We have long said that more quality boxing needs to be shown on terrestrial TV in order to create more boxing fans and make boxing the popular sport that it once was.

Although ITV are doing a bit to help this cause, there are only going half way (read more…)

Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya won a unanimous points victory over Steve Forbes in a bout that many have said is simply a warm up for a Floyd Mayweather - Oscar De La Hoya fight in September.

Two of the boxing judges gave De La Hoya the fight by 119 points to 109 with the other giving him the verdict 120-108.

What did you think of Oscar De La Hoya? Was Oscar De La Hoya at his best in this fight?

Oscar De La Hoya said (read more…)

Joe Calzaghe maintained his undefeated status, winning a majority decision against Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins. Well it looks as if this executioner’s blade is getting blunt in his old age…What are your thoughts on the fight?

In the earlier rounds it was all Hopkins. Straight away Bernard Hopkins floored Calzaghe (read more…)

Personally, I have never really understood why people watch things like Wrestlemania. You aren’t watching a fight, you aren’t watching a wrestling match, you aren’t even watching a sport.

You are watching nothing more than a drama show.

That’s right, to me Wrestlemania etc are no more a “sport” than CSI, Boston Legal or Lost. So if you like watching them then thats fine, I like Boston Legal, but don’t try and tell me that its a sport or Wrestlemania fan’s are “sports fans”.

What I find even more annoying is (read more…)

As we have said many times before, Amir Khan is the best british boxing prospect at the moment and as British boxing fans we are pleased to see Khan moving closer to world class status.

In a WBO lightweight eliminator, unbeaten Amir Khan (17-0, 13 KOs) scored a seventh round stoppage of Martin Kristjansen (19-2-3, 5 KOs) on Saturday night at the Bolton Arena.

Again we saw Khan playing off his strengths of fast and also powerful punches. This is why Amir Khan should be (read more…)

The young British boxing prospect Amir Khan, added another win to his record last night taking it to 16-0 with 12 knock outs.

Amir Khan beat Gairy St. Clair over 12 rounds to retain his commonwealth title at the ExCel Arena in London. Despite Amir Khan’s eagerness to fight for a world title, his promoter Frank Warren is wisely holding Khan back for a while to make sure that he is ready for a world title challenge when he eventually takes one on.

After the fight, Amir Khan said (read more…)

Well many people (including most of the team here!) thought that the fight between old timers Roy Jones and Felix Trinidad would be a lame fight with both boxers simply getting into the ring for a bit more cash.

However it was a fairly good fight, much better than we had expected, with Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) winning a unanimous 12-round decision over Felix “Tito” Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) at New York’s Madison Square Gardens.

Although (read more…)

As as British boxing fans, The Boxing Daily Team was bitterly disappointed that Hatton did not manage to beat Mayweather but at the same time we are all extremely please that a Hatton got himself in a position to challenge the best pound for pound fighter in the world. Seeing Ricky Hatton rise up through the professional boxing ranks has been great, especially as he has really taken the big fights and won them (with the exception of Mayweather). It makes a change from Joe Calzaghe slapping bums around (read more…)

Bernard “The Execution” Hopkins defeated Winky Wright in their top of the bill boxing showdown in fabulous Las Vegas.

Two judges scored the fight 117-111 to Hopkins and the other gave the bout a 116-112 score.

Hopkins said (read more…)

Boxing Champion Ricky Hatton is a true British boxing hero as he knocked out Jose Luis Castillo in the fourth round of their much anticipated clash in fabulous Las Vegas.

The fight began with a bang as Castillo was sent to the canvas (read more…)