| Sultan Ibragimov (19-0-1, 16 KO’s), 221 pounds, of Russia (left) and Mexico’s Javier Mora (23-3-1, 17 KO’s), 256 3/4 pounds, weigh in for Saturday’s heavyweight main event at Madison Square Garden (Thursday afternoon). Seminole Warriors Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions will present the fight |  Click for larger image © Wray Edwards |
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Photo ©Gianluca “Rio” Di Caro With details of his mandatory defense of the IBF Cruiserweight crown announced last week, Philadelphia’s own Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham came face to face with his Polish born opponent, Tomasz ‘Polish Warrior’ Adamek, for the first time at the annual Pulaski Day parade in New York City. Cunningham, 21-1 (11), an…
Former IBF Cruiserweight king Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham praised Ola ‘Kryptonite’ Afolabi for his stunning ninth round knockout of former WBO cruiserweight Champion Enzo ‘Big Mac’ Maccarinelli on Saturday to take the Interim WBO title. Cunningham, who had offered to be Maccarinelli’s opponent for this fight, was clearly impressed by Afolabi’s win. “What a great win…
The clock is well and truly ticking on Ross Minter. The English welterweight champion now finds his mandatory contender John O’Donnell breathing down his neck following Alan Bosworth’s decision to return to his natural light welterweight division. Minter was due to make a voluntary against Bosworth in May, with the British Boxing Board of Control…
BoxNation will air big-punching Russian Alexander Povetkin’s showdown with Mariusz Wach exclusively live on a stacked bill on November 4th. The imposing Povetkin is coming off a stunning first-round stoppage over the skilled Cuban, Mike Perez, who he dismantled in just over a minute in May. Following that win, the 36-year-old is now on course…
The ring return of future Hall-of-Famer and boxing great ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley will be exclusively live on BoxNation as he challenges interim WBA welterweight champion David Avanesyan this Saturday night. 44-year-old Mosley is coming off an impressive stoppage win over Venezuelan Patrick Lopez last December as he takes on the tough Russian Avanesyan, who has…
New York based Irishman John Duddy got back into the think of the middleweight action last night at the All State Arena in Chicago as he stopped Patrick Coleman in the eighth round. Duddy is already becoming a much talked about prospect despit only having eleven professional fights. He has knocked out ten of his…