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Haye vs Goliath
Those unimaginative chaps in promotions have called this potentially exiciting and momentous fight, ‘David v Goliath’. They’ve managed to make me yawn before the first bell. Cliche’s in toe, David of course went on to found a city and a holy

Boxing showdown: David vs Goliath
David Haye is in his final preparations ahead of his WBA heavyweight showdown fight with giant Nikolai Valuev. The London-born star is hoping to knock-out the 7ft 2in boxer in Nuremberg on Saturday night. There has been plenty of pre-fight verbal

Results From the Ballroom Brawl in Downtown Tampa
Last night, there was an exciting night of boxing at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Tampa, Florida. In the main event, Keith 'One Time' Thurman ,11-0-1, 10 KO's won a unanimous decision over Edvan Barros, 10-8-1, 7KO's. This was Thurman's first time

Court Grants Gatti's Widow Money From Estate
Amanda Rodrigues, the widow of Arturo Gatti, was allowed $37,500 by Superior Court Justice Paul Chaput in Montreal, Quebec yesterday. The money will help Ms. Rodrigues with legal fees and child care. She was seeking a total amount of $140,000. The legal

Calling A Spade A Spade 11.07.09: Wheel of Morality
Your new champion for higher standards in boxing: The WBC? What the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks is that all about? When we were children growing up, we had several authority figures. These were people like our moms, our dads, our extended family, our

411 Staff Predictions: Haye vs Valuev
How does the staff see this weekend's big heavyweight title fight going down? This Saturday we have ourselves a rare event - a heavyweight title fight that actually interests people. I'm talking, of course, about the WBA heavyweight title fight between

Dawson wants to avoid brawl in Johnson rematch
Light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is in a bit of a quandary. He knows the best way to defeat former champion Glen Johnson tonight in Hartford, Conn., will be to stay on his toes and box. To stand and brawl would be to fight Johnson’s fight, a

Sam Sexton Repeats Win Over Martin Rogan, Rogan Can't Come Out For 7th Round
by James Slater - Last night in Belfast, 25-year-old Sam Sexton once again had too much for gutsy 38-year-old Martin Rogan. Another great all-action fight ensued, as it had done when the two men first met back in May, and once again the younger man won.

Sport: 24 hours in pictures
Northern Ireland's Martin Rogan hits the canvas during his fight with Sam Sexton from England during the Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship boxing bout at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland 7th November 2009: Our pick of the best sports

Prepare for the boxing weekender Fight fans are preparing for the 'boxing weekender' later this month - where a host of the region's boxers will be spread over two shows 24 hours apart.
Fight fans are preparing for the boxing weekender later this month where a host of the regions boxers will be spread over two shows 24 hours apart. First the Friday night of November 27 takes in the familiar settings of the Tower Ballrooms in Edgbaston,

Boxing Betting: Why I'm backing David Haye to beat the Russian Giant
/ Leave a comment David Haye is the best thing to happen to heavyweight boxing in a long, long time and tonight is his moment. David Croft explains why he believes the Brit can knock-out Nikolai Valuev. "Betfair bettors have ‘The Haymaker’ down as a

Boxing: Russian giant set to prove size matters
It has been 347 days since David Haye last stepped into a ring, but tonight, as the cliche goes, the talking stops. And Haye has done enough talking for a dozen bouts. Haye's seemingly unbreakable self belief will finally be put to the test tonight at

Joel Casamayor, Zab Judah both win in ring returns
Four-time world champion Joel Casamayor and three-time champ Zab Judah both earned victories in their returns to the ring on Friday night.

