Howard Eastman believes that there is the possibility that he can retrieve his world champion dreams by beating Richard Williams in their middleweight title fight this Friday.

36-year-old Eastman has lost his previous three bouts; even though they have all been against very good opponents and with controversial decisions he still believes he will be able to “bounce back”. He said (read more…)

On Saturday night Jermain Taylor managed to hang on to his WBC and WBO middleweight belts with a unanimous decision over Kassim Ouma in Arkansas.

The three judges scored the fight (read more…)

Jermain Taylor is using his worst ever fight as an incentive for his WBC middleweight title defence in opposition to Uganda’s Kassim Ouma this Saturday. The, usually very consistent American 28-year-old, was lucky to get a draw against Winky Wright back in June and is desperate to improve upon his awful performance.

After watching the bout he said: “I watched the tape and I saw all the mistakes I made. It was the worst fight I could ever have fought. I’m not saying Ouma is a lesser opponent, but I’m supposed to look good this fight,” Taylor became champion back in July of 2005 by beating Bernard Hopkins with a points victory in Las Vegas; he then went onto beat him there once again later in December with another decision (read more…)

Ex world middle weight champion, Bernard Hopkins, has proclaimed his objective to step back into the ring after just six months of retirement and compete for a heavyweight world title.

Hopkins, who spent most of his career fighting at middle weight, stepped out of the ring after defeating Antonio Tarver in a light heavyweight contest back in June. But now the 41-year-old wants to confront Oleg Maskaev for his WBC heavyweight crown, he said this on the matter: “I want to bring the heavyweight championship back to the United States. I’m going to be the guy that everybody says preserved the reputation of the American fighter.” Hopkins claims that he currently weighs 180 pounds, 20 pounds above the middleweight fighting boundaries, but he intends to add on another 20 during the next month. “I plan on being a heavyweight by the end of the year (read more…)

Joe Calzaghe’s promoter, Frank Warren, plans to publicize a “big fight” for the super middleweight world champion some time in the up coming week. The bout is most likely to be in Cardiff next February; with Warren hoping he can secure an American challenger.

If the Great Welshman triumphs, Warren claims a “mega fight” will follow in the summer, which is most likely to be in opposition to Jermain Taylor, 28, over in the States. This news may ruin the instant hopes of Denmark’s WBC & WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler who is desperate for a unification bout with Wales’ WBO & IBF legend (read more…)

Joe Calzaghe feels that he is ready to fight Bernard Hopkins in America after his vicious world title bout with Sakio Bika. On Saturday night he made the 19th defence of his super middleweight titles against the Cameroonian in Manchester. And is now only one short of Hopkins’ record of 20 defences at middleweight.

Calzaghe’s Promoter Frank Warren established he is preparing a date for Calzaghe in the States in either February or March. “People think I’m a home boy, but I’ll fight Bernard Hopkins in his own garden,” the Welshman said. “Hopkins is the sort of fighter I’d get up for. I need those big name fights to bring out the best in me.” Nevertheless, with the 41-year-old Hopkins talking about challenging WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler would show to be a more sensible option.Kessler bulldozed Germany’s Markus Beyer inside three rounds in Copenhagen on Saturday night to add the WBC crown to his WBA belt. And with Calzaghe as the holder of the IBF and WBO titles, a fight between the two of them would be a rare four-belt unification bout (read more…)

Here are the top ten pound for pound boxers around today as decided by BoxingDaily

1. Floyd Mayweather – Welterweight – United States
Record - 36 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws, 24KOs
Mayweather became a world champion at four different weights with his contentious victory over Zab Judah, although he is yet to completely control a division. He is still likely to be facing Ricky Hatton in the near future. Now that’ll be a good fight!

2. Marco Antonio Barrera - Super featherweight - Mexico
Record – 61 wins, 4 losses, 0 draws, 42KOs
Marco dismissed any idea that he was a ‘spent force’ by thrashing Morales in the third chapter of their fantastic trilogy. At 31, and battle-scarred, he still remains a great force to be reckoned with (read more…)