Ricky Hatton's fairytale comeback ended as a nightmare tonight at the Manchester MEN Arena in front of 20,000 adoring fans as he suffered a 9th round KO loss to Ukranian former world champion, Vyacheslav Senchenko. Hatton started brightly, showing plenty of his trademark aggression, marauding his opponent and throwing hooks to the head and body. But as the rounds wore on … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Murray takes on Navarro for ‘Interim’ WBA Middleweight title
Fighting on Ricky Hatton's undercard at the MEN Arena, Manchester, this saturday night, Martin Murray has an opportunity to pick up an interim world title and push himself into contention for another crack at the full title. A year ago, almost to the day, Murray (24-0-1, 10 KOs) followed fellow Briton, Matt Macklin, into Felix Sturm's German den and very nearly came away … [Read more...]
Tavoris Cloud vs. Karo Murat cancelled
Due to unknown circumstances, this Saturday's IBF light heavyweight title bout between champion Tavoris Cloud (24-0, 19 KO’s) and Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO’s) has been called off. The bout was to take place in Caracas, Venezuela. This was to be Cloud’s fifth defense since winning the title with a 12 round decision over Clinton Woods in 2009. His last defense was a … [Read more...]
Quigg looks to take the boxing bin man out cleanly this second time around
The first fight ended in frustration and disappointment for boxers, fans in attendance and TV viewers around the UK and elsewhere It was supposed to be the showdown that would begin to establish the pecking order in the British super bantamweight division. There are 3 clear from the rest of the pack. Scott Quigg (24-0-1, 17 KOs), his opponent for a second time of asking, … [Read more...]
Thankful Thoughts and Terrible Turkeys II: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette As Americans celebrate their annual Thanksgiving Day turkey chowdown and NFL tryptophan-induced naptime bonanza, as retail slaves try to catch a few extra winks before going to work for Black Friday sales that start in less time than it takes to get all those wooden turkey breast splinters out of our teeth, and as boxers with fights in December curse the gods … [Read more...]