Dear Zab, Congratulations! You lived up to your nickname, “Super,†knocking out Cory Spinks and I have tremendous respect for you and your team. I know how hard you’ve worked to become the undisputed welterweight champion of the world. You earned your title shot and took advantage of your opportunity. Now it’s my turn. I…
The following is a final tally of all of the boxing action that took place in America on Friday night. Firstly, in an important light heavyweight contest, Eric Harding took a twelve-round decision win over fellow contender David Telesco. Women’s champion Laila Ali remained unbeaten and gathered here twentieth win by stopping Cassandra Geigger in…
Friday night in Manchester, England, former WBU super featherweight champion Michael Gomez saw his career upended once again by a relatively unknown fighter in Argentinean Javier Alvarez. Gomez, who has spent much of his time challenging Scottish fighters Alex Arthur and Scott Harrison in the press, has had a habit of underperforming on the big…
All systems are go for DiBella Entertainment’s undefeated middleweight sensation Jermain Taylor (22-0, 16 KO’s) as he gets set to square off against the upset-minded Daniel Edouard (16-0-2, 9 KO’s) on Saturday night, February 19, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist endured a heavy duty training camp in Miami,…
Matt Skelton has been warned to expect a dirty fight when he faces Argie madman Fabio Eduardo Moli for the Vacant WBU World Heavyweight title on Friday 25 February at the Wembley Conference Centre. The hardman from Villa del Rosario in Cordoba has threatened to give the Bedford battler a brutal going-over before taking the…
WBC Continental America’s Cruiserweight champion Gary Gomez (13-4-0, 5KOs) says he is ready for his fight scheduled on February 25th at the Emerald Queen Casino’s Battle at the Boat boxing series. Gomez won a ten round decision over Chad Van Sickle for the belt in December 2004. “I would like to thank Halquist Productions for…
WBC super bantamweight champion Oscar “Chololo†Larios successfully defended his crown for the sixth time last night at the Palace Indian Gaming Center in Lemoore, California, defeating former world champion Wayne McCullough via unanimous 12 round decision. With the victory, Larios has cleared the way for a unification bout with WBO 122-pound titlist Joan Guzman….
Once again, former world champion Wayne McCullough gave it his all in a world championship fight but came up short, this time against WBC super bantamweight champion Oscar Larios. They went at each other virtually non-stop for the majority of the twelve-round fight, but in the end, Larios proved to be just too much for…
Tonight at the Palace Indian Gaming Resort in Lemoore, California, the showdown for the WBC super bantamweight title will take place. Champion Oscar “Chololo” Larios will face challenger Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCullough. 2004 Olympian Andre Ward takes a leap up in class against undefeated professional fighter in eight contests, Kenny Kost. Additionally, heavyweight Malcolm Tann…
“El Matador” Ricardo Mayorga will indeed return to the ring for the first time since his knockout loss to Felix Trinidad, and of course, his self-imposed retirement. And Mayorga does not fancy hanging around before he gets back into championship class. The WBC has ordered that Mayorga will fight Spain’s Javier Castillejo for the vacant…
Thomas Hauser has been selected by the Boxing Writers Association of America as recipient of the 2004 Nat Fleischer Award for Career Achievement in Boxing Journalism. Hauser has been the lead writer for Secondsout.com since October 2001. Since then, he has authored 142 articles for the website. He is the first internet writer to receive…
WBO No. 6/IBF No. 14 140-Pound Contender “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis vs. 140-Pound Contender Roberto Santa Cruz. Undefeated Welterweight Contender Shamone Alvarez vs. Welterweight Contender Jose “El Macho†Medina. Since his “ShoBox: The New Generation†debut last year, “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis has shown that charisma, style and speed can captivate an audience and confuse an opponent….