Boxnation reported via their twitter account a few hours ago that Frank Maloney had signed an exclusive deal to showcase his stable of fighters via their channel. Maloney had recently been a casualty in the reduction of spend by Sky television leaving, him without a platform for his emerging heavyweight star and now British Champion, David Price (13-0, 11 KO's). Maloney … [Read more...]
Audley Harrison Returns – But Does Anyone Care?
Seldom has the announcement of a fighter’s return to the ring been received with less aplomb than Audley Harrison’s declaration that he intends to resume his “assault” on the world heavyweight title this April. Audley’s in his eleventh year as a professional, after pulling up trees as an amateur (and walking off with an Olympic gold), and it’s fair to say that after 32 … [Read more...]
A look back at 2010 and what 2011 has in store for us
by Chris Milton Perhaps the single biggest lesson we were given in 2010 is that Bernard Hopkins will never age. He will never retire, in fact he will never die. But he will always be a Champion. The fact that Lucien Bute has signed to fight Brian Magee confirms Showtime were right to not invite him to the Super Six, even after three people dropped out. The competition is … [Read more...]
David Haye – A Look back at 2010
by Rob Day (also published at Ringnews24) David Haye entered 2010 having snatched the WBA Heavyweight title away from ‘Giant’ Champion Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg, Germany on a close, deserved, 12 round decision at the end of 2009. As per usual, not every fan was happy and I doubt they will be until ‘The Hayemaker’ finally steps through the ropes with the widely regarded … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton The British Board of Boxing Control is investigating Audley Harrison and could withhold his purse from the David Haye debacle. Why? The BBBC should withhold their own wages for sanctioning the fight. Tomasz Adamek won a Heavyweight fight Thursday night against a guy that was smaller than him. I thought he was supposed to be preparing for the Klitschko … [Read more...]