In one of the top attractions tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, IBF bantamweight champion of the world successfully defended his title for the fifth time by posting a win over game Ricardo Vargas. The final scores were as follows: 118-109, 116-111, 116-111. Vargas, though defeated becomes only the third man to…
In some of the featured bouts of the evening in support of the main event of Julio Cesar Chavez versus Ivan Robinson, we bring you the early results from the following fights: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. knocked out Adam Wynant in the very first round. Hawaii’s top-ranked flyweight contender Brian Viloria pounded his opponent Ruben…
European heavyweight champion Luan Krasniqi retained his championship and tooka step closer to capturing a world title by knocking out American challenger Lance “Mount” Whitaker in six rounds tonight. The fight was the main event of the card held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Bad blood preceded the contest as the fighters almost came…
Hennessy Sports Carl Froch and Junior Witter – who co-headline at the Nottingham Arena on Saturday July 9th – have come in for glowing praise from six-weight world champion Oscar de la Hoya for flying the flag for Britain on the world stage. De la Hoya – who’s Golden Boy Promotions have formed a strategic…
In a shocking and passionate outburst during last night’s Friday Night Fight’s broadcast from Florida, seasoned American trainer and current broadcast analyst Teddy Atlas made some scathing remarks about the current state of boxing in regard to the WBC, Don King and their practises in arranging title fights. The discussion with commentator Joe Tessitore centred…
Israeli heavyweight sensation fighting out of England Roman Greenberg will headline a boxing show in Las Vegas on June 11. Greenberg’s record currently stands at an impressive eighteens wins against no defeats with thirteen stoppages to his credit. The only name of note on Greenberg’s record is former British champion Julius Francis, but the young…
Irish super bantamweight based in Las Vegas Wayne McCullough gets his second crack at WBC champion Oscar Larios this July. The first fight between the two happened this past February, and many observers felt that, in kind with McCullough’s defeat to Scotland’s Scott Harrison, that he had lost soundly to the Mexican champion Larios. However,…
Ahead of tonight’s European heavyweight title contest happening in Germany, the combatants, champion Luan Krasniqi and challenger Lance Whitaker went at each other at the weigh-in. Whitaker was having none of any niceties from Krasniqi and a pushing match ensued after which bad blood certainly seemed to exist between the two heavyweights. Whitaker weighed in…
“Contender” champion and current middleweight prospect Sergio Mora appeared as the special in-studio guest on friday night alongside Brian Kenny. Mora looked relaxed in his position on the Friday Night Fight’s program, explaining his feelings at being “The Contender” champion and winning the final prize of one million dollars. Mora, known as “The Latin Snake,”…
Fresh from his first round stoppage win over contender Andrew Golota, WBO heavyweight champion “Relentless” Lamon Brewster may be set to challenge current WBC titleholder Vitali Klitschko. The Ukrainian giant has fought only once since winning his championship, an eighth round stoppage of England’s Danny Williams. A minor back surgery interrupted Klitschko’s plans to fight…
Scottish heavyweight hopeful Ian Millarvie annihilated his latest opponent Sergey Voron on Friday night in one round. Headlining a Chris Gilmour promoted fight card held in Motherwell, Scotland. Millarvie wasted no time in sizing up his opponent for the kill. Belarussian Voron seemed able enough to give the home fighter a tough challenge until a…
In what should be the final “Adios” for former multi-weight world champion and Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, we present to you the weigh-in statistics as they were recorded one day prior to the main event. Chavez will meet former lightweight notable Ivan “Mighty” Robinson in a card featuring several exciting bouts being held…