Thinus Strydom of World Sport Promotions, and Francois Botha, following the controversy of the Francois ‘White Buffalo’ Botha versus Sonny Bill Williams in Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, February 8, 2013 have issued the following statement: Thinus Strydom: I was greatly disappointed with the turn of events at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Friday night. Early […]
While the Aussies are investigating corruption in sport they should take a hard look at the WBA International Heavyweight bout between Sonny Bill Williams and Frans Botha in Brisbane earlier today. It was farce! Billed as a 12 round fight for the vacant WBA International Heavyweight Title, the referee called “This is the last round” […]
On Saturday night at the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg, Germany WBO super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will take on Frenchman Mehdi Bouadla. Abraham had a dreadful Super Six competition losing all but one fight, but he recovered from that to take the WBO super-middleweight title from Robert Stieglitz in 2011 and has won his last three fights. Mehdi […]
Hype, hype and more hype preceeded the big fight in Las Vegas between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, their fourth encounter, this time at Welterweight a weight which didn’t look good on the 39-year-old Mexican Marquez, who lacked zip and agility in the early rounds. But in round three Marquez unleashed the blow that […]
When Andrew “Freddy” Flintoff announced some months back that he wanted to become a professional boxer after many years as a distinguished England cricketer, most boxing pundits laughed him off as a publicity seeking joke, but Freddy surprised a few people when he stepped into the ring against American Richard Dawson in a four round […]
After pulverising Canadian Lucian Bute in five rounds for the IBF super middleweight Title in Nottingham less than six months ago, 35-year-old Carl Froch was back at the Capital FM Arena in his home town of Nottingham to take on sixth-ranked Yusaf Mack in his first title defence. Some 10 000 fans filled the venue for an […]
Vitali Klitschko has paid tribute to Corrie Sanders, calling the late SA heavyweight “the most difficult opponent I ever fought”. This is as reported by Sapa-DPA. The 41-year-old WBC champion told Germany’s Sport Bild Plus on Monday, “Corrie was fast and could give and take a punch. ”His style was very dangerous and did not […]
Former South African and WBO heavyweight world champion Corrie Sanders has been shot and killed by robbers at a Brits restaurant while celebrating his nephew’s 21st birthday. The gang of armed thieves entered the restaurant demanding cellphones and other valuables from the guests, opening fire as they left, hitting Sanders in the stomach. He was […]
Photographer Andrej Palacko has compiled a historical documentary about legendary boxer Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals in 1972, 1976 and 1980. Stevenson was renowned for his devastating right-hand jab and gentlemanly demeanour, and his highly publicised bout that did not take place against former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Palacko recently returned […]
Teófilo Stevenson has died at the age of 60. Thousands of journalists have paid tribute to this great boxer. This is from the Guardian’s blog: In the iconography of post-revolutionary Cuba, one athlete stands above many others alongside Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. When the greatest heavyweight in the history of amateur boxing, Teófilo Stevenson, […]