The King of Amangwane, Inkosi Mzondeni Hlongwane and the All Africa Cultural Organisation honoured the WBC International Bantamweight Vusi Malinga for his outstanding victory against Veeraphol Sahaprom and the resulting achievement of becoming the mandatory challenger for WBC World Champion Hozumi Hasegawa of Japan.
The event formed part of the Ntombi Nto Project (Reed Dance), which his majesty organised last weekend. More...
Promoter Dino Duva of Duva Boxing and his hall-of-fame father, Lou Duva, wish to send their sincerest congratulations to former multiple world champion Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker upon the announcement of his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. More...
Adeyinka Makinde, author of 'Dick Tiger-The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal' interviewed by Cheryl Robinson on 'Just About Books,' Harambee Radio.
Cheryl Robinson: Hello, you are listening to Cheryl Robinson on the 'Just About Books' Talk Show, a worldwide Internet show on authors, book reviews, bookclubs and literary events for African-American book lovers. And today is our black history programme; we will talk to Ade Makinde, the author of 'Dick Tiger-The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal.' I'm so excited
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to have him on the show. He is calling us from London and this will prove to be a great evening. Welcome to the show.
Adeyinka Makinde: Thank you very much Cheryl.
CR: You're welcome. It's my pleasure. Now I read the book. It was a very interesting book. His name was Richard and you want to help me with his last name? More...
Styles do indeed make fights and -- for 36 minutes -- Rolando Reyes’s counter-punching style totally frustrated Jose Luis Castillo. At the finish, however, it was the former two-time World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion who came away with a lopsided 12-round decision Saturday on SHOWTIME.
In an exciting, extremely close SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature at the Don Haskins Center on the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) campus, Jose Armando Santa Cruz successfully defended his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) 135-pound title with a hard-fought, unanimous 12-round decision over Edner Cherry. A doubleheader co-promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank, Inc. and Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, aired at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). More...
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins its 20th year of televising fights with a world championship doubleheader on Jan. 7, 2006 (9 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Undisputed world welterweight champion Zab “Super” Judah defends against WBC No. 1 welterweight contender Carlos Baldomir in one of the world title fights. In the SHOWTIME co-feature, WBC/WBA champion Jean-Marc Mormeck faces IBF champion O’Neil Bell in a cruiserweight world title unification bout.
Judah: I respect Carlos for making it to the point where he made it at, but I am at a point right now where I am proving to the world that I am the best pound-for-pound fighter out there. And it just so happened that Carlos Baldomir is in my weight and he is going to be a prime example of how I am going to show everybody that I am the best.
Baldomir: I would like to thank everybody and wish them a happy holiday, Merry Christmas, and Feliz Navidad. Zab’s record speaks for itself, so nobody has to confirm the greatness he has already achieved. We are honored to come into the ring with him, but we still have to lace him up. More...
Amir Khan is to visit Oxfam's Earthquake Response Programme in Pakistan on Saturday 17 December. The Olympic Silver Medallist will travel with Oxfam to Muzaffarbad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir devastated by the October 8th earthquake. He will visit camps where Oxfam is providing shelter, water and sanitation for thousands of those displaced by the earthquake. More...
Northeast Promotions Signs Promotional Contract with Junior Welterweight Shamone Alvarez
Walt Lambert of Northeast Promotions in association with Sampson Lewkowicz is pleased to announce the signing of Top Junior Welterweight prospect Shamone Alvarez (12 – 0 8 KO’s) Atlantic City, New Jersey to a long term promotional agreement. More...
Final training photos of Ricky Hatton as he prepared for his Fight Academy boxing promoted unification clash with WBA Carlos Maussa on the 26th of November in Sheffield, England.
In the wake of yet another announcement postponing the Klitschko-Rahman fight, World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John "The Quietman" Ruiz has come out of his corner firing at Vitali Klitschko, calling for the World Boxing Council to strip Klitschko of his title and appealing to the public and media for their reevaluation of the heavyweight division. More...
