Boxing News magazine 1.12.2011 Download pdf

Boxing News Magazine 2011 Memorabilia

A HARD-HITTING documentary on the
tragic fight between Nigel Benn and
Gerald McClellan will be aired on Monday,
December 5 at 10.35pm on ITV1.
ITV has unlocked its archive 16 years
on from the memorable night that left
American McClellan with serious injuries.
According to a press release, The Fight
of Their Lives includes: "Fresh allegations,
further twists and the emotional reunion of
the two fighters after years of bitterness."
McClellan's WBC middleweight belt,
which he won by defeating Julian Jackson,
is being auctioned to raise money for the
fallen fighter.

IT'S not quite Lloyd Honeyghan and Don
Curry but if John Murray overcomes
Brandon Rios for the WBA lightweight
crown on the Cotto-Margarito bill it will
be one of the bigger shocks caused by a
British fighter in America.
Manchester's Murray is coming off
his first loss, an eight-round thriller with
Kevin Mitchell, while the controversial and
colourful Californian is supposedly one of
the next big things in American boxing.
One is meant to be fast-rising, the
other is said to have found his level.
Whatever the consensus, Murray begs
to differ and is happy accepting the
underdog's role.

ONE of the most controversial fights of
recent years gets a quick go-around-again
when Abner Mares fights Joseph Agbeko
on Saturday (December 3) at the Honda
Center in Anaheim, California.
The two met in August in Showtime's
bantamweight tournament final and Mares
won a majority decision after getting away
with a string of low blows, including one
that dropped IBF king Agbeko in the 11th.
Referee Russell Mora wrongly gave him a
count and was subsequently demoted by
the Nevada Commission (the fight was in
Las Vegas) to prelims, while the IBF ordered
an immediate return.

IF you think that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
fights with a maturity beyond his 21
years, you are right. The young Mexican
has been fighting professionally since he
was 15. Although Alvarez is the reigning
WBC light-middleweight belt-holder he
is thought of as more of an emerging
superstar than a world champion.
Despite Alvarez's lofty status and
potential, his promoter Golden Boy
Promotions is proceeding with caution,
matching him carefully. Such was the
case at the Plaza Mexico bull ring where
Alvarez, 39-0-1 (28), retained his title,
halting Kermit Cintron at 2-53 of the fifth
round in a scheduled 12.

MANY rounds of southpaw sparring ahead
of his recent bout with Frankie Gavin
stood Driffield's Curtis Woodhouse in
good stead when Clydebank's tall Gary
McArthur (lost slbs) was drafted in for a
scheduled lo-rounder at just a few days'
notice following the withdrawal (medical
query) of Jason Cook.
Woodhouse (lost 2 i/2lbs), with one eye
on a title shot, knuckled down at the Magna
Centre and dealt out a one-sided beating
before the usually durable Scot retired at
the end of the fourth claiming an injured
hand. Doncaster referee Howard Foster
accepted the retirement.