By Geoff Poundes It’s a fight that has British fight fans salivating as Frank Warren finally unveiled the Ricky Burns versus Kevin Mitchell scrap, which has been signed for the SECC Arena in Glasgow on September 8th. The contest has been in the works for some time, and it pitches two of the UK’s foremost fighters against each other, with Burns’s WBO lightweight belt up … [Read more...]
Maloney given the boot from Sky: An uncertain time for televised British boxing.
Following up their recent culling of long-time darling of British fight fans, turned promoter, Ricky Hatton, Sky have also now shown the door to another household name on the British fight scene, promoter Frank Maloney, leaving fans wondering what the future holds for the sport in terms of regular televised coverage. The forums have been alive with speculation for some time … [Read more...]
Boxing’s answer to ‘The Scottish Play’ – The Luxembourg Fight
by Ben Randall Excerpt from ‘The Luxembourg Fight’ Adapted from Shakespear's ‘Scottish Play’. Act 1, Scene 1. Two boxers and 1 manager huddle around a cauldron in a German hotel basement, scheming. The actors are Dereck Chisora in the part of Witch 1, David Haye as Witch 2 and Adam Booth as Witch 3. First Witch When shall we three meet again In Germany, … [Read more...]
Rumours of another Haye v Chisora spectacle abound on eve of Warren’s big announcement
by Ben Randall “Do you hear that Mr Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability”. So said Agent Smith as he prepared to inflict mortal doom on Keanu Reeves’ ‘Neo’ in the original Matrix movie. And by tomorrow (Tuesday), boxing fans will find out whether their ears heard correctly as the ‘Love him or loathe him’ british promoter, Frank Warren, announces his major summer … [Read more...]
Dereck Chisora has British boxing license revoked
According to Dereck Chisora's promoter, Frank Warren, the British heavyweight who made headlines last month by engaging in a press conference brawl with former titlist, David Haye, has had his British boxing license revoked indefinitely. In a whirlwind 48-hour period around his WBC heavyweight title bout last month in Munich, Germany, Chisora also brought heat on himself by … [Read more...]