With a combined knockout percentage of 85% in their 53 pro bouts, it is easy to see why Joel Julio and 'Mean' Joe Greene are considered two of the most powerful punchers in boxing today.

On Wednesday, August 13, at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, these "Heavy Hitters" will look to add two more names to their victims list as they co-headline ESPN2's Wednesday Night Fights. More...

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Wednesday night at the Aviator Sports Arena in Brooklyn, NY, was the second night in only five days that Sal Musumeci’s Final Forum hosted a televised professional boxing card this time in association with Star Boxing.

The ESPN broadcast of "Wednesday Night Fights" featured an action packed main event with Ali Oubaali from Brooklyn, New York against Chris Fernandez of Salt Lake City .

In the main event, Oubaali threw nearly 100 punches per round against the game Fernandez, who gave as good as he got. Both fighters rarely clinched or held and preferred to exchange heavy shots throughout the bout.

Oubaali clearly got the better of the exchanges landing an incredible amount of shots to the body. On at least three occasions, it seemed as if Fernandez was about to drop to a knee or go down from the shots to the body but he would take a deep breathe and come back swinging. More...

Boxing returns to Aviator Sports at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, August 6 with ESPN2 will carrying the event on their Wednesday Night Fights series.

“This is some fight card," said promoter Sal Musumeci of Final Forum Boxing. "We have heavyweights, light welterweights, a little something for every fight fan!” More...

On Wednesday August 6, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing is teaming up with Sal Musumeci's Final Forum to promote ESPN2's "Wednesday Night Fights" telecast from the Aviator Sports and Recreation Center in Brooklyn, NY. That same night Star Boxing, in association with DiBella Entertainment, are putting together a card at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City, New York. One night, two shows, three great fights make for one extremely exciting night of boxing. More...

With a combined knockout percentage of 85% in their 53 pro bouts, it is easy to see why Joel Julio and ‘Mean’ Joe Greene are considered two of the most powerful punchers in boxing today.

On Wednesday, August 13, at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, these “Heavy Hitters” will look to add two more names to their victims list as they co-headline ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights. More...

This week's ESPN2 "Wednesday Night Fights," took place at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX. The card, which was promoted by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing, featured Delvin Rodriguez taking on hometown fan favorite Oscar Diaz for the USBA welterweight championship, a belt Rodriguez had once held, and as he stated prior to the fight, was extremely determined to get back. More...

Terrance "The Heat" Cauthen, 32-4 (9), looks to get back on track and put himself back into world title contention when he takes on the dangerous up and coming knockout artist Alexis Camacho, 16-0 (15), on July 16 from the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX.

The Cauthen v Camacho fight will be the ESPN2's "Wednesday Night Fights" 10-round co- feature to the Delvin Rodriguez v Oscar Diaz fight for the vacant USBA Welterweight Championship. More...

Former USBA Welterweight Champion Delvin Rodriguez, 22-2-1 (13), looks to extend his most recent winning streak and also reclaim his belt, when he takes on tough and exciting Oscar Diaz, 26-2 (12), for the vacant USBA Welterweight Championship.

The fight, which will take place on July 16, 2008 at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX, will be the main event for that evening's ESPN2's "Wednesday Night Fights" broadcast. More...

A native of St. Louis, 22-year old junior middleweight up and comer Deandre ‘The Bull’ Latimore made his way to the boxing capital of the world, Las Vegas, last year to take the next step in a promising pro career that has thus far produced 18 wins in 19 fights with 15 of those wins coming by knockout.

On Wednesday, June 11th, Latimore will look for victory number 19 against the top-ranked junior middleweight in the world, Sechew Powell, and he’s ready for the challenge. More...

Due to popular demand, tickets for June 11th’s historic show at the Hard Rock Café in New York City’s Times Square, featuring young guns Sechew Powell and Peter Quillin in co-featured bouts, are now available at Ticketmaster. More...

Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, was the host for ESPN’s “Wednesday Night Fights” weekly card and on top of the bill lightweight action ensued as Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry 24-5-2 (12) faced off against former lightweight champion Stevie “Lil but Bad” Johnston 42-6-1 (18) for the WBC USNBC Lightweight Title.

Cherry stepping into the ring for the first time in 2008 after having a shaky 2007 where he went 2-1 with one of those losses being to current IBF 140 lbs titlist Paul Malignaggi, was hoping to redeem himself a bit in front of a national television audience and show he is still a threat in the division. While his opponent former WBC Lightweight Champion Stevie Johnston who also entered this bout with a 2-1 record over his last three bouts had a similar plan in mind by wanting to prove he should not be written off at 35 years old as a fighter who still carries a threat to the current title holders, making this bout an important win for either man.

When the bout began it was apparent from almost the start whose night this was going to be. Johnston who built his career being an excellent boxer and counter puncher was put on the defensive from the opening bell. The younger Cherry pressured Stevie throughout the night giving him little chance to mount any offense of his own. In rounds three and nine Edner sent Johnston to the canvas for eight counts. While Johnston rose up off the floor both times to continue it was to no avail because in the tenth round Cherry let loose a right hand that sent the former champion packing for the night. It is the second time in seven months Johnston has been stopped.

On the undercard Johnnie Edwards 14-2-1 (8) faced another former champion Freddie Norwood 42-3-1 (23) in a rematch of their September 2007 bout where Norwood was disqualified for low blows. This bout Norwood fared no better as he was put on the canvas in the third and then stopped cold in the seventh. This will be the second loss in a row for the former WBA Featherweight Champion.

Also on the undercard former cruiserweight title holder Arthur Williams 44-15-1 scored a six round unanimous decision over Clarence Moore 5-3-1.

Have you ever heard the saying that things happen in threes? The rule of three is a principle that suggests that events happen or repeat themselves three times which is exactly what Stevie Johnston is hoping will be a reality tomorrow night when he faces Edner Cherry on ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights in Jacksonville, NC.

Former lightweight champion “Lil, But Bad” Johnston is a 35 year-old veteran of the fight game looking to follow in the footsteps of fellow veteran lightweights Nate Campbell and Joel Casamayor.

The 36 year-old Campbell defeated the formerly undefeated 24 year old Juan Diaz to claim the IBF, WBA and WBO Lightweight Titles at the beginning of March. Two weeks later a 36 year-old Casamayor showed he still had what it takes to be on top by defeating another formerly unbeaten fighter 27 year-old Michael Katsidis, claiming the Interim WBO Lightweight Title and retaining the Ring Lightweight Championship.

In the former two cases each veteran was in their mid-thirties while their opponents were undefeated and in their mid-twenties. Although Cherry is not undefeated he is 25 years-old and will be the biggest challenge Johnston has faced since his KO loss to Vivian Harris in 2006.

Last year Cherry had his most high profile fight when he moved up to light welterweight to face Paulie Malignaggi who outboxed him over ten rounds loosing by scores of 100-90 and 98-92 twice. More...

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ESPNʼs Spanish-language multimedia brand, ESPN Deportes, hosted their Upfront ʽ08 presentation to the advertising community to announce new programming initiatives and a multiplatform approach to the fall season.

Boxing took center stage at the event held at New York Cityʼs Gotham Hall, where the guests watched an onsite production of ESPNʼs Wednesday Night Fights to mark the return of the sport to ESPN Deportes.

The new programming initiatives include, Miercoles y Viernes de Combate which will begin to air twice a week starting in February 2009, anchored by a new studio show that will broadcast boxing matches from the preceding weekly telecasts. More...