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…)

The next two big fights in Britain, and arguably the world, involve the British boxers Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe.

Calzaghe faces Mikkel Kessler and Ricky Hatton is going to fight pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather.

Calzaghe and Hatton are the biggest names in British boxing, there is no doubt about this, but I would argue that (read more…)

Bernard “The Execution” Hopkins defeated Winky Wright in their top of the bill boxing showdown in fabulous Las Vegas.

Two judges scored the fight 117-111 to Hopkins and the other gave the bout a 116-112 score.

Hopkins said (read more…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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?

In a recent interview, Joe Calzaghe has said that he is training hard, twice a day for his fight with Peter Manfredo in Cardiff.

You can listen to the interview here… (read more…)

Anthony Mundine stopped Sam Soliman, a fellow Australian in round nine to win the vacant WBA super middleweight title (read more…)