By Boxing Daily, Posted February 16th, 2007 Comments (2) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

Heavyweight boxer, Audley Harrison, is sure that he will win the support of the British boxing community, beginning with his fight against fellow Brit and heavyweight rival, Michael Sprott on Saturday (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted February 7th, 2007 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

Alex Arthur, the Scottish super featherweight, has said that he will be fighting Alexander Hrulev, of Russia, for the vacant WBO Intercontinental title on 10 March (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted February 2nd, 2007 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews

Nicky Cook has been added to the already star studded cast featuring in the Joe Calzaghe-Peter Manfredo show at the Millennium Stadium on April 7 (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted February 2nd, 2007 Comments (0) Topic: Boxers, Boxing News, General News

Jamie Cox, one of Britain’s top amateur boxers has admitted that the next 12 months of training are crucial if he is to be able to put in a good performance at the Olympics (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted January 9th, 2007 Comments (5) Topic: Boxing News, General News

Cruiserweight boxer Enzo Maccarinelli is still gunning for a boxing bout with his rival David Haye, even after the fight collapsed last week due to what he called “typcial boxing politics (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted December 8th, 2006 Comments (4) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews
The two British heavyweights; Audley Harrison and Danny Williams, came to blows on Friday, a day before their scheduled fight.

The bust up occurred during their weigh-in for their 12-round rematch on Saturday night at the ExCel Arena in London (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted December 1st, 2006 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Previews
Alex Arthur has given up his European super featherweight crown in an attempt to become world champion. Arthur became Scotland’s first ever European champion for 11 years when he beat Boris Sinitsin in July last year; since then he has made three defences.

His promoter Frank Warren said: “With respect to the European title, we have taken that as far as we can. He will fight in late February and it will be with a view to a world title challenge in the near future.” The 28-year-old from Edinburgh is in the top rankings of the four main world governing bodies (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted November 11th, 2006 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, General News
Scott Harrison’s promoter, Frank Warren, has said that Harrison’s fight with Nicky Cook will only happen if the WBO featherweight champion is released from jail on Monday.

Harrison, who is 29 years old, has been in a Spanish jail since the 6th October over accusations of assault. But if Harrison does not fight on the 9th of December he may lose his WBO title. Warren was attending Alex Arthur’s European super-featherweight title fight against Sergio Palomo at the Kelvin Hall, where the Edinburgh fighter defended his crown with a fifth-round stoppage (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted November 10th, 2006 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Reviews
European super featherweight champion, Alex Arthur effectively defended his belt title for a third time after ending Spain’s Sergio Palomo fight during the fifth round.

Palomo received standing counts within the first two rounds as Arthur hit him with a straight right and then a sharp swinging left hook. The Scottish boxer looked far too powerful for Palomo and he put him down again in round five; when the ref finally ended the bout. But in contradiction to this Author told the media: “Palomo had a really big heart and he was really quick,” and carried on by saying (read more…)
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By Boxing Daily, Posted October 30th, 2006 Comments (0) Topic: Boxing News, Fight Reviews
Former ABA champion, Kevin Mitchell won the Commonwealth super featherweight title on Saturday evening with a well-deserved points triumph over Ghana’s tough George Ashie at London’s York Hall. It was the ABA featherweight victor’s 22nd win after he turned professional.
Although he lost Ashie took the skilled Englishman the distance for the only seventh time, but on the matter Mitchell said: “I was trying to box more so that when the time comes to move up and fight better guys, I know I can go the distance (read more…)
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