Andrew Wake | 28.04.12 08:39
Terry Spinks, who won boxing gold at the 1956 Olympics at the
age of only 18, has died at the age of 74.
East Londoner Spinks, the youngest Briton to win an Olympic
boxing gold medal, died at his Essex home after a long illness.
The baby-faced Spinks, who was an apprentice jockey before
concentrating on boxing, won flyweight gold in Melbourne having
been a late replacement.
Spinks, who clinched the British featherweight crown as a
professional, won 41 of his 49 professional fi...
TVAdmin | 27.04.12 03:01
Fighters taking part in the Road to Glory event on 16th June
2012 at the Manchester Velodrome discuss their upcoming
bouts.
Topping the bill is an 'interim' WBA world super-bantamweight
title fight Bury's Scott Quigg and Leicester's Rendall
Munroe.
In the chief supporting bout Sheffield 'Spice Boy' Ryan Rhodes
meets unbeaten Belarusian knockout artist Sergey Rabchenko for the
vacant European light-middleweight title.
Andrew Wake | 27.04.12 12:23
Tony Bellew and Danny McIntosh
exchanges barbs as they weighed in for tomorrow night's British
light-heavyweight clash at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.
"I'm going to absolutely destroy
him tomorrow - he's in for a horrible night," said Bellew.
"That really annoyed me yesterday
when he didn't show up (at the press conference). It's
unprofessional and disrespectful. I don't care what he does to me
with mind games, he's not in my head - but he let people down
yesterday and I'm goin...
Andrew Wake | 26.04.12 09:13
Robert Mancini is still saying the title race is over but I
certainly don't think it is and I'm sure no other City fan does
either.
Mancini is doing every right at the moment and I just think
maybe he wants to take the pressure off the players so they relax
and play their best football.
Obviously it's all in United's hands and it's their title to
lose but we've got the goal difference and beating them at
Eastlands will put us in the driving seat. They've also got to go
to Sunde...
Andrew Wake | 26.04.12 12:54
RYAN RHODES is confident the
gulf in class between him and Sergey Rabchenko will show in their
'Road To Glory' showdown.
Sheffield's Rhodes (46-5)
attempts to regain the European light-middleweight crown when he
meets Rabchenko (20-0) for the vacant title at Manchester Velodrome
on Saturday 16th June.
The Belarusian has knocked
out 15 of his victims, but experienced Rhodes said: "There
is no doubt that Rabchenko can punch, but he has been knocking out
kids who have sto...
Andrew Wake | 26.04.12 12:47
Doncaster's Jamie McDonnell has relinquished his European
bantamweight title so that he can focus on an upcoming WBC title
eliminator with Mexico's Hugo Cazares.
The 26-year-old could have defended the continental bauble
in a rematch with Belgium's Stephane Jamoye, but has opted to face
Cazares even it means have to go overseas.
Purse bids are due to take place shortly and although
McDonnell's team want the fight to happen in Doncaster, they
understand that they may have...
Andrew Wake | 26.04.12 12:34
Two-time world title challenger Alfonso Gomez has suffered from
severe back spasms in training and been forced to withdraw from his
May 5 fight against fast rising welterweight prospect Jessie
Vargas.
The scheduled 10-round bout was supposed to be on the show
headlined by Miguel Cotto's light-middleweight title defence
against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Andrew Wake | 24.04.12 11:21
Big punching light-middleweight prospect Adam Etches may have
bombed out five of his seven professional victims, but he's in no
rush to get to title class.
The 21-year-old from Sheffield returns to the ring on Thursday
night when he takes on Bulgarian import Borislav Zankov and he says
at present the important thing is to get experience under his belt
rather than titles on his mantelpiece.
"I'm moving pretty fast. I want the big fights and I want them
now but my manager, Richard...
Andrew Wake | 24.04.12 09:43
Lateef Kayode has said he's going to knock Antonio Tarver out
when they meet at the Home Deport Center in Carson City, California
on June 2.
The Hollywood-based Nigerian challenges for Tarver's IBO
cruiserweight bauble and believes he can score a stunning stoppage,
while also teaching the veteran "Magic Man" a lesson for
disrespecting him on American TV network Showtime.
"I will knock you out. I will beat the crap out of your ass,"
Kayode told Tarver at Monday's press conference...
Andrew Wake | 24.04.12 09:29
Former welterweight champ Antonio Margarito, who succumbed to a
10th-round knockout defeat to Miguel Cotto in a light
-middleweight title tilt in December, is set to return to the ring
next month
The Mexican will face an as yet to be confirmed opponent to
10-round bout on May 26 at the Casino Del Sol in Tucson.
Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti said that the bout will he
held "somewhere between 154 and 160 pounds."