During the 36 minutes that a boxer can spend inside the ring exposed to the incoming blows of his opponent, it must surely be the most individual of endeavours despite the close proximity of cornermen and the thousands of fans who surround the squared circle cheering, heckling, baying for violence. Yet despite that isolation that a boxer must experience as he goes mano a … [Read more...]
Price demolishes Skelton in 2 to retain British and Commonwealth titles.
British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion David Price (now 15-0 13 KOs) came through the challenge of veteran Matt Skelton (now 28-6) with a 2nd round stoppage to retain his titles. Skelton started aggressively in the first round charging his opponent and backing him onto the ropes. As he took a breather, Price started to box behind his jab and the action ebbed and … [Read more...]
Price looks to execute final domestic (small d) objective before setting sights on Fury.
British fight fans love a big domestic showdown. Especially when its the heavyweights. We only have to go back to July of this year for evidence of that when 30,000 turned up at Upton Park to watch David Haye demolish 'arch rival' Dereck Chisora in 5 rounds of a bout that mightn't have had the blessing of the British Boxing Board of Control but proved popular … [Read more...]
Senchenko flips the script on Hatton; Murray and Quigg both win
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...]
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...]