With Pacquiao – Bradley 2 upon us, just about everything else qualifies for this week’s column… 4/12 – Andy Lee (31-2, 22 KO’s) vs. Frank Horta (34-12-5, 13 KO’s) - Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg, Denmark With a bout scheduled for May, Lee picks up an eight rounder on the Nordic Fight Night card. He’s looking for his fourth straight win when he faces the former France … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – December 20th- 21st, 2013
12/20 – Kevin Johnson (29-4-1, 14 KO’s) vs. Christian Hammer (15-3, 10 KO’s) - Hamburg, Germany The “Kingpin” hasn’t made much noise since losing to Vitali Klitschko in 2009; a few wins over lower level opposition, and a trip to the finals of the U.K.’s Prizefighter tournament, where he lost to Tor Hamer. He followed that with a loss to Tyson Fury before managing a win over … [Read more...]
“Lights Out” Down Under: Toney, Johnson Headline Melbourne Show This Sunday
After 12 months of inactivity, James "Light Out" Toney (74-7-3, 45 KO's) returns to the ring this Sunday when he faces undefeated Aussie Lucas Browne (15-0, 14 KO's) in the 12 round main event at the Convention & Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia. This is Toney’s first bout since stopping Bobby Gunn last April. There's not much you can say about James Toney that … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2012
In a lot of ways, 2012 was the best of times and the worst of times for fight fans. Competition for the eyeballs of fight fans created at least the hint of an effort to deliver good fights to the public and, although Golden Boy and Top Rank still insist on playing promotional turf war, both companies did a decent job of making some of the best fights within their power to make. … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury Shuts Out The Kingpin
By Geoff Poundes Much as expected, Tyson Fury, 20-0, 14 KO’s made easy work of motor-mouth Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson, 28-3-1, 13 KO’s, tonight when he whitewashed the American over twelve desultory rounds at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Johnson, as usual, had shouted long and loud pre-fight about being the best this and that in the world, even protesting that we were about … [Read more...]