World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko’s next fight will be against the winner of the Aug. 13 Hasim Rahman-Monte Barrett “interim” WBC heavyweight title bout. A letter from the WBC dated July 14 and sent to Klitschko, the management teams of Rahman and Barrett and Don King Productions, said that Klitschko, as WBC champion,…
The Board of Governors of the World Boxing Council, presided by doctor Jose Sulaiman, announces from its offices in Mexico City that a final decision has been taken in regards to the heavyweight division, as follows: 1. The WBC requires that Vitali Klitschko make his following defense against the interim champion, winner of the Rahman-Barrett…
Howard Eastman is unfazed at the prospect of fighting in front of a partisan home crowd when he takes on unbeaten German based Armenian Arthur Abraham in a WBA Intercontinental clash that doubles as a WBC eliminator at the Versicherung Arena in Nuremberg tomorrow night. “I’m actually looking forward to it,†said the Battersea Bomber…
Former two-times WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide has offered to save the day by stepping in to challenge British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion Mark Hobson next Friday following the withdrawal of original opponent and mandatory contender David Haye. “Give me that job,†said Hide. “I don’t care about the timeframe; I will come in on…
This week sees something quite big happen in regards to boxing in Britain. Terrestrial television, roughly the equivalent of “Network” TV in America, is returning to the sport here in the UK. This is similar to when NBC started showing boxing in the US a couple of years back; it provides a much larger audience…
Everything went wrong for Kassim “The Dream” Ouma last night in Las Vegas as he dropped a twelve round decision to new IBF light middleweight champions Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin. Ouma was on the canvas twice thanks to Karmazin’s sharp punching but came back to force a steady defense of his title until the…
Undefeated Oxnard, CA native Daniel Cervantes (6-0) returns to the ring on July 15 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Cervantes, who is co-managed by two-time world champion Fernando Vargas, will compete in a six round jr. welterweight bout against Colorado City, CO native Anthony…
DiBella Entertainment’s Leavander Johnson (34-4-2, 26 KO’s) is the new IBF Lightweight champion and has his sights set on Erik Morales (48-2-0, 34 KO’s), but Johnson feels that the Mexican standout is ducking him. Johnson’s last victory was an impressive seventh round knock out over Stefano Zoff to capture the vacant IBF title. Johnson once…
Moretti: There has been a lot of press recently regarding the Vitali Klitschko situation, saying he hasn’t fought reputable opponents in the past and that he’s ducking this guy and that guy. We have an agreement in principle with the Klitschko camp. There is nothing more that we relish than to fight Klitschko for the…
Hennessy Sports are pleased to announce that Howard Eastman’s Championship clash with German based Armenian Arthur Abraham at the Versicherung Arena in Nuremberg on Saturday night will be shown delayed in the early hours of Sunday morning on Sky. It will be featured in the marquee broadcast that commences at 1am and will also include…
The “Firebird” is now a husband. WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei has married his beautiful Austrian girlfriend Arabella this week in Hungary. Erdei recently canceled his title defense scheduled for July 2nd at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena because of a gastroenteric influenza at the morning of his fight. The Universum Box-Promotion event continued without…
Reports are that former light heavyweight title challenger Paul Briggs of Australia will receive another crack at a world title. Further to that, Briggs is buoyed by the fact that he will be trained for future contests by legendary Australian coach Johnny Lewis, the man that took former two-time light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu to…