Ring Boxing Ratings for Period Ended November 2, 2005
POUND-FOR-POUND
1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Junior Welterweight
2. WINKY WRIGHT
Junior Middleweight
3. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Junior Lightweight
4. MANNY PACQUIAO
Junior Lightweight
5. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Featherweight
6. ERIK MORALES
Junior Lightweight
7. RICKY HATTON
Junior Welterweight
8. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO
Junior Welterweight
9. JERMAIN TAYLOR
Middleweight
10. BERNARD HOPKINS
Middleweight
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Unlimited
Champ: VITALI KLITSCHKO
Ukraine 35-2 (34)
1. CHRIS BYRD
Flint, MI 39-2-1 (20)
2. JOHN RUIZ
Methuen, MA 41-5-1 (28)
3. HASIM RAHMAN
Baltimore, MD 41-5-1 (33)
4. JAMES TONEY
Ann Arbor, MI 69-4-2 (43)
5. LAMON BREWSTER
Los Angeles, CA 33-2 (29)
6. MONTE BARRETT
Queens, NY 31-4 (17)
7. CALVIN BROCK
Charlotte, NC 26-0 (21)
8. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
Ukraine 45-3 (40)
9. SAMUEL PETER
Las Vegas, NV 24-1 (21)
10. DAVID TUA
New Zealand 44-3-1 (38)
This compelling 30 minute radio documentary featuring the Retired Boxers Foundation and President and Founder, Alex "The Bronx Bomber" Ramos, Executive Director, Jacquie Richardson, Medical Advisory Board member and Dr. Ray Monsell. Other guests include Barry McGuigan of the Professional Boxers Association in Ireland, Former World Champions Frank Bruno and Bobby Chacon, as well as 1984 Gold Medallist, Paul Gonzales. Also, and the Wild Card Boxing Club trainers and Coaches, Freddie Roach, Justine Fortune. Also Peter Manfredo from "The Contender", Author Kevin Mitchell who just wrote Frank Bruno's compelling story, and Nick Kahn, manager of World Champions Manny Pacquaio and James Toney, and Julian Eget President of the Golden State Boxers Association. More...
It was British boxing at it's finest last night when European and Commonwealth Champion Esham Pickering and British Champion Michael Hunter collided on a superb Matchroom Promotions card televised by Sky TV. The clash took place in Hartlepool, England's Borough Hall in front of a packed house of Hunter's rabid hometown fans. It was an action packed fight with Pickering surprisingly going on the attack instantly in round one. "Brown Sugar" dropped Hunter with a great left hook midway in the first, but the British Champion beat the count and made it through the round. Hunter was down again in the second from the very same left hook from the European Champion. Despite the knockdowns, Hunter was still fighting back and landing some great shots of his own but the difference was that he couldn't hurt Pickering. More...
On a Sports Network card from the Northern English city of Preston, British Welterweight Champion Michael Jennings had to climb off the canvas to overcome challenger Bradley Pryce over the course of twelve hard fought rounds. It was an exciting fight from start to finish as Jennings started slow, allowing Pryce to capitalise on some flaws in Jennings defence. The Welshman dropped the champion
in the first, but Jennings showed great heart and intelligence by getting his defence up and going into survival mode until his senses returned.
Jennings didn’t look very good on the outside and was losing the long range war until the local hero changed tactics. "The Chorley Lurcher" took over the rest of the fight by being quicker to the punch, scoring with short combinations on the inside during what turned out to be a great war. More...
2000 Olympic Champion Audley Harrison will fight former British Champion Danny Williams on December 10 in the biggest all-British heavyweight title fight since Lennox Lewis beat Frank Bruno over a decade ago.
There's plenty of pride at stake as they slug it out to decide who really is the best in Britain.
Premier promoters Sports Network have put together a superb fight card that also sees Bedford brawler Matt Skelton's challenge recent Mike Tyson conquerer Kevin McBride for the Vacant WBU World Heavyweight title. More...
