ESPN Boxing’s Dan Rafael has reported that unified junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton 40-0 (30) will move up a weight class to fight Luis Collazo 26-1 (12) at welterweight (147). Collazo is currently ranked as Ring’s #5 welter.
The bout’s scheduled for May 13 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. The television deal is […]
WBC bantamweight champ Hozumi Hasegawa successfully defended his title for the second time today in Japan, beating Thai challenger (and Ring’s #3 bantam) Veeraphol Sahaprom with a 9th round TKO. Hasegawa took his title from Veeraphol last April with a UD.
Hasegawa’s record improved to 20-2 (7), Sahaprom fell to 52-3 (35).
Well not down, but Howard Eastman — who’d never been knocked out in more than 40 fights — was finally stopped on Friday night in an IBF title eliminator against Edison Miranda . The young Colombian won a 7th round TKO, forcing the stoppage with a vicious combination.
It was a classic clash between youth and […]
Stupid me, I couldn’t imagine a negative outcome before this bout. If Toney pulled off a win, he’d establish himself as a legitimate heavyweight, of which the division is in short supply. If Rahman came out victorious, he’d prove that he deserves the belt he inherited and clearly stand as the man to beat among […]
Sweet fancy Moses, a decent heavyweight match-up?! It’s true. Hasim “The Rock” Rahman 41-5-1 (33) will defend his hardly-earned WBC title against James “Lights Out” Toney 69-4-2 (43) tonight in Atlantic City.
I say “hardly-earned” not to take a shot at Rahman, it’s just that he gained the belt by default when Vitali Klitschko retired — […]
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