Floyd Mayweather Jr has confirmed that he will not be facing eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao until at least the autumn after a deal was struck with Miguel Cotto for a May 5 showdown in Las Vegas. Representatives from both Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions had distanced their respective fighters from the Mayweather-Pacquiao blockbuster [...]
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St Helens middleweight Martin Murray saw his hopes for a first world title dashed as he was held to a draw by WBA middleweight world champion Felix Sturm in Mannheim. Sturm had looked set to overpower the challenger as Murray made a reticent start- failing to follow the victory blueprint set out by Matthew Macklin [...]
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Martin Murray is all set for his showdown with WBA middleweight king Felix Sturm on Friday evening. Few people are giving the 28-year-old a chance out in Germany but stranger things have happened in boxing. The fact that there are no real names of any note on Murray’s record won’t have an impact on the [...]
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Britain’s Darren Barker suffered an 11th round knockout at the hands of Sergio Martinez as his attempts at landing a middleweight world title felt apart in Atlantic City on Saturday night. Barker, who had gone into the fight as a major underdog, was positive throughout, and had a number of encouraging moments before being ground [...]
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When a list of inspirational sporting role models is drawn up by the wider sporting public, the name of a one Bernard Hopkins is unlikely to top the list. A man who was imprisoned for five years after a number of misdemeanors, did not actually make his professional debut until he was 23 and actually slumped [...]
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European middleweight champion Darren Barker has been rewarded for his return to prominence with a shot against Argentinian middleweight champion of the world Sergio Martinez. Barker has had a torrid time with injuries but recently returned to the ring to claim the European title after winning a unanimous decision against Italian Domenico Spada and in winning [...]
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Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) scored a sensational one-punch, 2nd round knockout against Paul “The Punisher” Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. With the victory, Martinez retained his WBC Middleweight title. Official time was 1:10. Martinez, 35, used his first-class ring generalship to avoid Williams’ brief attack in round [...]
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Having lost his middleweight crown to Sergio Martinez, Kelly ‘The Ghost’ Pavlik announced his intention to move up in weight to the super middleweight division. Pavlik had been struggling to make 160 pounds and felt fighting at 168 pounds would put less strain on his body but now with the emergence of Julio Cesar Chavez [...]
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Matthew Macklin is looking forward to his September 18th bout with undefeated Darren Barker but is looking forward to regaining his European middleweight title even more. The two were set to fight last summer but will now face off in Birmingham’s LG arena as the main event of the biggest multi title card Frank Warren [...]
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