World boxing - Interviews

Heavyweight banger Deontay Wilder (31-0, 31KOs) defended his good friend, Malik Scott, who Wilder knocked out in the first round on Saturday night in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Wilder said he landed very hard with a left hand on Scott’s temple, and then followed it up and a right that was partially blocked. Scott went down and couldn’t regain his senses to make it up before the referee reached the count of ten read more ...

Former four division Roy Jones Jr. (56-8, 40KOs) is currently on tour in Russia, performing his music for his Russian fans. There were discussions taking place for a fight between Jones and heavyweight tough man Kimbo Slice (6-0, 5KOs). The two sides explored the fight but Jones doesn’t expect it to happen read more ...

Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) believes speed will be key to defeat WBA Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KOs) when they clash in Stuttgart on February 25. Having made eight successful defences of his WBO Cruiserweight Title, Huck is ready to move up. «I want to write boxing history and become the first German heavyweight champion since Max Schmeling,» Huck said at today´s press conference in Stuttgart read more ...

Well, I’ve been in jail before, and I can’t say the effect it may leave on someone that has never been in jail before. I’ve been in jail before, so I know how it affected me. Whether he says so or not, it will affect him in some kind of way. Lil Floyd is a strong person, and hopefully it won’t affect him much read more ...

Former WBA junior welterweight world champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13 KOs), announces the imminent end of his boxing career. The Ukrainian fighter recently celebrated his 34th birthday. His decision was partially made due to health problems, but he also felt a lack of support to obtain championship fights. Kotelnik was the first man to beat Gavin Rees and Marco Maidana read more ...

Tony Thompson will be four years older for his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko than he was when they first fought. But he says he also will be in better shape, better able to avenge the 11th-round knockout loss he suffered to Klitschko in July 2008. BoxingScene.com caught up with Thompson in Atlantic City, where the 40-year-old heavyweight with a record of 36-2 (24 knockouts) spoke about the cancellation of his fight with Eddie Chambers and his coming rematch with the heavyweight champion read more ...

The Klitschko brothers have dominated the heavyweight division of boxing at a rate that we’ve never seen before. Older brother Vitali, known as Dr. Ironfist, has never even been knocked down in any professional bout and holds the WBC Heavyweight title. Younger brother Wladimir, known as Dr. Steelhammer, is the longest-reigning Heavyweight champ in history and has collected the IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and WBA Super Heavyweight belts read more ...

Former champion David Haye (25-2, 23KOs) is one of the names being considered as a future opponent for Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15KOs), who hold’s the WBA’s «regular» heavyweight title. Haye has been inactive since the July decision loss to WBO/WBA/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko read more ...

When Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye meet for the heavyweight championship of the world before an expected crowd of 55,000 at Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, with millions more watching around the world — including live on HBO (4:45 p.m. ET with a 9:45 p.m. ET/PT replay) in the United States — it will be the most significant heavyweight fight since Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir’s older brother read more ...

German trainer Fritz Zdunek, who is the mentor to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, says a fight between Vitali and his younger brother, IBO/WBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, would never get the proper recognition. In the opinion of Zdunek, most people would never take it seriously because there would be too many questions marks, such as a possible fix between the brothers read more ...