ESPN recently announced that they are not going to renew the boxing reality TV show “The Contender” for a new season.

“The Contender” was a big hit for most boxing fans and it also got a lot of new people interested in the sport. However if ESPN are dropping it, are we too assume that its popularity has tailed off?

We do (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…)

Super Middleweight King Joe Calzaghe has warned Jermain Taylor he will only win the respect he craves if he faces a “genuine challenge” and he has called him a “chicken”.

As a Brit, I am a fan of Joe Calzaghe but after this latest statement I think he needs to shut up for a bit (read more…)

British Boxer Ricky Hatton said he was “absolutely heartbroken” after the news came out that former world champion Diego Corrales had died in an tragic accident on Monday.

The legendary Corrales will be remembered for his truly epic win against super-featherweight and lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo, who incidentally is next man to face Hatton, when the pair meet on July 23rd (read more…)

Watch interviews with Joe Calzaghe and Peter Manfredo before they fight on Saturday night.

Peter Manfredo said that by modelling himself on Jake LaMotta he will be able to beat Calzaghe. Apparently Manfredo has been nicknamed ‘LaMotta’ in the Wild Card gym in Los Angeles.

This is supposed to be based on his bustling boxing style as well as his Italian-American background and his “hard head”.

“See LaMotta in Raging Bull and it’s me - just without the brutal part with his wife and all that nonsense,” Manfredo said (read more…)

Young boxing star Amir Khan has said that is British lightweight rivals should “fight me now before it’s too late”.

Amir Khan has his 12 professional boxing bout on Saturday night against Steffy Bull in Cardiff and the fight will be shown on ITV (read more…)

Bobby Gunn, the WBO Cruiserweight Challenger has said that he thinks the current champion Enzo Maccarinelli is a tougher fight than Roy Jones Jr.

“I had a possible fight with Jones fall through, but to me there is no comparison with Enzo - he is the man right now,” Gunn said.
“He’s perhaps the best cruiserweight in the world, but a chance to fight such a man on his own ground is what I crave.”

I would agree with Gunn on this one. Although Roy Jones Jr. was a superb fighter in his prime, he is now well past his prime, whereas Enzo is coming into his prime and so he is the better match.

This will be Maccarinelli’s second defence of the title and will be at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday as chief support to the Joe Calzaghe fight (read more…)

In a recent interview, super-middleweight champion, Joe Calzaghe, said that he still felt the best in the world.

Calzaghe is now hoping for fight with either Jermain Taylor or Bernard Hopkins after his fight with Peter Manfredo on April 7th (read more…)

The current British lightweight champion, Jon Thaxton, has said that he believes he would beat Amir Khan in a fight for the domestic title, in other words Khan is apparently not ready (read more…)

IBF Heavyweight Champion, Wladimir Klitschko is defending his title agaisnt Ray Austin on Saturday, but his dreams extend much further than that, he is dreaming on unification in heavyweight division, with himself as King (read more…)