In a sensational move, former undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu has fired his longtime trainer Johnny Lewis. Hot on the heels of Tszyu’s dramatic loss to England’s Ricky Hatton for the IBF title, Tszyu has wasted no time in dealing out the blame for the loss to Lewis who has trained the Russian born…
WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei will make the next defense of his title on July 2nd against Frenchman Mehdi Sahnoune. With his fifth world title fight the 31-year-old Erdei will headline an event of Universum Box-Promotion at Color Line Arena of Hamburg. The contest will be televised live by ZDF and by RTL Hungary….
A classic match between promising prospect Matt Godfrey (7-0, 5 KOs) and proven warrior Jermall “The Truth” Barnes (17-8, 4 KOs) have signed to as the eight-round co-feature on “Providence’s Prime Time Fights,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES) – Providence’s newest professional sports franchise – Friday night, June 17 in…
Prominent fight figures on both sides of the Atlantic fully appreciated what Ricky Hatton accomplished last night in defeating undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu last night in Manchester, England. Diego Corrales was on hand as a possible opponent for the winner, and promoter Frank Warren even indicated the possibility of Hatton being matches with…
In the aftermath of his shocking fourth round stoppage loss to WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison this past Friday, Manchester fighter Michael Brodie announced, in a rather snap-decision manner that he will retire from boxing. The title fight with Harrison was Brodie’s fourth attempt at a world title after losing bids against Willie Jorrin and…
WBU cruiserweight champion from Wales Enzo Maccarinelli knocked out unheralded Roman Bugaj in a single round as one of the featured attractions of the Kostya Tszyu-Ricky Hatton IBF light welterweight attractionm being held tonight at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. Also, WBU light middleweight champion Wayne Alexander kept his knockout reputation alive with a…
DiBella Entertainment’s Ike “Bazooka” Quartey has arrived in the United States from his native Accra, Ghana, to complete his training camp and make final preparations for his fight against Verno Phillips which will be televised live on HBO on Saturday, June 18, from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN. Quartey (35-2-1, 30 KO’s) squares off…
It’s rare when every bout on a major a pay-per-view broadcast brings interest and excitement on its own, but the undercard of the highly-anticipated undisputed middleweight championship clash between Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor does just that. The July 16th telecast will feature two world championship matches and the return of a former undisputed welterweight…
Rodney Toney, Boston, MA WKO5 (1:27) Jameel Wilson, Philadelphia, PA. SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS – Jose Medina, Tilton, NH WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55) James Shedrick, Philadelphia, PA; John Paul Keane, Dorchester, MA WDEC4 (40-36, 40-36, 40-36) Tito Berrocales, Manchester, NH. SUPER WELTERWEIGHTS — Luis Hernandez, Ibarra, Ecuador WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55) Darien Ford, New Orleans, LA; Mike…
In the first of back-to-back world title fight nights on SHOWTIME, World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Scott Harrison successfully defended his title for the fifth-straight time by knocking Michael Brodie out in the fourth round Friday. In the “ShoBox: The New Generation†co-feature, unbeaten Michael Jennings stopped Gavin Down in the ninth. The doubleheader,…
IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu was hit by the less than ideal circumstance of having to shed weight today ahead of his clash with Ricky Hatton in the early hours of Sunday morning in England. Tszyu, a Russian born and naturalized Australian was a full three ounces above the contracted weight limit and was…
British fight promoter Frank Warren, at the head of this weekend’s huge light welterweight fight in Manchester between his man Ricky Hatton and champion Kostya Tszyu, revealed his feelings to the media that the fight is the biggest one he has been associated with in Britain in twenty-five years of promoting the sport. Warren, the…