Heavyweight Boxing

On Saturday, February 18, 2012, British heavyweight contender Dereck "Del Boy" Chisora, 15(9)-2, will challenge Vitali Klitschko, 43(40)-2(2), for the WBC heavyweight title at Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany. The Ukranian Klitschko has trained and fought ...  

Former British champion Dereck Chisora is livid with former WBA king David Haye. Chisora appears to be angry with Haye's performance from last July against WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Haye dropped a one-sided ...  

There are many time-honored codes of conduct that men are supposed to live by. Truth be told, it can be hard to keep track of all the things you're supposed to do.But there's one code of conduct that a man simply cannot forget. No matter what happens, you're not supposed to slap another man.That means you, Dereck Chisora.Here's what happened at the weigh-in for Chisora's WBC heavyweight title bout against Vitali Klitschko on Saturday...  

#boxing In the annals of boxing blunders—and the exploits of Mike Tyson have made those some very thick books indeed—you may be unlikely to find an act so brazen and stupid as what Dereck Chisora did today in Munich at the weigh-in for his WBC heavyweight title fight against Vitali Klitschko. More »  

Dereck Chisora is not the pushover that many would have you believe, but that hardly means he stands a chance against Vitali Klitschko on February 18th. The world gets another heavyweight battle that will once again go to Klitschko in the ring. I am not enamored by the matchup, but not as displeased as others. The brash British fighter Dereck Chisora brings a lot to the table in a bout against the Ukrainian legend. Chisora last fought...  

BRITAIN’S former heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis last night claimed Dereck Chisora was not ready for his shot at Vitali Klitschko’s WBC belt. Tomorrow night in Munich will see 28-year-old Londoner Chisora step into the ring as a huge underdog ...  

The WBA heavyweight championship fight between regular champion Alexander Povetkin and Marco Huck is not the only fight in boxing its most famous weight class come February 25. The heavy-handed Edmund Gerber is trying to warm-up the crowd before ...  

No and no. Why does the heavyweight division suck so much? When will we ever get another Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier or even Mike Tyson? When will we have another compelling heavyweight ...  

It was an almighty scrap 12 years ago on Cricklewood Broadway, improbably enough, that set Dereck "Del Boy" Chisora on a path that tomorrow night sees him challenge for the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. Cricklewood to Hollywood? Not quite. But Cricklewood to Munich will do for now.  

Lennox Lewis has taken to Twitter to register his surprise that Dereck Chisora is fighting for a world title this weekend. Chisora will take on WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko - whom Lewis defeated in his last fight eight years ago ...  

As he prepares to face Dereck Chisora, the clock is ticking for the heavyweight champion from Ukraine and he fears time is running out for a showdown with HayeVitali Klitschko has a recurring dream. And in that dream, he can see his future. The problem for the best heavyweight in the world is there cannot be much future left, at least in the ring."Without dreams," the creaking, 40-year-old WBC champion says, "life is boring. I have my sports...  

The White Wolf, Sergei Liakhovich will take on Philadelphia's hot Bryant Jennings in a 10-round co-feature, while heavyweight Tomasz Adamek makes his first ring appearance since facing Heavyweight King Vitali Klitschko on Saturday, March 24th ...  

Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kindness.  

Kindness and gentleness are not attributes often ascribed to practitioners of the hoary trade of professional boxing  

WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly hopes to be part of a memorable Welsh sporting Feburary weekend.