This weekend is lacking an HBO or Showtime-worthy boxing main event. However, ESPN comes to the rescue! In an important heavyweight crossroads fight, Samuel Peter (30-2-1, 23 KOs) meets "Fast" Eddie Chambers (33-1, 18 KOs). It is the classic boxer versus puncher confrontation. The boxer Eddie Chambers has only one loss on his record. His lone defeat […]

On Saturday Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs) meets former Cuban Olympic standout Juan Carlos Gomez (44-1, 35 KOs). Roy Jones, Jr. trudges along with his career when he faces perennial contender Omar Sheika (27-8, 18 KOs). Both fights are relatively meaningless, but for two different reasons. When Klitschko battles Gomez, nothing significant will be at stake. […]

I am not sure what the great Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6-1, 43 KOs) has left. Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) will most likely tell us. In an extreme case of the classic crossroads fight, the veteran Barrera aims to prolong his Hall of Fame career while derailing the rise of a heralded prospect in Khan. Amir Khan […]

When hot junior middleweight prospect James Kirkland (24-0, 21 KOs) meets warm prospect Joel Julio (34-2, 31 KOs) expect fireworks. It’s only fitting that the arena where the fight takes place this Saturday is named The Tank, because both men have personified this military vehicle in the ring. To be more specific, Kirkland has run over […]