David Price is Looking Good

Frank Maloney said Wythenshawe Boxer

Tyson Fury should decide about fighting David Price before Thursday – Boxing news
Britain’s surging heavyweight pugilist David Price is again in the media, this time by the gracious comment of his Promoter Frank Maloney.
According to the recent updates, Frank Maloney has put forth Tyson Fury, Britain’s number one heavyweight, a deadline in order to accept the British and Commonwealth title’s number one contender, David Price’s fight proposal.
David Price nowadays is amidst a series of tidings circulating the media especially in Britain. Pricey has grabbed much success in his short but powerful and intimidating career. He has given tough time to brawlers who had been a pain for the current world title holders such as John McDermott to be specific.
Recently news popped out that David will make his debut in America and will fight the French veteran Josue Blocus. Initially, it was revealed by reputable sources that both camps are close to signing a deal but later on even on their individual records both men were scheduled to take on each other on March 24, 2012.
All the above buzz and especially March 24 bout got jeopardised by Frank’s current comment. According to sources, Frank is still optimistic of the fact that Tyson Fury, the current British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, will accept his offer to fight David Price for the title. Frank is so much confident that he has even given a deadline to Tyson’s camp in order to accept the offer.
The conditional offer will end on Thursday up to which Tyson can make the bout with David possible. All the critics are assuming that this might not happen since if Tyson was interested in the first place he might have himself contacted for the bout but this did not happen. Apart from that David is now scheduled to fight at Resorts Hotel & Casino in the States, if Tyson accepts the offer even in the remaining less than 24 hours, what will happen to that engagement?
David became the number one contender for Tyson’s title after knocking out John McDermott viciously in just the 1st round. Everyone was shocked to see the unprecedented end to the final of the title eliminator bout. The win secured by David was so much hyped that critics started to denote the young 28-year-old a huge threat to Tyson Fury.
Later on after much hassle and buzz Frank in sheer frustration said that he won’t wait for Tyson to come and will move on to America if the bout does not happen. Frank and David did move to States and when it has been announced that Pricey will fight his precious inaugural bout with Josue and all the arrangements as well are done, such comment is only a waste of time by Frank.
David is still scheduled for March 24 brawl and will most probably leave Britain since up till now no comment has been thrown by Tyson’s camp.

MAYWEATHER RETURNS

It’s official. Boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather will return to the ring, step up in weight and challenge three-division World Champion Miguel Cotto for his WBA Super Welterweight World title in what will be a gargantuan showdown between two future Hall of Famers. Mayweather vs. Cotto will take place on Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be televised live on pay-per-view. Both fighters have agreed to Olympic-style drug testing for the fight.

Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee

passed away earlier today at the age of 90 in Tampa, Florida. “Angelo died suddenly and peacefully surrounded by family and friends,” Dundee’s friend Rachel Charles told Fightnews.com. “He was very happy he was able to celebrate Muhammad Ali’s birthday was able to attend the Boxing Hall of Fame. He still had a lot to do but led a full and extraordinary life.” Dundee trained 15 world champions including Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Willie Pastrano, Jose Napoles and Carmen Basilio. Last September Angie celebrated the grand opening of the new 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach, mere steps away from where the fabled gym once stood. Angelo and his brother, Hall of Fame promoter Chris Dundee, opened the original gym in 1951

SHARSTON BOXING CLUB.

Sharston Boxing Club where are they know???? In the picture i know is , David Lincoln, Robbie Phillips, John Reid, Gary Brazil, Tony Lanzbergin, Mike Farghaly, Paul Livingstone, Martin Power, WHO ELSE ???????? ...

khan must get a second shot, at the cheating Yanks

Mystery man Mustafa Ameen admits helping change scorecard during Khan fight


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David Hay takes on the Vitali the Ukrainian terminator

Latest Blog From British & Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion George Groves ...

Monday was an unusual day for a fight week press conference but for me it made a refreshing change. Every man and his dog today would have seen something of the Haye-Klit presser. Hopefully it got all the Brits at home as excited as we are already! Anyway I will get to that soon.

If you're going to order poached eggs on day one, come day four what are you going to order? Poached eggs again maybe but with finest scotch fillet of beef - on bubble & squeak hash browns served with a reduction of wild mushrooms, herbs and Chianti? (now I'm getting hungry).We started the day like any other: at breakfast. I went for the scrambled egg on brown toast. Coldwell trumped me with scrambled egg with ham and onion while the Dark Lord Adam Booth opted for four poached eggs. 'Schoolboy error', was my first thought. I mean where's the progression?

1pm quickly came around and it was time to head off to the press conference. We all slipped into our fetching new t-shirts, which depict David punching the head off of a man who in my opinion looks suspiciously like.... Audley Harrison.

Once there we all piled into the lift, out the other end and into the hall. David and Adam took their seats at the top table and the 'presentation' began. First up was some blah blahs followed by more blahs. Nookie Bear Booth then got up and delivered his speech. He did adlib a bit from what was originally planned, later on he admitted he did use the speech note cue cards I wrote for him just in case he forgot.

