Having thought that he would not survive until his 40th birthday, Mike Tyson is still here at nearly 42 years old and what’s more, he has been clean from drugs and alcohol for 15 months.

I grew up when Mike Tyson was coming up through the boxing ranks and to me he is a childhood hero (read more…)

A massive fifty five thousand boxing fans are going to be in the City of Manchester Stadium for the great Ricky Hatton’s comeback fight against Juan Lazcano.

Its really good to see a high profile boxer like Hatton rewarding his fans by making tickets for this fight relatively cheap (they cost less than a Manchester City football ticket). It is this attitude that is making Hitman Hatton a hero, up with the likes of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno in the hearts of British boxing fans.

Hatton is going to fight (read more…)

Today the Boxing Board of Control rejected Scott Harrison’s appeal to regain his boxing license. The board choose to continue his suspension until the end of this year.

Harrison lost his license after failing to fight Nicky Cook and he was therefore stripped of his WBO title (read more…)

Former heavyweight boxing champion Chris Byrd had to lose forty pounds to fight against Shaun George in a light heavyweight bout in Las Vegas.

Bryd looked slow, sluggish and physically drained as he came into the ring at just 174lbs (read more…)

Manny Pacquiao has said he will try for an early knock-out on June 28th when he fights reigning WBC lightweight champion, David Diaz, in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao said (read more…)

If you are an amateur boxer, then competition boxing gloves are essential for use in bouts.

You don’t really have a choice here, every boxer must use this competition standard equipment if they are to compete in official amateur boxing fights.

Usually, your boxing club will supply the competition boxing gloves, but if you are a dedicated serious boxer (read more…)

It looks as though we are probably going to see Roy Jones Jr as the next opponent for undefeated world super middleweight champion, Joe Calzaghe.

Whilst Roy Jones is no where near as good as he was at his prime, he still put in an impressive display against Felix Trinidad and so could provide a challenge for Joe Calzaghe.

I think the key thing (read more…)

With no real challenges left for Kelly Pavlik at the middleweight level, it was obvious he was going to have to move up to super middleweight in order to get a decent fight.

Kelly Pavlik is set to fight Lockett but after that where should he go?

Many boxing fans want to see a Kelly Pavlik – Joe Calzaghe fight (read more…)

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…)

The WBC, WBA and WBO world cruiserweight boxing champion. David Haye, has given up his title in order to step up to heavyweight.

Haye has told the WBC that he plans to fight in the heavyweight division and so has asked to be moved up one division in their ratings (read more…)