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Maloney & Munroe honoured

Published on: 10th June, 2009

Frank Maloney and Rendall Munroe have scooped top awards from European Boxing Union.

Maloney was named Promoter of the Year while his super-bantamweight charge was named Boxer of the Year.

Munroe, the boxing binman, won the European title by Full Article

Kotelnik blasts kid Khan

Published on: 10th June, 2009

Andreas Kotelnik blasted Amir Khan as ‘a little boy’ and vowed to teach him a painful lesson in their WBA light-welterweight title fight in London.

Bolton bomber Khan fights for a world title for the first time at the O2 Arena on June 27, live on Sky Box Office.

Ukrainian Kotelnik picked up the WBA title by defeating Welshman Gavin Rees, and says he has no intentions of relinquishing the strap to Khan.

The 31-year-old has only two defeats on his record, both close losses against Junior Witter and Souleymane M’Baye, and he believes Khan Full Article

Calzaghe urges Hatton to quit

Published on: 31st May, 2009

Joe Calzaghe has joined the chorus urging Ricky Hatton to retire following his damaging defeat to Manny Pacquiao.

Calzaghe, who retired in February with a perfect record of 46 wins from 46 fights, believes time has caught up with ‘The Hitman’, whose defeat to the Filipino was the second of his career following his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2007.

Hatton has yet to announce a decision on his future following the second-round knockout in Las Vegas, but Calzaghe has added his name to the list of Full Article

Berto remains unbeatable

Published on: 31st May, 2009

Andre Berto made the third defence of his World Boxing Council welterweight title with a unanimous decision over Colombia’s Juan Urango on Saturday.

The undefeated 25-year-old’s speed and skills frustrated Urango and he was able to keep the fight largely at distance at Hollywood’s Hard Rock Live Arena.

Two judges scored the bout 118-110 for the American, while a third saw it 117-111 to give Berto the 25th win of his burgeoning career.

Urango – beaten by Full Article

Pac Man in Mosley’s sights

Published on: 30th May, 2009

Shane Mosley has called out Manny Pacquiao as he looks to become the pound-for-pound king again.

The 37-year-old American has won titles in three weight divisions so far and claimed the WBA super-welterweight title with a ninth-round knockout of Antonio Margarito in January.

Pacquiao, considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world, is coming off a second-round knockout of Ricky Hatton in May, meanwhile, and had looked poised to fight the winner of Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel Marquez.

But ‘Sugar’ Shane has now joined the list of challengers, Full Article

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