Question: Julio, you have wanted to fight Jose Luis Castillo for a long time. You finally got a shot at a world title in your last fight, won it and then gave it up voluntarily so you could get this fight with Castillo. Tell us about that and how training is going? Diaz: This is…
Injured heavyweight Joe Mesi’s bid to lift his suspension is on hold for at least another month while Nevada boxing officials await additional medical records. Keith Kizer, Nevada’s chief deputy attorney general, said the boxer’s father and manager, Jack Mesi, agreed this week to submit the records regarding Joe Mesi’s brain injury. But Kizer said…
Former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora was sentenced to up to five years imprisonment today for the shooting of his grilfriend Nadine Russo. Five years would appear to be the maximum sentence for Spadafora as it is rumored that if he elects to complete a boot-camp program, he could be released from prison in as…
Moments ago, Australia’s Robbie Peden delighted his home crowd by stopping Nate Campbell in the eighth round, winning the IBF super featherweight title. The two fought once before, with Peden winning by stoppage on that occasion also. However, on this occasion, Peden did not allow Campbell to establish himself and dominate the fight as before,…
Jeff LacyClick for larger image© Tom Casino A pair of potentially explosive match-ups will be shown during SHOWTIME’s Free Preview Weekend when two-time time World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Jose Luis Castillo (51-6-1, 45 KOs) takes on former International Boxing Federation (IBF) titleholder Julio “The Kidd” Diaz (30-2, 22 KOs) and undefeated Jeff Lacy (18-0,…
The world’s best 154-pound boxer, Winky Wright, who has never been knocked out, moves up to battle one of the best knockout artists ever in middleweight Felix “Tito” Trinidad at MGM Grand and on HBO Pay-Per-View Saturday, May 14. Each combatant can credibly argue being the hottest boxer in the sport today. Wright defeated the…
A federal judge sentenced a boxing promoter Tuesday to 37 months in prison for his role in a fight-fixing scheme that included an August 2000 bout at the Paris hotel-casino. Promoter Robert Mitchell, 42, of Irmo, S.C., and boxer Thomas Williams, 35, of Upper Marlboro, Md., were convicted by a federal jury in November on…
© johnquietmanruiz.com World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz promises to silence mandatory contender James “Lights Out†Toney in their impending title fight. Ruiz-Toney goes to purse bid February 28 in Miami and it has been mandated to be held within 90 days. “I’m the real undisputed heavyweight champion of the world†Ruiz…
Record-breaking Ryan Rhodes, the former British Light-Middleweight champion, is ready for a spectacular comeback and has returned to premier promoter Frank Warren to get him on track for a third World title shot. Rhodes started his professional career with Warren a decade ago as an 18-year-old hot shot trail-blazing his way through the domestic division…
Like the New York baseball teams, top notch DiBella Entertainment prospect Andre Berto has working hard in the warm confines of Florida, as he gets set for his Broadway Boxing bout against Vance Garvey (5-12-2) of the Bronx on Thursday night, February 24, at the Grand Ballroom in the Manhattan Center in New York City….
Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. has announced its promotion of “Homecoming,†headlined by WBC Youth middleweight “Bad†Chad Dawson, fighting in his hometown for the first time Friday night, April 1 at a site to be announced in New Haven, Connecticut. Dawson (16-0, 11 KOs, 1 NC), rated No. 15 by the World…
Mike “No Joke” Stewart, of New Castle, DE, hopes to maintain his world ranking when he boxes Juan Carlos Rubio, of Guadalajara, Mexico, in the 10-round junior welterweight main event Friday, March 18, at the New Alhambra Sports & Entertainment Center, Swanson & Ritner Streets (next to Forman Mills), in South Philadelphia. First fight at…