McCloskey wins Euro title
Ulsterman extends unbeaten record to 20 with stoppage win Also see Northern Ireland's Paul McCloskey retained his unbeaten record and picked up the vacant European light-welterweight title with victory over Daniel Rasilla on Friday night. The 30-year-old

Casamayor and Judah both win in ring returns
LAS VEGAS -- Four-time world champion Joel Casamayor and three-time champ Zab Judah both earned victories in their returns to the ring on Friday night. Casamayor earned a unanimous decision victory over Jason Davis with all three judges scoring the

Keith Thurman Decisions Edvan Barros Over Eight
Tampa, FL: Undefeated welterweight knockout artist Keith 'One Time' Thurman was taken the distance for the first time, winning an 8 round UD over Edvan Barros on the One Punch Productions final 'Ballroom Brawl' of 2009. Thurman dropped Barros with a body

David Haye Provides a Distraction for Fight Fans
By Troy Ondrizek Without David Haye, we wouldn't know nor care about the happenings in Nuremberg this on Saturday night. On the same night, HBO is offering up the sequel to Chad Dawson and Glencoffe Johnson's thrilling fight, leaving the 'other fight'

Japan Boxing Commission Cracking Down on Promoters
By Ronnie Nathanielsz The Japan Boxing Commission has decided to crackdown on promoters who bring in foreign opponents to fight in Japan. The JBC action follows the latest ring death in Fukuoka, Japan when Thai boxer Sakai Jockygym lost by a tenth round

D-DAY ARRIVES FOR DAVID HAYE
The size of the task facing Haye was brought into sharp focus on Friday as champion Nikolai Valuev weighed in a daunting seven stone heavier than the Englishman. Haye will tonight attempt to take Valuev's belt in Germany to become the first British

SEXTON MAKES SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE
The Norwich fighter had taken the belt after a stormy first encounter at Northern Ireland's Odyssey Arena was stopped with Rogan's eye swollen shut - but only after the home favourite had dominated the eighth round and seemed to be closing on victory.

McCLOSKEY TAKES EUROPEAN TITLE
The Northern Irishman was on top pretty much from the off and put his Spanish opponent down twice in the ninth round, at which point the referee called a halt. Rasilla was a late replacement for Souleymane M'baye, but he was swept aside as McCloskey

HAYE SEVEN STONE LIGHTER THAN VALUEV
Haye will attempt to take Valuev's belt in Germany to become the first British fighter since Lennox Lewis to hold a version of the world title. While the size difference between 6ft 3ins Haye and 7ft 2ins Valuev has always been clear, Friday's weigh-in

JOHNSON OUT FOR REVENGE
American Dawson, 27, won an unanimous decision from the three judges of their first encounter, a WBC title defence in Tampa 17 months ago, although many observers believed it was the Florida-based Jamaican challenger Johnson, 40, that deserved at least a

HAYE AIMING TO MAKE DREAM COME TRUE
The Londoner will aim to do the unthinkable and knock out the 7ft 2in Russian, who has never been floored in 52 fights and has only ever been beaten once. If successful, he would become Britain's first heavyweight to hold a portion of the world title

HATTON BACKING HAYE TO TRIUMPH
Londoner Haye will attempt to dethrone 7ft 2in WBA heavyweight champion Valuev in Nuremberg after moving up from cruiserweight a year ago. Hatton is still undecided over his own fighting future following his brutal defeat by Manny Pacquiao earlier this

DAVID HAYE READY FOR UNKNOWN
The former undisputed cruiserweight champion has had only one top-level heavyweight contest, beating Monte Barrett by stoppage a year ago, and after a bid to dethrone Wladimir Klitschko in the summer fell through due to injury, tries his hand against 7ft

McCRACKEN NAMED PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR
McCracken, who trains WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch and three other rising professionals, will be given control of the entire performance programme with a view to achieving multiple medal success in 2012. He replaces Kevin Hickey, who

VALUEV v HAYE: WHAT THE EXPERTS THINK
Here,Phil Barnett asks 10 leading boxing figures for their thoughts on the contest. Emmanuel Steward, legendary trainer and current coach of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko: 'I may be wrong, but I favour David because of the speed. He is

Former Champs Judah, Casamayor Both Score Comeback Wins
Southpaw former world champion Zab Judah (pictured) scored a second-round knockout over Ubaldo Hernandez on Friday night at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas to improve to 38-6 with his 26th career KO. The victory was the fourth in the past five fights for

Chad Dawson Looks to Repeat Against Glen Johnson
Perhaps Glen Johnson's best attempt at head-games during the buildup to Saturday night's 175-pound rematch with IBO titlist Chad Dawson is his refusal to admit defeat. The facts are that Johnson was not only judged the loser of their first light