Wladimir Klitschko has been on the hunt for an opponent ever since Povetkin tore a ligament in his foot and cancelled the bout. Well, Klitschko has found his opponent, former champion Hasim Rahman. The deal went down monday night. No word on scheduling yet but one interesting thing is that Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) has a [...]
Rahman agrees to fight Wladimir Klitschko
Alexander Povetkin hurts foot, cancels Klitschko fight
Alexander Povetkin recent foot injusry has caused him to cancel his match with heavyweight titleholder Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs). According to sources, Povetkin tripped over a tree root and tore a ligament in his left foot. Reports have also stated that Klitschko intends to keep the Dec. 13 date and defend his title against [...]
Lucian Bute escapes a close one…
Lucian Bute (23-0) fought a great 11 rounds……the 12th however, was a different story….
Bute, fighting in his hometown of Montreal took several licks from opponent Librado Andrade and was barely able to escape and win by unanimous decision before being knocked out.
Bute retained his IBF super-middleweight title with the win over Andrade.
Holyfield back in court, avoids jail time
Former heavyweight champion and bound to return to the ring with rumors of an upcoming fight cruising around the boxing world, Evander Holyfield was in a different kind of battle on Wednesday.
He sat in a courtroom in Atlanta facing jail time in a child support case. However, Holyfield and his attorneys were able to settle [...]
Hopkins improves his legacy, proves ‘em wrong…again
Atlantic City is a familiar place for veteran boxer Bernard Hopkins. He has fought there 16 times in his career. Saturday night was no different for him when he moved to 15-1 all time in Atlantic City. The 43 year old Bernard Hopkins didn’t just beat the younger not to mention undefeated 26 year old Kelly [...]
Pavlik’s Trainer Jack Leow confident he can stop Hopkins
Pavlik’s trainer told stated on Thursday that Pavlik is looking great and that he is 120-percent ready for his upcoming bout with 43-year old Bernard Hopkins. Throughout the interview, Leow kept emphasizing that they will be targeting Hopkins’ body. He hinted that previous opponents that have faced Hopkins have targeted his head, and that is [...]
Klitschko Hints at Return of former champ Lennox Lewis
In an interview conducted by Setanta Sports News, newly crowned WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko hinted at a possible return to the ring for British boxer Lennox Lewis. He commented that fighting Lennox Lewis right now would be “interesting.” He would later go on to say in the interview “maybe Lennox Lewis is thinking about [...]
More Valuev and Holyfield rumors circulate
Reports are speculating (once again) that 46 year old Evander Holyfield has been offered a fight against reigning WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev sometime in December. Holyfield has not fought since his unanimous loss over a year ago to Sultan Ibragimov, who at the time was the WBO Champion. Sauerland Event Managing Director Chris Meyer [...]
Reader’s Digest cover to feature Pacman?
According to sources, Manny Pacquiaos’ trainer Freddie Roach has stated that the ever so popular Reader’s Digest was looking to do a feature on the popular boxer in the upcoming weeks. The article will come about thanks to the hype surrounding Pacman and his upcoming bout with legendary boxer Oscar De La Hoya, scheduled for [...]
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