David Haye will dump his world cruiserweight titles and move up in pursuit of heavyweight greatness after battering Enzo Maccarinelli to a dramatic second-round defeat at London's O2 Arena in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Just about the only certainty surrounding Friday evening's British welterweight title bout at the Kelvin Hall is that a boxer called Kevin will have the Lonsdale Belt fastened around his waist.
Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian heavyweight, promised to unify all the division's titles as soon as possible after adding the WBO crown to his IBF and IBO belts.
The featherweight, Paul Appleby, has been elevated to the status of British title contender after just 10 professional bouts. The 20-year-old from South Queensferry has been confirmed as the mandatory challenger for fellow Scot John Simpson's title.
Scott Harrison's fortunes contrasted with those of his fellow Scot Kevin McIntyre yesterday when the former world featherweight champion from Cambuslang was left in limbo over his comeback plans.
Clinton Woods will realise an ambition when he takes on the
American, Antonio Tarver, the former undisputed world light-heavyweight champion, in Florida in April.
The WBO have announced that purse bids for the Joan Guzman-Alex Arthur super-featherweight title contest will be held at their Puerto Rico headquarters next Thursday.
FRANK MALLEY
Joe Calzaghe turned up the heat ahead of his impending fight with Bernard Hopkins when he described his American opponent as "an idiot" for making a racial slur recently.
boxing The Bard would
surely have approved of Gary McArthur's fortitude after
the Clydebank lightweight rescued the St Andrew's Sporting Club's annual Burns show by agreeing to step in at only a few hours notice to top the bill against Billy Smith of Worcester.
LEE McALLISTER, the World Boxing Union lightweight
title-holder from Aberdeen, has reacted positively to a taunt from the Irishman Michael Gomez that he will end the Scot's reign as champion.
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