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Ward Beat Froch with Broken Hand

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:46:03 +0000

Having defeated Carl Froch in Atlantic City before Christmas, you would think Andre Ward may have come out of the fight with a few cuts and bruises, but you maybe wouldn’t have expected that he would have entered the ring with a broken hand, and still left with the WBC and WBA super-middleweight titles.

The fight turned out to be a particularly one-sided affair, with Froch backe...

By Chris White

Mayweather Jailed for Domestic Abuse

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:27:45 +0000

Floyd Mayweather Jr has been sentenced to 90 days in jail by a court in Las Vegas after pleading guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend in 2010.

In addition to the sentence, Mayweather has been fined $2,500 (1,600) and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service for the incident involving Jodie Harris. He will not have to answer felony charges of beating Ms Harris and threatening two of their children after agreeing...

By Chris White

Khan Lodges Appeal

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:46:56 +0000

Having lost his light-welterweight title to Lamont Peterson at the weekend, Amir Khan has formally appealed to the boxing authorities for the decision to be overturned and a rematch organised.

Khan lost his IBF and WBO belts in a split decision in Peterson’s hometown of Washington after having two points deducted by the Washington-based referee for pushing. The B...

By Chris White

Ward Outclasses Froch

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:18:12 +0000

American Andre Ward produced a dominant display in the final of the Super Six competition, beating Carl Froch to win the WBC and WBA super-middleweight titles in a unanimous points decision.

Ward was stronger and more consistent in the fight in Atlantic City, proving to be too quick for his British opponent. The 2004 Olympic champion is now unbeaten in 25 professional fights and...

By Chris White

Khan Loses on Points

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:24:41 +0000

Amir Khan suffered a shock defeat to Lamont Peterson in their fight for the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in Washington, with Khan controversially deducted two points for pushing his opponent.

The judges went 2-1 in favour of the American, 113-112, 113-112, 111-114, despite Khan knocking Peterson down in the first round of the fight. However, the American...

By Chris White

All Black to Fight for National title

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:31:04 +0000

World Cup winning New Zealand winger Sonny Bill Williams is to fight for the national heavyweight title in the fifth fight of his part-time boxing career.

The 26-year old who was part of the squad who won this year’s World Cup on home soil, takes on Richard Tutaki on 8^th February. Williams has a 100% record from his four previous fights, while Tutaki in comparison, has had 41 fights, winning 19 an...

By Chris White

Klitschko Forced Out of title Defence

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:50:43 +0000

Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has been forced to pull out of his title defence against Jean-Marc Mormeck.

The WBA, WBO and IBF champion underwent surgery to remove a kidney stone, and had originally hoped that he would have healed in time to fight. However, upon his return to training, onlookers reported that he was clearly in some pain, and his coaching...

By Chris White

Controversial Decision Costs Chisora

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:40:11 +0000

British boxer Dereck Chisora was left fuming after controversially losing to home fighter Robert Helenius in their European heavyweight title fight. The Londoner appeared to dominate the fight, certainly landing more blows on his Finnish opponent, but the judges went with Helenius in a split decision, to the anger of Chisora and his promoter Frank...

By Chris White

British Boxers Clean Up at Test Event

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:32:56 +0000

British boxers got their preparations for next year’s Olympics underway in fine style, picking up five gold medals at the test event at the ExCel Centre.

Natasha Jonas and Savannah Marshall won gold in the women’s middleweight and lightweight categories respectively, which is an improvement to be proud of for Marshall, who won silver at the World Championships in Barbados earlier this year. Jonas beat the world number two, Dong C...

By Chris White

Groves Pulls Out of title Fight

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:13:36 +0000

British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion George Groves has been forced to withdraw from his title fight at the Liverpool Echo Arena on 9^th December due to a hand injury sustained in training.

The 23-year old was scheduled to fight on the bill which includes the man he beat to win the title, James DeGale, against an opponent...

By Chris White

Chisora to Challenge for European title

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:14:14 +0000

Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora will fight Robert Helenius for the vacant European heavyweight title next month. The Londoner will take on the undefeated ‘Nordic Nightmare’ in Helsinki on 3^rd December.

The fight will be the 27-year old Englishman’s second since losing his titles to Enzo Maccarinelli needed just 91 seconds to win his first light-heavyweight match against Gyorgy Marosi, ending the bout with a crushing left hook.

The Welshman was fighting at this level for the first time having made the step down from cruiserweight level in order to rebuild his stop-start career, and an accurate combination of punches simply added to the devastating blow, forcing the referee to bring...

By Chris White

Fury Stops Pajkic to Defend title

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:06:12 +0000

Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury defended his title by stopping Neven Pajkic in the third round of the fight in Manchester.

Both fighters went into the bout unbeaten in their 16 professional fights, and Pajkic had the champion on the floor in the second round, landing a huge right hand. However, Fury picked himself up and landed a huge hit of his own to send his Serbian...

By Chris White

Marquez Deserves a Rematch

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:01:51 +0000

Having been awarded the victory by majority decision in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach have backed calls for a rematch, claiming the performance of Juan Manuel Marquez proves he is deserving of another shot at the WBO welterweight title.

Marquez dominated the third fight...

By Chris White

Groves Demolishes Smith at Wembley

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:00:46 +0000

George Groves defended his British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles with a devastating two-round knockout of Paul Smith at Wembley last weekend.

Clearly unhappy with his opening round, Groves – who beat rival James DeGale to win his titles – stormed back in the second round to knock his o...

By Chris White