PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (November 7, 2004) – “I’m going to school Ricky Hatton like I did Vivian Harris,” promises “Sucra’ Ray Oliveira. Hatton (37-0, 27 KOs) defends his WBU light welterweight title for the fifteenth time December 11 in London against cagey Oliveira in what Hatton has termed as a …
Read More »Tszyu Annihilates Mitchell in Three Rounds.
IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu deceived all expectations that he would be ring rusty after almost two years out of the ring by thoroughly dominating his closest rival in the light welterweight division. Despite being extremely active and carrying a great deal of momentum into the match, Sharmba Mitchell …
Read More »Guzman Takes Decision From Morales.
After a terribly confusing turn of events which saw original opponent Marcos Licona taken out of his spot on the fight card, WBO super bantamweight champion Joan Guzman defeated late subsitute Joe Morales over ten rounds as the main undercard bout of the Tszyu-Mitchell light welterweight attraction. After it was …
Read More »Veit Stops Brewer in Nine Rounds.
Germany's interim WBO super middleweight champion Mario Veit celebrated his forty-fifth win tonight with a ninth round knockout of former IBF super middleweight champion Charles 'The Hatchet' Brewer. Both Brewer and Veit are former victims of current reigning WBO champion Joe Calzaghe who recently struggled to defend his title against …
Read More »Olajide-Gardner In Jr. Middleweight Showdown.
Brockton, Ma- Cappiello promotions announced today that junior middleweight contender Ian 'The Cobra' Gardner, 17-1, (7KO), will be stepping up and taking on fellow once beaten Tokunbo Olajide, 20-1. (17KO). The fight, which is not expected to make the HBO telecast, will be on the under-card of the undisputed title …
Read More »Frank Maloney’s Response to Johnny Nelson.
"Johnny, let's tell the truth!" I'm amazed at the article I've recently read on WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson, entitled "Nelson Warns on Boxing's Future." Without being disrespectful to Johnny, I have to take him to pieces for his comments concerning my fighter Scott Harrison's fight last week. Johnny is …
Read More »‘Baby Bull’ Diaz Retains WBA Title.
Thursday night in Texas, U.S.A. boxing's youngest world champion Juan Diaz successfully retained his WBA championship as expected against French veteran Julien Lorcy by unanimous decision. The announcement told that Diaz retained his title by considerably wide margins on all of the judges scorecards. At just twenty-one years of age, …
Read More »Klitschko-Williams Plus Undercard Announced.
A press conference to formally announce the upcoming Klitschko-Williams world heavyweight championship fight on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on HBO Pay-Per-View (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) was held Thursday in Los Angeles. Klitschko (34-2, 33 KOs) will make his first World Boxing …
Read More »Tszyu, Mitchell, Guzman and Licona Speak.
Two of boxing’s most talented pound-for-pound fighters will square off in a highly anticipated rematch when International Boxing Federation (IBF) “Super” 140-Pound champion Kostya Tszyu defends his title against interim IBF junior welterweight champion Sharmba Mitchell Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Marcos Licona (left) squares off with …
Read More »Witter to Mayweather: “I’ll Beat You by the Big KO!”
British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter has issued a no nonsense challenge to Floyd Mayweather Junior, arguably the world’s best pound for pound fighter. © Mike Cleary “Come on Pretty Boy, lets get it on,” said Witter, who defends his European title against Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias on …
Read More »‘Baby Bull’ Defends Tonight.
Twenty-one year old WBA lightweight champion of the world Juan 'Baby Bull' Diaz of Houston, Texas makes the first defense of his title tonight at the SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas. Diaz will meet French veteran Julien Lorcy who has been competitive with several respectable names in the super …
Read More »Walker and Barker on ‘Born To Do It.’
Walker looking to get back into title picture. Former two-weight Southern Area champion David Walker is looking to get back amongst the titles in 2005. “Kid Dynamite’ appears on the Hennessy Sports “Born To Do It’ promotion on November 12th at the Wembley conference centre in just his third fight …
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