World boxing - Interviews

Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs) is ranked No. 3 in the International Boxing Federation super middleweight division and figures to be a favorite when he meets Ukriane’s Vitali Tsypko (22-2, 12 KOs), who is ranked a notch above him at No. 2. The winner becomes the No. 1 contender and Bute’s mandatory challenger. Saturday’s elimination bout will air on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING live at a special time 10:45 p.m. ET/PT read more ...

2004 Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis "El Ciclon de Guantanamo" Gamboa sat down with Ryan Burton for his first interview on Boxingtalk. As one of boxing's biggest prospects, there is much talk of the former Cuban Olympian fighting for a world title in the near future. Although his pro career has been short and he has shown some defensive lapses, the offense-minded Gamboa is confident and poised to put on a show for the world read more ...

King Arthur Abraham claims he is ready to conquer America after his demanding training camp on a small island in the Baltic Sea has come to an end. The unbeaten IBF middleweight champion will returned to Berlin over the weekend to continue his preparations for the highly-anticipated rematch with Edison Miranda. He will fly over to the US on Tuesday. Here are his latest thoughts on the June 21 showdown read more ...

We're just days away from your big rematch with Carlos Quintana, can you tell us how you're feeling and what we can expect to see on Saturday night? "You could expect to see the old Paul and me going back to do what I do best." GL: What are the differences between this camp and your last one? Paul Williams: "Basically nothing really. I've been working like I've always worked. I don't believe it was a weight issue for me read more ...

WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (21-0-2, 7 KOs) has just finished his training camp for his seventh defense of his title against Panamanian mandatory challenger Anselmo Moreno (21-1-1, 8 KOs) in Düsseldorf, Germany on May 31. It will be the seventh world title defense for the unbeaten "Mini Power-Station," who is currently boxing's longest reigning bantamweight world titlist. He coming off an impressive read more ...

Since Mike Tyson’s felony arrest for drug possession in December 2006, he spent the remainder of 2007 in rehab and has reportedly been clean and sober ever since. He is currently under court mandated sobriety with monthly drug and alcohol testing. Regarding his newfound life of sobriety, a hefty looking Tyson told ESPN’s ‘E:60': “It’s a struggle. I want to take drugs everyday. I want to drink everyday. But I don’t read more ...

GL: You are the IBF mandatory contender. What do you think of Wladimir Klitschko fighting Tony Thompson before you? AP: The IBF forwarded us Klitschkoґs request to fight Thompson first and we turned it down. Klitschko asked the IBF for an exception and they voted to give him that exception. If I was in Klitschkoґs place, I would not have applied to delay our meeting. But now I am happy that read more ...

What's the latest and greatest with you, what can you fill us in on? "I can't fill you in on anything unfortunately. It's all in Wladimir's, the IBF's and HBO's hands. Once they decide we're worthy enough to fight, they'll put pen to paper, and make it a reality." GL: We all know that Klitschko has two mandatories, one with you and one with Povetkin. You want yours to get enforces first. Can you tell us why you feel read more ...

You can hardly imagine “The Punisher” ever being the underdog and the 26-year old Williams is not a gambling man inside or outside of the ring either. Instead, he relies on his two fisted attack as well as his southpaw stance, 6’3” frame, 82 inch reach and relentless pressure to assemble his impressive 33-0, 24KO ledger in addition to the WBO welterweight strap that he won over Antonio Margarito in July ’07 read more ...

Why on earth didn't Eddie throw more punches? He had no problem landing his right hand... he had more speed than Povetkin... and he was in better condition. The fight was his to take, but he wouldn't pull the trigger. What happened? You know, I don't know how to answer that question. I've been asking myself the same questions over and over again read more ...