After being blown away by David Haye inside two rounds, Enzo Maccarinelli could have been forgiven for wanting to turn off his TV, throw out the newspapers and hide away from the outside world. His coach, Enzo Calzaghe, on the other hand was still The Ring magazine Trainer of the Year and still boasted two world champions in his small stable. Surely he would be immune from any criticism? Not so it appears. Maybe rather than Maccarinelli, it should have been Calzaghe who hid himself away.
At this moment in time all the talk about WBC champion Junior “The Hitter” Witter should have been about his upcoming fight against Demetrius Hopkins that was scheduled for this Saturday. But it isn't.
Stoke welterweight Gary Reid has been presented with the opportunity to avenge an eight round points reversal at the hands of John Fewkes last October. Despite taking the fight to Fewkes last time Reid lost the decision by two rounds and felt hard done by afterwards.
A storm of criticism has hit Gary Lockett this week over his scheduled attempt at the world middleweight title held by champion Kelly Pavlik. Lockett, as number one WBO contender, will be given the dubious gift of travelling to the USA to fight the man known as ‘The Ghost’, a fitting name for a fighter currently terrifying the rest of the middleweight division.
With each and every fight of his career, 35-year-old Clinton Woods strives to become the very best light-heavyweight in the world - if he isn't such already.
English super-flyweight champion Andy Bell has been preparing for taking the next big step in his career by working up a sweat in a gym designed for putting red-hot babes through their paces.
The world never stands still. Now the WBC have announced that they propose to use TV replays at ringside to rule on controversial moments during a fight.
Jonjo Finnegan is set to step back in the ring in May, six months after a near-fatal car crash that doctors feared would put pay to his professional boxing career.
With Sky Sports having showcased his sizzling potential the evening before, Liverpool’s undefeated prospect John Donnelly was in positive mood when he spoke with BBN’s James Howard.
Stoke’s novice welterweight, Scott Miller, will make the journey to South Shields on Thursday for his first pro fight outside the Potteries. Miller, victorious in his first two starts in the professional code, will face 22-year-old Chris Mullen in his home town.
There is just over a week to go until Chris Edwards, Stoke’s British super-flyweight champion, defends his title for the first time against English titleholder Andy Bell.
After a draw and defeat against Ali Nuumbembe and Joshua Okine respectively in consecutive fights in 2005, the once promising career of David Barnes seemed to grind to a halt at the Commonwealth level. On Friday night, however, Barnes came some of the way back by defeating Ted Bami on points over 12-rounds for the British light-welterweight title at the GH Carnall Leisure centre here in Manchester.
Andreas Kotelnik the current number one ranked light-welterweight by the WBA will come to Britain for the second time as mandatory challenger for the WBA when he challenges Gavin Rees in Cardiff on Saturday.