Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23KOs) will make his fifth title defense against the 23-year-old Henry Weber (15-0-1, 3KOs) in Offenburg, Germany at the Baden Arena on Saturday, January 14th. Stieglitz is ranked 5th in the world among super middleweights and is coming off nine consecutive wins. His two losses on record come against Alejandro Berrio in 2007 and Librado Andrade in … [Read more...]
Middleweight bout rescheduled: Gennady Golovkin vs. Lajuan Simon, Friday December 9th
Gennady Golovkin (21-0, 18KOs) will face Lajuan Simon (23-3-2, 12KOs) this Friday, December 9th in Germany. The fight was originally scheduled on the undercard to the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Jean-Marc Mormeck fight scheduled for Saturday, December 10th but was rescheduled when Klitschko pulled out of the fight due to recent kidney stone surgery. Golovkin has a decorated … [Read more...]
Heavyweight bout rescheduled: Johnathon Banks vs. DaVarryl Williamson, Friday December 9th
Johnathon Banks (27-1-1, 18KOs) will face veteran fighter DaVarryl Williamson (27-6, 23KOs) this Friday, December 9th in Germany on the undercard to Gennady Golovkin (21-0, 18KOs) vs. Lajuan Simon (23-3-2, 12KOs). The fight was originally scheduled on the undercard of the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Jean-Marc Mormeck fight scheduled for Saturday, December 10th but was rescheduled … [Read more...]
Middleweight Title bout featuring Felix Sturm vs. Martin Murray, Friday December 2nd
Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15KOs) will take on challenger Martin Murray (23-0, 10KOs) this Friday, December 2nd. Ranked 2nd in the world among middleweights, Sturm comes into this bout the heavy favorite. He has two losses on record, both coming prior to 2007. In 2004, he lost to Oscar de la Hoya by unanimous decision and in 2006 he lost by TKO 10 to Javier Castillejo. In 2007, … [Read more...]
Yo, It’s Rocky The Musical
It was sorely tempting this week to deliberately ignore the news from Germany that Sly Stallone and the Klitschko brothers have teamed up to produce a stage version of the former’s Rocky movie franchise, set for 2012. I say tempting because the prospect hardly fills one with a sense of joy – the films themselves (were there six in the end, or seven?) were pretty dreadful in … [Read more...]