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…)

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…)

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?

British boxer Carl Froch is preparing to be the first boxer to stop the hardy Russian fighter Sergey Tatevosyan when the pair meet tonight.

Froch is the British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion and he is hoping to increase his world title credentials when he fights Tatevosyan at the Nottingham Arena.

Unbeaten 29 year old Froch said: “There is nobody left on the domestic scene who wants to know me now so it is all about moving on a world title shot.

“We have a plan and this opponent has been selected with the future in mind.”

Froch denied a fight for the European boxing title but he is looking to make the most out of this non-title bout.

A career best KO came for Tatevosyan against Dane Rudy Markussen in October and he then went on to go the distance with Lucien Bute in Montreal, who was a possible future opponent for Froch.

Froch added: “Tatevosyan is a difficult, well-schooled fighter who can punch a bit.

“This is the type of fight where I can really cement my status with the various sanctioning bodies for a world title eliminator.”

Froch is no ranked at number 5 by the IBF and he comes in third place in the WBC and WBO rankings so he thinks he is close to reaching his potential and getting a world title.

“I’ve always been a late developer and I am just coming into my peak now,” said Froch

“I feel physically stronger and tactically and technically I am still working on stuff and learning.”

Carl Froch beat Tony Dodson in November to retain his British and Commonwealth titles but he says that Wales’ WBO champion Joe Calzaghe is the man he really wants to meet.

“I’m high up in the rankings but Calzaghe is the one I’m interested in,” he added.

Calzaghe, defends his WBO crown against America’s Peter Manfredo in Cardiff on 7 April.

Froch may get a shot at Calzaghe in the future, but for now I think that he has a fair bit still to prove. If he could win say the European title as well and/or beat a couple of high class American boxers, then this would raise his profile enough to warrant a fight with Calzaghe. If you haven’t got a big profile then you wont get big fights and that is why Peter Manfredo has got this fight with Joe Calzaghe. It is not because of what he has achieved in boxing, he has achieved very little, it is because of his celebrity status and well known profile which was helped largely by the TV show “The Contender”.

What do you think?

The Commonwealth light middleweight boxing champion, Bradley Price, is set to defend his crown against Thomas Awinbono of Ghana.

Is this a mis-match? (read more…)

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…)