Mikkel Kessler News

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) _ A super middleweight fight to unify Joe Calzaghe's WBO and Mikkel Kessler's WBC and WBA belts looks further off than ever. After Calzaghe stopped Peter Manfredo, star of ``The Contender'' reality TV show, to retain his title for the 20th time, promoter Frank Warren said Kessler's camp wouldn't meet the proposed July date. Warren also claimed that Kessler, who said he wanted to fight Calzaghe after ...

The next biggest boxing film, a new Rocky sequel, is set to be released in December 2006 or early 2007.  Written and directed by Sylvester Stallone, Rocky VI, also called Rocky Balboa, has primarily been filmed throughout Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  However, in December 2005, the production team for the new boxing movie set out to Las Vegas for a series of fight scenes, which were filmed over a four day period.  ...

Hampered by a fragile left hand and frustrated by boxing politics, Joe Calzaghe believes he is only two fights away from unifying the super-middleweight titles. The unbeaten Welshman (41-0) defends his IBF and WBO belts against Australia-based Sakio Bika of Cameroon on Saturday at Manchester's MEN Arena. Boxing's longest reigning world champion, Calzaghe will be going for his 18th successful world title defence. The hand injury and lack of a ...