Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan has emerged in court to plead innocent to a charge of dangerous driving in his home town of Bolton.

19 year old Khan of Lostock in Bolton appeared before Bolton Magistrates’ Court where he denied charges which relate to an incident in Bradshawgate on the 2nd of March, when a man broke his leg after being hit by a car. The case was committed for trial at Bolton Crown Court at the trial on Thursday (read more…)

Rocky Juarez will be desperate for revenge when he comes across WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera for their second meeting on Saturday in Las Vegas.

America’s Juarez lost to a split decision against the Mexican marvel back in May, but still considers himself as the true victor of the bout. The outcome was largely infuriating as the fight was initially identified as a draw before a scoring slip-up was exposed. “Not too many fighters get a second chance (read more…)

Joe Calzaghe claims he will not allow gossip about a British showdown with Clinton Woods to sidetrack him from the defence of his super middleweight titles in October. Calzaghe is to defend his WBO and IBF belts against Cameroon’s Sakio Bika in Manchester on the 14th of October.

But Calzaghe has said negotiations for a fight with IBF light heavyweight champ Woods have already commenced. Calzaghe said in a statement: “Although the talk is of a fight with Woods or fights next year, I can’t take my eyes off the ball (read more…)

Muhammad Ali was originally born as Cassius Clay in 1942 in Louisville Kentucky. The colourful and controversial Clay began taking boxing lessons when he was twelve years old after his bike was stolen. As a high school student, he won the national Golden Gloves middleweight championship in 1959 and 1960 and the AAU national light heavyweight title in 1960, then went on to a gold medal in the Olympic light heavyweight division.

He was renowned for his incredibly fast hand and feet. And although he was built like a heavyweight and weighed about 210 pounds he still moved around the ring like a lightweight. Whereas many other heavyweights were slow sluggers who were incredibly dull to watch (read more…)

On Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, an opportunity for a giant step up the 135-pound rankings will arise for David Diaz.

He will face Jose Antonio Santa Cruz in a scheduled 12-round bout for the interim World Boxing Council lightweight title. “There were times when I came back that I wondered if I would ever get this kind of a shot,” said the 30-year-old Chicagoan who quit boxing for two years before returning to the ring four years ago (read more…)