Peter Manfredo Junior was beaten by Joe Calzaghe in the champions 20th successful defence of his super middleweight title. Calzaghe won in the 3rd round after the referee stopped the fight (read more…)

British boxing sensation, Amir Khan, stormed to a third round KO victory over Steffy Bull on Saturday night.

Khan made a great start to the fight and he was consistantly on top of Bull and in control of the bout. The KO came with Khan landed a lethal left hand body shot which crippled Bull and left him open for Khan to knock him out. In fact, Steffy Bull was actaully physically sick after the fight due the awesome power of Amir Khan punch.

After the body shot Bull was wide open to endure a blur of blistering blows by Amir Khan which sent to the canvas in a crumpled heap (read more…)

Enzo Maccarinelli is still the WBO Cruiserweight champion after he retained his title with ease by a stoppage in round one against American Bobby Gunn.

This was another case of a quality British boxer beating an overrated American fighter!

Maccarinelli looked absolutely awesome in the ring and in my opinion he was the best boxer of the night, he performed better than Khan and Calzaghe on Saturday night.

This was Maccarinelli’s second defence of the title that he won by beating Marcelo Dominguez in July (read more…)

By beating Kazakhstan’s Yersin Jailauov in three rounds, Bernard Dunne defends his European title and maintains his unbeaten record.

Dunne dominated the fight all the way and it was a big left hook that finally dropped the challenger in round 3. After this Dunne was all over him and the ref wisely stopped the fight afte 1 min and 53 seconds into the round (read more…)

Mikkel Kessler managed to defeat the brave Librado Andrade of Mexico by a unanimous points decision and so retains is WBC and WBA super middleweight titles.

The fight went the entire distance for twelve rounds at an extreme pace in Copenhagen, but the devastating combinations from Kessler marked the difference between these two fighters (read more…)

Carl Froch became the first boxer to beat Sergey Tatevosyan as he stopped the previously undefeated boxer in two round in Nottingham.

This means that super middleweight Froch is now unbeaten in 21 fights after he stopped the unstoppable Siberian with a big right hand.

Although Tatevosyan was able to beat the count, referee Terry O’Connor stepped in after Tatevosyan continued to take punishment.

“I’ve done what nobody else has managed to do and sent out a clear message to the world champions,” said Froch.

At the very top of the list of fighters Froch wants to fight is WBO Champion Joe Calzaghe, who is set to defend his title against Peter Manfredo on 7th April in Cardiff.

Froch said: “In an ideal world I would go after Calzaghe. Soon he will have no choice but to vacate or fight me, then we will see what kind of man he is.

“Tatevosyan is a world-class opponent and I got in there and annihilated him in two rounds so I have proved my worth. I want to prove to the world that I am good enough.”

Carl Froch is ranked in the top three of the 12 stone division both both the WBA and WBC.

In the WBO ranking, where Calzaghe is champion, Carl Froch is ranked at the number 3 in the world, which is forth from the top if you include Calzaghe.

Should Calzaghe fight Froch?

Perhaps, but this would not be a mega fight, I would rather see Calzaghe fight Mikkel Kessler as I think Mikkel Kessler has proved that he is probably the second best boxer at this weight, and Calzaghe is the best so it is only natural that Calzaghe should fight Mikkel Kessler before fighting Carl Froch.

What do you think?

The British crusierweight boxer John Keeton was knocked out in the second round of his commonwealth title fight against Troy Ross in Montreal, Canada.

Keeton of Sheffield was brought down with a left hook within 2 minutes of the round by the Canadian fighter.

Although Keeton won the British title only last month, he said that he ought to have used more defensive and conservative tactics.

“The plan was to box for three rounds and keep on the outside of the jab, but I got excited,” said the 34-year-old Keeton.

“We backed in my corner and I thought I’d have a go at planting one on him, but I threw a couple of rocks too many and he landed first.”

John Keeton is set to defend his British title against his old rival Mark Hobson in Manchester next month.

In a controversial decision, Juan Manuel Marquez claimed the WBC super featherweight title as he beat fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera in Las Vegas.

I want to see a rematch…

Even though Barrera clearly knocked Marquez down in the seventh round with an awesome stinging right hand, the referee Jay Nady somehow ruled in a slip!?

No way was that a slip, it was a clear knock down and an excellent punch by Barrera.

And then the ref made me scream even louder in frustration as he took a point from Barrera for apparently hitting Marquez when he was down on the canvas. Although Barrera did throw a punch when Marquez was down, he did not connect and so he should not have be docked a point.

Also the referee did not pick up on any of the punch that Marquez threw well below Barrera’s belt! Where was the ref then?

Barrera said: “We fought like true Mexicans but I did the necessary things to win. They were bad judges. I won the fight and I don’t know what happened.”
He added, referring to his point deduction, “I never connected with the punch because I knew he was down. He hit me four times below the belt and I never said anything.”

By the end of the fight they both were bleeding quite badly, Marquez from the right eye and Barrera from the left. It was a great fight as both boxers gave it their full effort, but I would have thought that Barrera should have won.

Marquez is an ex-WBA and IBF featherweight champion and at least he admitted that they should meet again to settle the rivalry more conclusively.

“Barrera is a great champion,” he said. “He deserves a rematch.”

I really think that their should definitely be a rematch, as I think Barrera won that fight.
I would love to see these two fight again, but hopefully we can have a fairer decision at the end of the next fight.

What did you think of the fight?

Are you looking forward to a rematch?

It was a really great fight overall, and that should not be over shadowed by a few bad decisions by the ref. Both boxers gave it their all and both deserve a great deal of credit and respect for that.

Taking his record to 41-8-2 with 27 KO’s, veteran boxer Evander Holyfield beat Vinny Maddalone in Texas by a third round stoppage (read more…)

The IBF Heavyweight World Champion, Wladimir Klitschko, utterly destroyed his opponent Ray Austin last night, and so he retains the title (read more…)