DeGale to fight for European belt
July 9th, 2011Former British super-middleweight champion James DeGale will challenge for the European title in September against Polish champion Piotr Wilczewski.
Former British super-middleweight champion James DeGale will challenge for the European title in September against Polish champion Piotr Wilczewski.
Enzo Calzaghe returns to the training ring to help Enzo Maccarinelli make his light-heavyweight debut.
David Haye tells the BBC a rematch against his conqueror on Saturday in Hamburg Wladimir Klitschko would make sense for both camps.
Birmingham middleweight Matthew Macklin may opt for a shot at WBC champion Sergio Martinez instead of a rematch with Felix Sturm.
Britain’s David Haye loses on points to Ukrainian heavyweight rival Wladimir Klitschko in their world title decider in Germany.
As we continue the build up to the superfight which is now only a couple days away, here is a video of arguably David Hayes finest performance as he blew away Enzo Maccarinelli inside two rounds! Haye shows great speed and big power in this fight, both of which he will need if he is to defeat Wladamir Klitschko.
With the big fight only a few days away here are somes clips from the final press conference in Hamburg including an interuption from Wladimir’s older brother Vitali! The excitement is really building for this huge heavyweight clash!
A great weekend of action started off the by Kell Brook coming of age in his W.B.A intercontinental fight with Lovemore N’Dou. Brook looked the best we have seen as he almost became the first man to stop the former world title challenger. Despite taking a few heavy shots Brook won a wide points decision and now looks to be moving towards the world class stage.
In the second big fight of the weekend Matthew Macklin looked to take long time W.B.A Champion Felix Sturm’s belt away from him. Macklin started well with high work rate possibly winning the first 6 rounds, but as the fight the went on Sturm began to land the more accurate and eye catching shots. At the final bell it looked as though Macklin had done enough to win in his first effort at a world crown, but as it happens so often in Germany the Judges scored a controversial split decision in favor of the home fighter. A brave effort none the less from Macklin who proved he can more than mix it on the world scene.
Great Britain are guaranteed four medals at the European Amateur Championships and three men will fight for gold in Friday’s finals.
Here’s a look at some of the best tweets made by some of sports biggest and best names.