Interview by Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Saturday’s Search & Destroy was set to be an historic occasion right from the off, as the event was being promoted by the youngest professional boxing promoter ever, twenty year old Olivia Goodwin. … [Read more...] about Fight Report: Search & Destroy, York Hall June 4th
Interviews
Interview – Yassine El Maachi Talks Prizefighter
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro On Tuesday 7th June the season finale of the highly successful Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter series takes place at York Hall in Bethnal Green. … [Read more...] about Interview – Yassine El Maachi Talks Prizefighter
Interview: Jimmy Tibbs On Colin Lynes and Prizefighter – Welterweights II
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro During his half a century in boxing Jimmy Tibbs has done it all, a highly decorated amateur and professional boxer, manager and promoter, but of all his pugilistic talents he is without doubt best know as the UK’s most successful boxing coach and fight strategist. … [Read more...] about Interview: Jimmy Tibbs On Colin Lynes and Prizefighter – Welterweights II
Ricky Burns Interview – Ricky talks about Nicky Cook, Roman Martinez, Mzonke Fana and more
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Last Friday I was lucky enough to sit down and have a chat with the highly likable WBO Super Featherweight Champion of the World Ricky Burns, who is set to defend his title for the third time against Nicky Cook at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on the 16th July. … [Read more...] about Ricky Burns Interview – Ricky talks about Nicky Cook, Roman Martinez, Mzonke Fana and more
Interview: John Wayne Hibbert Talks Prizefighter, Witter, Lynes, El Maachi and more
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro With seriously big names, such as former World Champs Junior Witter and Colin Lynes and former British Champion Kevin McIntyre, grabbing all the headlines in the build up to the highly anticipated Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter - Welterweights II, which takes place at York Hall on Tuesday 7th June, I decided to buck the trend a bit, well my … [Read more...] about Interview: John Wayne Hibbert Talks Prizefighter, Witter, Lynes, El Maachi and more
Interview With Sam Webb – Talks Prince Arron, Anthony Small, Martin Concepcion and more
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro This Friday Sam Webb makes his second defense of the British Light Middleweight title, he won back in March last year in a ding dong battle with Anthony Small. His opponent will be Prince Arron, whose probably best known for winning the Prizefighter - Light Middleweights tournament last year. … [Read more...] about Interview With Sam Webb – Talks Prince Arron, Anthony Small, Martin Concepcion and more
Leon ‘Solid’ Williams interview: Leon talks about his career, Jon Lewis Dickinson, Danny Couzens and more
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro This coming Saturday Streatham bad boy Leon ‘Solid’ Williams defends his Southern Area Cruiserweight title for the first time, at the Graham Earl promoted ‘Redemption Day’ event at York Hall in London. … [Read more...] about Leon ‘Solid’ Williams interview: Leon talks about his career, Jon Lewis Dickinson, Danny Couzens and more
Interview With Rising Light Middleweight Star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro I’m sure that the majority of those reading this will already be well aware of the talented young Light Middleweight prospect Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng from Stoke Newington in London. It’s hard not to be as Erick receives a lot more column inches in the boxing press than most seven fight veterans. Rightly so as young Erick is proving to be a true … [Read more...] about Interview With Rising Light Middleweight Star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng
Mark F. Villanueva Interviews The “Kid Chocolate”
By Mark F. Villanueva They say the good thing about being lost in life so that you no longer know who you are is grabbing that fresh chance to be whoever you want to be. It gives you another shot at moving on with something new to look forward to. You take a deeper look at, say, the past three or five years of your life and sometimes none of it really holds together in terms … [Read more...] about Mark F. Villanueva Interviews The “Kid Chocolate”
Michael Grant: Talks Career, His Move to Lightweight, Kevin Mitchell etc
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Back in the early 2000s there was a real buzz around the British amateur boxing scene, there were some excellent young fighters coming through the ranks with serious championship potential, none more so than a particular pair of teenage buddies from London, Michael Grant and Kevin Mitchell. … [Read more...] about Michael Grant: Talks Career, His Move to Lightweight, Kevin Mitchell etc
Sergei Liakhovich Interview: On the Road Back to the Heavyweight Title
By Gary Purfield Sergei Liakhovich reached the top of boxing’s glamour division in 2006 when he defeated Lamon Brewster to win the WBO heavyweight title. Following the career high point Liakhovich was unable to retain his title and stay on top. In his next fight Sergei would lose the title in the last second of the twelfth round to Shannon Briggs by TKO in a fight that he … [Read more...] about Sergei Liakhovich Interview: On the Road Back to the Heavyweight Title
Mark F. Villanueva & Wayne McCullough on Erik Morales Comeback
By Mark F. Villanueva It was late and I was checking out my old boxing videos from my computer in a backpacker’s place I rented for two days. I walked back in from the terrace that fronted the sea that wasn’t visible now in the dark but the sound of it coming and breaking would give anyone a soothing moment for thought. I reviewed what Erik Morales fights I had in document … [Read more...] about Mark F. Villanueva & Wayne McCullough on Erik Morales Comeback
Toks Owoh Interview: Owoh Talks Glen Johnson, Billy Boyle, Title Aspirations and More…
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro One of the UK’s most exciting and talented Super Middleweights of the nineties and early naughties, Toks Owoh, made his return to the ring late last year and is now set to start his second championship campaign, albeit at Cruiserweight, in earnest at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Unleash The Fury’ Super Show at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on … [Read more...] about Toks Owoh Interview: Owoh Talks Glen Johnson, Billy Boyle, Title Aspirations and More…
Interview With Boxer Kevin Mitchell
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro 15th May 2010 is a date etched deep in the memory of the tens of thousands of Dagenham’s Kevin Mitchell’s supporters. On that fateful night over twenty four thousand of those partisan fans packed in to Upton Park to watch their all conquering hero, who was firm favourite to clinch the interim WBO Lightweight title and to be just one step from … [Read more...] about Interview With Boxer Kevin Mitchell
“Drive Time Sports” WBF Director talks about Holyfield-Williams fight
Here's an audio interview from Jordan Buscarini's Radio Show "Drive Time Sports". … [Read more...] about “Drive Time Sports” WBF Director talks about Holyfield-Williams fight