Danny Green Boxing News

International Boxing Organization (IBO) cruiserweight champion and Australian fan favorite Danny Green will risk his title for the fourth time in his home country on Nov. 17, taking on unbeaten American visitor BJ Flores in a scheduled 12-round bout at Challenge Stadium in Perth. Now 37 years old, Green, a native of Perth, captured the [...]

By Jim Slattengren: While I think Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO’s) is an excellent fighter, I’m not pleased to learn that he’s taking on BJ Flores (24-0-1, 15 KO’s) in his next fight on November 17th, in Sydney, Australia. That’s a step up for Green, no doubt. But that’s not a big enough step for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO”s) is finally going to be facing a live opponent in unbeaten American cruiserweight contender BJ Flores (24-0-1, 15 KO’s) on November 17th in Sydney, Australia. Green, 37, a one-time WBA light heavyweight champion, has taken on a number lesser and older fighters since making [...]

Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion Dominic Vea is back in Sydney after touring the USA and is chasing a shot at Danny Green after the Perth boxer’s most recent farcical bout. “Danny claims he’s a ‘fighter’ but I don’t see him taking on any young Aussie fighters,” says Vea. “I’ve been an Australian and regional champion, and [...]

By William Mackay: Promotional company Sauerland Events is interested in putting together a cruiserweight Super Six tournament with the similar idea as Showtime’s Super Six tournament for super middleweights. In this case, Sauerland is picking the cruiserweight division, one of the weakest in all of boxing to showcase six lucky fighters. The fighters that have [...]

Former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov (38-3-1, 32 Kos) has dropped back down to cruiser from the heavyweight division and is actively seeking a “name” opponent. A fearsome body puncher seemingly incapable of taking a backward step, Jirov, 36, earned his reputation as a crowd favourite the hard way, by never being in [...]

By Jason Kim: Paul Briggs (26-4, 18 KO’s) was stopped in the first 29 seconds of the 1st round by IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO’s) on July 21st at the Challenge Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Serious questions have been raised after a shocking ending in which Paul Briggs failed to beat the count after an apparent grazing punch from Danny Green sent him to the canvas in the first round of their IBO Championship bout. The President of the IBO, Ed Levine has demanded a complete and thorough investigation of [...]

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Organization (IBO) cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO’s) now thinks that 34-year-old Paul Briggs (26-4, 18 KO’s) was actually hurt on Wednesday night after being knocked out in the 1st round by Green at the Challenge Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Briggs, 34, was hit with a left hand [...]

By Andrew Meggers-Lloyd: As a devout Boxing fan, and more to the point, a devout Heavyweight Boxing fan, I have recently been left disappointed in the quality of fights that have left no real mark on the memory. Wladimir Klitschko v Eddie Chambers, Vitali Klitschko v Albert Sosnowski, David Haye v Nikolai Valuev, and the [...]

Dominic Vea, the recently crowned Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion, is in disbelief at the contrast between what he went through to achieve his belt and what was served up as a ‘world title’ fight last night.

By Dan Ambrose: In a horrible mismatch fight that should have never been made in the first place, International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO’s) stopped fellow Australian Paul Briggs (26-4, 18 KO’s) in the 1st round on Wednesday night at the Challenge Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The ugly part about [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The 35-year-old Paul Briggs (26-3, 18 KO’s) will climb into th ring on July 21st after a three year retirement to face IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (29-3, 26 KO’s) in an all Australian fight at the Entertainment Centre, in Sydney, Australia.

By Eric Thomas: IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (29-3, 26 KO’s) will be facing fellow Australian Paul Briggs (26-3, 18 KO’s) in his next fight on July 21st in Sydney, Australia. Briggs has been out of action for the past three years since 2007, and will likely look it against Green. Briggs, 34, was twice [...]

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (29-3, 26 KO’s) destroyed his badly over-matched opponent Manny Siaca (22-7, 19 KO’s) in the 3rd round on Wednesday night at the Challenge Stadium, in Perth, Australia. Green, 37, knocked Siaca down once in the 2nd round and a final time in the 3rd. After [...]

By Jim Dower: Boxing great Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) seems to be in denial about his 1st round TKO loss to Danny Green on December 2nd. In that fight, Green, the IBO cruiserweight champion, rushed across the ring and opened up with a barrage of heavy shots while Jones covered up in his [...]

By Jason Kim: International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s) reportedly agreed to take a smaller purse to make a fight with 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s), according to Fight News. Green, 36, says that he originally had an agreement from Hopkins for a 50-50 split of the purse. However, Hopkins [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The proposed bout between International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s) and Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) is in jeopardy of not happening due to money issues between the two fighters, according to Boxing Talk. Gary Shaw, the adviser to Green, said to Boxing Talk “Bernard Hopkins said that [...]

By Peter Wells: For the last few weeks Roy Jones Jr has been complaining about the 1st round knockout defeat he suffered to IBO Cruiserweight champion, Danny Green. He has said that Green used excess wrapping tape and bandages around his hands and is requested that Danny should be disqualified. Really this is not that [...]

By Eric Thomas: Coming off an impressive 1st round knockout victory over 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. on December 2nd, International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s) has next set his sights on 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins, whom he is in negotiations with for a fight in early 2010 in Australia. In an article [...]

By Chris Williams: According to Fight News, a fight between 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) and International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s) is in negotiations for a bout that will take place in 2010. There isn’t any word as to where the location of fight will take place, but you [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In an article at Boxing Talk, Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) complained about the gauze that was used by IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green in his 1st round knockout victory over Jones on December 2nd. “I’d rather lose fair then win cheating,” Jones said about his loss to Green. In that [...]

By Peter Wells: A doubleheader in Australia is in talks with Bernard Hopkins coming to Cruiserweight to fight Roy Jones Jr’s conqueror Danny Green. Also fighting will be Vic Darchinyan defending his World Boxing Council super flyweight title against Nonito Donaire in a rematch after Donaire shocked the world by knocking out Vic in 5 [...]

By William Mackay: Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) is interested in getting a rematch against International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s), who stopped Jones in the 1st round on Wednesday night at the Acer Arena, in Sydney, Austalia. Jones said in an interview with Fox News, “I was good by [...]

By William Mackay: Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) must be really sad and disappointed right about now after discovering the news that Roy Jones Jr., who was supposed to be his next opponent after tonight’s bout with middleweight Enrique Ornelas, was stopped in the 1st round by International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green on [...]

By Glenn Userain: Whether or not Joe Calzaghe has felt any physical pain over the last month he must certainly be smarting, as unusually within the world of boxing his resume has been almost completely discredited and has turned into a who’s who of boxers who were either in complete decline or who never produced [...]

By Jason Kim: 40-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KOs) got blasted apart in a 1st round stoppage by big punching International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KOs) at the Acer Arena, Homebush, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Green, 36, dropped Jones with a big right hand at the midway point of the 1st [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KO’s) better watch out on Wednesday night and keep his guard up at all times, because International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (27-3, 24 KO’s) will be knocking the 40-year-old Jones’ head clean off on Wednesday night in their title fight at the Acer Arena, in [...]

By Peter Wells: Roy Jones Jr-Bernard Hopkins is already been set up for March 13th, and both fighters get ready for warm up fight on Wednesday. Bernard fights in his hometown of Philadelphia, while Jones goes down under to Australia for Danny Green’s IBO Cruiserweight title. Jones is going up in weight, but has done [...]

By Jason Kim: International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (27-3, 24 KO’s) is promising to knock boxing great Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KO’s) out this Wednesday evening in their title bout at the Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Jones, 40, will be stepping up to the cruiserweight division for the bout, [...]