Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark-- Olympic gold medalist, James DeGale (12-1, 9 KOs) made the first defense of his European super middleweight title against Italian former world and European champ, Cristian Sanavia (45-6-1, 13 KOs) via one-sided fourth round stoppage. From the very beginning it became obvious that the UK's DeGale was superior to Sanavia in just about every … [Read more...]
The British Boxing Year – Not So Much As A Bang But A Whimper…
It’s been a year of near-misses for British boxing in 2011. The UK entered the year with four legitimate world champions and exited with one, and in-between eleven British fighters failed to win in world title fights. December turned out to be our winter of discontent. Amir Khan surrendered his IBF and WBA light-welterweight belts to a resurgent Lamont Peterson, and promptly … [Read more...]
Cleverly Barely Edges Bellew in Liverpool
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom-- There could be no greater indictment of boxing's sanctioning bodies than to see WBO light heavyweight champion of the world and one of four recognized titlists, Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KOs), engaged in a back and forth, life and death battle with limited club fighter, Tony Bellew (16-1, 10 KOs). Cleverly would grab the … [Read more...]
Nathan Cleverly Takes on Tony Bellew in Questionable Title Defense, Saturday
24-year-old WBO light heavyweight titlist and Welsh fan favorite, Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KOs) defends his belt against Tony Bellew (16-0, 10 KOs) this Saturday at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom at the head of a card also featuring bouts with James DeGale and Billy Joe Saunders. Cleverly, who won the vacant title against Poland's Aleksy Kuziemski … [Read more...]
Groves beats Degale, Cleverly Retains; Results from O2 Arena
O2 Arena, London, England-- The blazing-hot out-of-ring rivalry between Olympic gold medalist, James Degale (10-1, 8 KOs) and George Groves (13-0, 10 KOs) resulted in a rather bland, uneventful twelve round majority decision in favor of Groves. DeGale came out boxing with swagger, stalking a passive Grove, who looked intimidated by the event. But, as rounds passed, DeGale … [Read more...]