Archive for April 2009

Greg Page, a former heavyweight boxing champion who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2001 fight, has died at his Louisville home. He was 50. His wife, Patricia Page, said she found the one-time World Boxing Association champion in his bed Monday morning. Patricia Page said he died of complications related to injuries he [...]

Greg Page, a former heavyweight boxing champion who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2001 fight, has died at his Louisville home. He was 50. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Editor’s note: This is the third of four diary entries, exclusive to Yahoo! Sports, from Ricky Hatton, the No. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Rhett Butler, UFC – When Kyle Bradley stepped into the Octagon against Joe Lauzon last September, he didn’t expect to lose. But lose he did and in similar fashion to his first time in the UFC Octagon. Explanation? Bradley chalks it up to too much respect and a deviation from the basics that made him [...]

Greg Page, a former heavyweight boxing champion who had been in a wheelchair since a 2001 fight left him brain damaged, has died at his Louisville home. He was 50. His wife, Patricia Page, says she found the one-time World Boxing Association champion in his bed Monday morning. Patricia Page says he died of complications [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – What separates a champion from a contender, a star from an average Joe scraping out a few dollars here and there on the club fight circuit? In a lot of ways it comes down to what a fighter does when faced with challenges that would make most crumble. And even though [...]

Behind on the cards, super middleweight champ Carl Froch stops Jermain Taylor in waning seconds of final round. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Super middleweight champion Carl Froch delivered a stunning knockout of Jermain Taylor in the final round Saturday night, stealing a fight he would have lost had it been allowed to go a few seconds longer. The WBC champion trailed 106-102 on two of the judges’ scorecards entering the final round, but he knocked Taylor down [...]

Felix Sturm easily retained his WBA middleweight title, stopping Japanese challenger Koji Sato in the seventh round Saturday night at Konig Palast. Sturm dominated with his left jab, nearly closing Sato’s right eye, and referee Luis Pabon stopped the fight with 14 seconds remaining in the seventh round and with Sato’s corner poised to throw [...]

Felix Sturm easily retained his WBA middleweight title, stopping Japanese challenger Koji Sato in the seventh round Saturday night at Konig Palast. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – From his emergence in 2005 as the winner of The Ultimate Fighter’s second season to his title-winning effort over Forrest Griffin last December, UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has had an interesting UFC career thus far, but one constant has been the fact that no one has been able to [...]

Rhett Butler, UFC – Sean Sherk will be married for 10 years this July. Traditionally, ten years conjoined in marital bliss is known as the tin or aluminum anniversary, and in the modern age, it’s celebrated with a gift of diamond jewelry. Go ahead and tell your spouse of less than ten years this fact [...]

Former world boxing champion Kendall Holt has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in New Jersey. Prosecutors say the charge against Holt, of Woodland Park, stemmed from drug deals made by his manager, Henry Cortes. In February, Cortes pleaded guilty to drug charges. In court Friday, the 27-year-old boxer admitted that several times in [...]

Just because you don’t know Carl Froch doesn’t mean he can’t fight. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Editor’s note: This is the second of four diary entries, exclusive to Yahoo! Sports, from Ricky Hatton,… News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .