By Geoff Poundes Britain’s forgotten Olympic champion, James DeGale, finally gets his career back on track after a number of false starts when he defends his European super-middleweight belt in London on Saturday night. DeGale has at last emerged from a debilitating battle with promoter Frank Warren over his promotional contract (a battle he won) and is now signed up with … [Read more...]
Ricky Burns Destroys Kevin Mitchell In Four – WBO Champ Wants Lightweight Unification
By Geoff Poundes Ricky Burns confirmed his class and enhanced his international reputation on Saturday night when he stopped Englishman Kevin Mitchell in the fourth round to hang on to his WBO lightweight title. You know it’s a big fight in the UK when Michael Buffer is drafted in to do the announcing, and the occasion didn’t disappoint, with ten thousand well-fuelled … [Read more...]
Ricky Burns And Kevin Mitchell Cross Swords Saturday Night in Glasgow, Scotland
By Geoff Poundes There’ll be few more anticipated contests in the coming season than this weekend’s all-British affair between Ricky Burns and Kevin Mitchell. Burns will be making the second defence of his WBO lightweight title (proper), but this is one of those sporting occasions where the baubles on offer are less important than the sport itself – pitching as it does … [Read more...]
Bellew Stops Miranda in Ten, But Fails To Impress
By Geoff Poundes Despite the promise of fireworks on both sides Tony Bellew and Edison Miranda fought out a cerebral affair at London’s Alexandra Palace this evening – culminating in a win for the British fighter after Miranda quit in the tenth round. Each fighter had threatened to administer severe pain to the other in the build-up to the contest, but, as is often the case … [Read more...]
Bellew & Miranda Lock Horns Saturday Night In London
By Geoff Poundes This Saturday night at the famous old fight venue, The Alexandra Palace in North London, Liverpool’s Tony Bellew seeks to pile the pressure on the world’s top light-heavyweights when he accepts the challenge of hard-punching Edison Miranda. Bellew still smarts from his loss last year when he was decisioned by Nathan Cleverly for the latter’s WBO title, … [Read more...]