David D Haye AKA The Hayemaker for me was word perfect. Told the honest truth. Wlad will face a harsh reality and it is irrelevant wether he has studied tapes of David's because David will be totally different Saturday night!

Wlad on the other hand was also entertaining. Managed to crack a few funnies and had his own publicity stunt planned with the 50 on his hand.

Paddy Fitzpatrick managed to cause a little tension there when he stood up to shake hands with the legendary Emanuel Steward. Mr Steward in the past has been reluctant to grace Paddy with such an honour of shaking the magic hand. He was offered the magic fist though as Mr Steward told all with in ear shot that he would fight Paddy after the main event. All in all it added some spice.

Of course Vitali was there. Looking far more menacing than his little brother, he grabbed the mic and told Haye he must attend the post-fight presser. Haye sharply countered with "you must attend and not go to the hospital with your brother".

Vitali to me has a steely look in his eye, (no robot reference) it's like he's an emotionally-attached terminator (robot reference) and loves a fight! I'll explain why this is relevant: I was asked to hang around to do a talkSPORT interview and once that was finished I soon realised team Haye had made tracks and only Elliot and I were left.

As I walked to my seat with Elliot, Vitali was giving me daggers! My first thought was 'arrrrgh!', followed by respect for him for hating any opposition, followed by the realisation that I was the only Team Hayemaker member in the building sporting a picture of a decapitated Kazak-born, German-based Urkanian!

Brit abroad was in action though and managed to get my camera so close to Wlad's face during aSky Sports News live interview he couldn't help but turn to me after and ask 'sid you get enough pictures?' (add your own accent).

The rest of the day was about relaxing. The Hayemaker stayed in and watched some DVD's. Me and a few others went out for a cheeky pasta. And no, that is not a metaphor. Nearly there people!

Manchester Boxer Khan survives late onslaught to put his name up in Vegas lights

Amir Khan was bleeding, aching and still throwing punches in a desperate last round of a fight that has changed his life and will be talked about in the same sentences as the epics that illuminate boxing's brutal history.


When the bell finally delivered relief from exhaustion and the savagery of Marcos Maidana's fists at the Mandalay Bay casino, it was clear from Khan's bruised and swollen face that his days as the "kid" are over. Khan, still only 24 but surely a lot older in boxing years, retained his World Boxing Association light-welterweight title with a tight but unanimous decision in a classic encounter that came so close to ending early so many times. It was, it has to be said, a staggering display of bravery from Khan and one that understandably is receiving rave reviews from some of the sport's modern greats.

However, it is no secret that Khan trained to win clearly, not get hit and exploit Maidana's apparent lack of speed; certainly not to go toe-to-toe with the losing Argentine to the delight of 4,632 bleary-eyed punters. There is every chance that he will have some explaining to do when he sits down with Freddie Roach, the tiny miracle-worker who rescued Khan from the carnage of the 54-second loss to Breidis Prescott just two years go.

The fight was just seconds old when Maidana crashed in a couple of fearsome rights and Khan was staggered, hurt and reeling and throwing punches in an instinctive, desperate reply. Maidana entered the ring having knocked out 27 of his 29 victims and Khan teetered on the edge of becoming 28 until a sickening left hook to the bottom of the rib cage, near the end of the opening round, left Maidana in agony on the canvas. He could barely walk to his corner and hobbled back, bent over and grimacing.

Maidana held his right elbow low to protect the busted rib for a few rounds and Khan did his best to lift the protection and connect with the vulnerable spot, but Maidana was tough and at this level fighters push through pain and damage with no fears about serious injury.

The fight moved between the pair with Khan's longer, more technical combinations landing but it seemed that with each success Maidana would settle, get close and rip in short, damaging and often illegal hooks that hurt and marked Khan. In round five, the referee had seen an elbow too many posing as a fist and he took a point off Maidana; the point proved crucial in the final tally of the judges and the root of the pandemonium at the fight's conclusion.

It was in round 10, though, that Khan entered boxing folklore when he was caught by a right cross, his legs went on a berserk Riverdance of their own and his eyes tumbled like lemons in a one-armed bandit. Maidana had his man and he had about two minutes and 30 seconds to finish Khan off. The ref edged closer, the fight looked lost but for the remainder of the round, as Maidana landed again and again and again, Khan somehow remained upright. It was quite astounding and as he stumbled, smeared in his own blood, back to the arms of Roach in the corner he looked like a survivor in a zombie movie.

In rounds like that you win fights, you make careers and you secure legacies.

Khan found his legs during the 60 seconds in Roach's care and finished the fight trying to keep the wide-eyed and increasingly angry Maidana at a safer distance, but it remained breathless until the final bell. Khan won with scores of 114-111 twice and 113-112.

There are several lucrative options for Khan in the coming months and when his body has healed he can sit down with De La Hoya and plot a route to becoming boxing's biggest attraction. Now is not the time to make fantasy fights; now is the time to sit back and enjoy one of the finest fights involving a British boxer for many, many years.