http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/ boxingheavyweight Thu, 04 May 2006 14:35:55 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html Thu, 04 May 2006 22:13:22 GMT FOLLOWING a five-week spring siesta without a single boxing show taking place at York Hall, the Bethnal Green fight arena comes to life next week with five shows booked inside 18 days at the popular fight venue. The hectic action starts with two shows in two nights on Friday and Saturday May 12 and 13 featuring Hennessy Sports and Sport Network promoted bills on successive nights. The Friday night show sees the Hennessy promotion headed by two title clashes - the British light welterweight fight between Lenny Daws and Nigel Wright alongside the duel between Dave Stewart and Lee Meager for... (more) http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/comments?id=5 http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Thu, 04 May 2006 21:48:05 GMT Sheffield's Clinton Woods will feel like boxing's Cinderella man when he climbs through the ropes a week on Saturday. Although the Ridgeway light- heavyweight is defending a top World title belt against tough Aussie opponent, Jason DeLisle, in a televised bill beamed around the world, he readily accepts he is something of a bit-part player on the cast. For the same night, his 'Fight Academy' promoters are also staging Ricky Hatton's much-vaunted invasion of America - and his bout against Luis Collazo in Boston will be the one that gets maximum publicity and attention. So does he feel as if... (more) http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/comments?id=4 http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:43:09 GMT The heavyweight division has always been and will always be the glamour division of the sport ... but it's kind of a mess at the present time. Lennox Lewis was the (more-or-less) undisputed champ ... but now he's retired. Then Vitali Klitschko seemed to be on his way to becoming the (more-or-less) undisputed champ ... but now he's retired too ... at least for now. Plus all the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport are campaigning in lower weight categories. Nevertheless, the big money and the majority of the media attention continues to focus on the big boys. Accordingly, it seems... (more) http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:36:00 GMT Arthur John (Jack) Johnson (1878 -1946) was the first black, and first Texan, to win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. Born in Galveston on March 31, 1878, he was the second of six children of Henry and Tiny Johnson. Henry was a former slave and his family was poor. After leaving school in the fifth grade, Johnson worked odd jobs around South Texas. He started boxing as a sparring partner and fought in the "battles royal," matches in which young blacks entertained white spectators who threw money to the winner. Johnson turned professional in 1897 following a period with... (more) http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:11:43 GMT Manchester - Joe Calzaghe has insisted the prospect of fighting in front of a packed crowd at the Manchester Evening News (MEN) Arena will inspire him and not overwhelm him when he faces Jeff Lacy on Saturday. Calzaghe, the 33-year-old World Boxing Organisation (WBO) champion meets International Boxing Federation (IBF) holder in a super-middlweight unification bout. The fight promises to be the biggest in Britain since Ricky Hatton's win light-welterweight win over Australia-based Russian champion Kostya Tszyu. But Calzaghe has insisted he will not be overawed against the big-punching... (more) http://boxingheavyweight.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1