mission

For many fighters their walk to the ring is a chance to mentally prepare themselves for battle, whilst being instructed by their team what they are there to do and how to do it. For some its a chance to flaut their confidence whilst strutting their way to the ring to the tune of their favourite song. For one fighter, it is a walk that he walks alone. Draped in gladiator gear and surrounded by the sound of war, he comes to fight and fight with no fear. He shows determination and endless grit, which he is exactly why every fight fan knows that when he comes to fight...
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Kid Kalin calls it a day

After many years at the forefront of Aussie boxing photography, Werner "Kid" Kalin has called it a day and has officially decided to hang up his camera.
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Lenny Zapp to take on Superman... literally

When "Cool" Willie Kickett was brutally knocked out by Ahmed Elomar in what was an upset and knockout of the year candidate all in one, shockwaves were sent through Aussie Boxing. Touted as the next Lionel Rose, Kickett, who had only 13 fights under his belt had accomplished in twelve months more than any other prospect had done in their entire professional careers. He beat a former two time World Title Challenger...
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Make or Break time for Lance Gostelow

In boxing, timing is everything. From the perfect punch landing at the perfect time, to finding the right time to step a young fighter up to that next level. On Sunday October 5th 2008, this saying could not have been any truer.
Lance Gostelow entered the ring as one of Australia's brightest talents defending his WBO Oriental Light-Welterweight Title and his #11 world rating against Thailand's tough and tested Somchai...
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