By James Russell, Posted June 2nd, 2008 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

David Diaz may be the underdog by a fairly large margin for his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao, but that didn’t stop the boxing champion charming 500 Pacquiao boxing fans in California!
The boxing fans were obviously their to watch Pacquiao train later in the day, but they were nonetheless impressed by Diaz (read more…)
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By Robert Westwood, Posted June 1st, 2008 Comments (3) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

This Saturday the World Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik is defending his title against Gary Lockett, but the up and coming boxer is already looking past this fight to bigger things.
Apparently, talks are already under way for Kelly Pavlik to fight Joe Calzaghe in November so Kelly Pavlik is viewing Lockett as a warm up before the real fight against the undefeated Calzaghe (read more…)
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By Joe Stevens, Posted May 31st, 2008 Comments (1) Topic: Boxing News, General News

Ricky Hatton beat Juan Lazcano last weekend, but his former promoter Frank Warren thinks that enough is enough for the Hitman.
Warren claims that Hatton hasn’t had a good fight since Kostya Tszyu three years ago (Warren excludes the Castillo fight) and in his boxing column in “The Sun” he goes on to say (read more…)
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By James Russell, Posted May 30th, 2008 Comments (2) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Reviews

Anthony Mundine has admitted that he needs to win high profile fights to make a name for himself in the boxing world.
Mundine defended his WBA super middleweight title successfully against Sam Soliman at Vodafone Arena on Wednesday night. Mundine won via a unanimous points decision as the judges scored the bout: 116-112, 116-112, 117-112.
Although the Mundine camp said that he won the fight with ease, the Soliman camp was very disappointed at the result, claiming (read more…)
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By Robert Westwood, Posted May 23rd, 2008 Comments (2) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

Over his career, and indeed over most boxing careers, Manny Pacquiao has mainly had to face right handed opponents.
However Pacman will need to make some changes when he faces Diaz, another left hander.
But Manny Pacquiao’s boxing coach, Freddie Roach, is (read more…)
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By Joe Stevens, Posted May 21st, 2008 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

Even though 55,000 fans will be out to watch Ricky Hatton fight Juan Lazcano in Manchester, Juan Lazcano’s coach, Ronnie Shields, still thinks that his fighter will come out victorious.
What Shields says should be taken seriously. Not only is he a former two-time world light welterweight title challenger himself, but as a boxing coach he has worked with names such as (read more…)
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By James Russell, Posted May 20th, 2008 Comments (1) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

Miguel Cotto, the WBA welterweight champion and Antonio ‘The Tijuana Tornado’ Margarito, the IBF welterweight champion, were both confident at a press conference yesterday.
The excitement is already building for (read more…)
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By Joe Stevens, Posted May 20th, 2008 Comments (1) Topic: Boxing

One of our readers recently made a boxing documentary and so we have decided to publish on Boxing Daily for other readers to watch and enjoy as the team here has done.
Here’s a bit about the film, from the viewpoint of its maker (read more…)
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By Robert Westwood, Posted May 19th, 2008 Comments (1) Topic: Boxing News, General News

Young British boxing prospect Amir Khan has said he is willing to move to the USA in order to team up with a first rate boxing coach.
Khan split with his old coach Oliver Harrison last month and the 21 year old is apparently looking for a long term replacement (read more…)
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By James Russell, Posted May 19th, 2008 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

In “The Sun” newspaper, boxing promoter Frank Warren announced that he has negotiated terms with Don King for Samuel Peter, the WBC Heavyweight Champion, to defend his title in the UK.
Samuel Peter is somewhat of a shining light of hope in the currently dull heavyweight division. It looks like Peter will fight either Audley Harrison or Matt Skelton at the O2 arena on 12th July (read more…)
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