WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe is locked, loaded and ready for his hotly anticipated domestic matchup against Northern Ireland’s dangerous Brian Magee, a hard-hitting former longtime IBO titlist, on March 18th in the Ulsterman’s backyard of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Not only will “The Italian Dragon” be placing his WBO crown in danger for the…
ESPN Pay-Per-View will present a blockbuster night of boxing promoted by Main Events on Saturday, April 23 at 9 p.m. ET from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This will mark the first of two events this year distributed by ESPN Pay-Per-View and promoted by Main Events. Up to 44 rounds of live boxing, including two…
Hartlepool prospect Nigel Wright will now challenge Dean Hickman for the Vacant English Light-Welterweight title on Sports Network’s Fight Skool show on Friday 11 March at the Doncaster Dome. Wright was due to face the champion Young Mutley for the crown but the West Bromwich puncher has withdrawn and vacated the title due to a…
Several hundred people joined sports stars in a church Tuesday to pay tribute to Max Schmeling, the German boxing great who died one month ago. Schmeling was buried in a small, private ceremony immediately after his death at 99 in his hometown of Hollenstedt, near Hamburg. Soccer greats Franz Beckenbauer and Uwe Seeler, one of…
On April 1st, cable giant SHOWTIME along with GoossenTutor Promotions, will once again find it’s way to Lemoore Ca. to broadcast their popular SHOBOX-The Next Generation show. Headlining the 10 bout event will be the undefeated NABF Featherweight Champion, Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero (14-0, 7 KO’s) as he defends his title against rugged Adrian Valdez…
Former Olympian heavyweight Calvin Brock has got the high-profile fight he was looking for. Brock will face two-time heavyweight title challenger Jameel McCline in April. The fight represents Brock’s first major step up in class and his first fight since soundly defeating Clifford Etienne by third round stoppage several weeks ago. McCline has failed to…
Clint Eastwood’s boxing film “Million Dollar Baby” won several top honors at last night’s Oscar ceremony. The film won best picture, best director in Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman took best supporting actor for his role in the film and leading woman Hillary Swank took best female actress for her central role in the film. It…
Top Rank chief Bob Arum told the media that Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto will be back in the ring on June 18, against an opponent yet to be decided. As the backlash from Cotto’s WBO title defence against DeMarcus Corley continue, the American fighter and his camp are calling for a rematch to be…
It is reported that a major British featherweight showdown may be signed for the near future between WBO champion Scott Harrison and former WBC title challenger Michael Brodie. Brodie, from Manchester in England, last saw action in a rematch with Injin Chi that saw him stopped in the seventh round. Brodie has been inactive ever…
Last night at the Casino du Lac Leamy, Hull, Quebec in Canada, light welterweight prospect Herman Ngoudjo won the NABF 140-pound title with an eighth round stoppage of Eloy Rojas. Ngoudjo has been on the rampage since turning professional late in 2003. Trained by Montreal’s Howard Grant, Ngoudjo won the NABF title and secured his…
Tonight at the Color Line Arena in Germany, WBA light heavyweight champion from France Fabrice Tiozzo thwarted the comeback of Germany’s Dariusz Michalczewski. Tiozzo unleashed a vicious volley of punches to send Michalczewski down and out in the sixth round of a scheduled twelve for Tiozzo’s WBA title. Michalczewski, once the WBO light heavyweight champion,…
Omar Soto of Mexico took a 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion Daniel Reyes of Colombia in their IBF mini-flyweight title elimination bout Friday. The win puts Soto in a title bout later this year against IBF champion Muhammad Rachman of Indonesia. The 25-year-old Soto (15-2-1 with 10 knockouts) won by scores of 118-110,…