Boxing

Sporting Fare’s Weekend Preview

This weekend has plenty to look forward to for all sports fans. Here's our round up of the best action and what we'll be watching. Boxing: Amir Khan versus Dmitriy Salita England's new Golden Boy of boxing and WBA light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan makes his first defence against Salita on Saturday night, live on Sky Box Office (8pm). Unbeaten in 31 fights, Ukranian-born Jew Salita will prove a tough test for Khan, who won his title last year in Manchester by beating Andreas...

David & Goliath? We’re with the giant Valuev…

This weekend sees gentle giant and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev taking on the cocky, brash David Haye in a much anticipated title fight. The build up to this one has gone on for what seems like months and has been punctuated with tasteless name calling from the challenger, Haye. The Russian, who has been treated like a freak all his boxing career and has 'earned' a variety of nicknames from the "Russian Giant" through the "Russian Bear" to today's "Beast...