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Mrdjenovich a world champ for the sixth time
Bloody hell. There is no other way to describe what unravelled during the main event of KO Boxing’s Double Jeopardy card at the Shaw Conference Centre on Friday night. Jelena Mrdjenovich squared off...
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Boxers travel different paths heading into KO Boxing card on Friday
Two Edmonton boxers fighting at the Shaw Conference Centre on Friday are headed in opposite directions. Paul Mackenzie, who will face heavyweight Taylor Bull of Hobbema, 2-2, is retiring, ending a...
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KO Boxing readjusts lineup for tonight’s Killer Instinct card
KO Boxing has made two changes to tonight’s Killer Instinct card at the Shaw Conference Centre. WBC featherweight champ Jelena MrdJenovich’s original opponent, Wanda Pena of the Dominican Republic, has...
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Claggett rises to the occasion winning Canadian crown
The knock on Steve Claggett of late has been that he couldn’t get his act together, that the talent was there but not the dedication. That all changed during KO Boxing’s Killer Instinct card at the...
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Headliners hungry for action in KO Boxing card
“Relentless” is the title of KO Boxing’s final show of the year at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton on Friday night. For headliners, WBC featherweight champion Jelena Mrdjenovich and Steve...
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Slugfest for Canadian title lights up KO Boxing card
The colour purple is always a pretty good indication that a slobber-knocker has taken place. Streaks of red aren’t too bad either. Those colours covered the faces of Steve Franjic and Gary Kopas after...
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Superman’s punching power rules boxing world in 2013
Man of Steel was an out-of-this-world smash hit with movie audiences this year. It was sheer fantasy, though. Here, back on Earth, the real Superman was opening a big can of whoop-ass on any boxer who...
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Mrdjenovich rated ‘sport’s premier knockout artist’
WBC featherweight champ Jelena Mrdjenovich continues to earn high praise, despite the fact she hasn’t thrown a professional punch since Dec. 6. In the latest edition of Ring Magazine the Edmonton...
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Trupish will start his comeback on KO Boxing card
Adam Trupish knows there is no mercy in boxing, a sport in which the threat of sudden violence is always hovering. Almost a year ago the former two-time Canadian Olympian fought American journeyman...
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Trupish’s ‘comeback’ stalled by another crushing KO loss
Adam Trupish should retire. The iron-fisted middleweight called A-Bomb is finished as a professional after his performance in KO Boxing’s Mandatory Defence card at the Shaw Conference Centre on...
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Boxer Mrdjenovich gets second shot at Argentinian
Relief and happiness “at the same time.” These were the emotions expressed by six-time world boxing champion Jelena Mrdjenovich when she confirmed two days ago that two months of solid negotiation by...
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Edmonton's Jelena Mrdjenovich puts the 'retribution' in KO Boxing event
Jelena Mrdjenovich is downright angry, and she’s ready to get revenge. After losing her WBC world female featherweight title to Edith Soledad Matthysse in July, Mrdjenovich has an opportunity for...
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KO Boxing card an emotional return to ring for Victor Valimaki
When Victor Valimaki steps into the ring on Friday night at the Shaw Conference Centre as part of KO Boxing’s Retribution card, he’ll do so without his father Michael, who was his biggest fan and...
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Next bout for 'healthier, stronger' Jelena Mrdjenovich: October in France vs....
She’s Canada’s most decorated female boxer, but Jelena Mrdjenovich is the first to admit that she hasn’t performed in the ring as strong as she knows she can. But it’s amazing what good health can do....
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Nick Lees: Edmonton boxer Jelena Mrdjenovich first star at documentary premiere
Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson was relegated to third-star status Friday night when boxer Jelena Mrdjenovich attracted Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Lowe and Dave Semenko to the premier of a documentary about her...
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Jelena Mrdjenovich to defend titles in France
Jelena Mrdjenovich has big plans to celebrate Canada 150 in style. She’s getting back in the ring. The eight-time world champion is set to defend her World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association...
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