The strong gathering at Thursday’s weigh-in for “Built To Last†caught a glimpse of boxing’s bright future with a little bit of swagger mixed in for good measure, just enough to provide some post-Independence Day fireworks for Friday’s highly-anticipated event.
WBA champion Guillermo Jones from Panama and the Interim WBA Champion, the Russian Denis Lebedev, reached an agreement thus cancelling the Purse Bid summoned for July 19 at the WBA office in Panama. The parties involved announced the agreement, and assured they would send the final date and site of the bout.
After winning the World Boxing Federation North American title last December, Atlanta’s Paul “The Truth†Delgado is ready to step things up on July 21 at the Buckhead Theatre in his hometown when he takes on New Yorker Mike “El Cangri†Ruiz for the vacant WBF Intercontinental Super Welterweight championship.
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather’s acclaim continue to soar in unprecedented fashion. Last night, he was crowned the 2012 EPSY winner for the Best Fighter category, making him a four-time champion of the coveted honor. The award, voted on by fans throughout the country, recognizes the fighter for his ring prowess and accomplishments, including his defeat…
On Saturday night, former three-time world champion Anthony Mundine scored a seventh round stoppage over former world champion Bronco McKart to make an emphatic statement in his American debut. The IBF North American Middleweight championship bout also marked the inaugural Wealth TV Pay Per View card. Mundine dropped McKart three times in the pivotal seventh…
Today the renowned Elite Heat Boxing Team leaves for Las Vegas to compete in the 2012 National Jr. Golden Gloves Tournament. The twenty-one member team lead by Captain Durrell Perry looks to bring home a lot of hardware.
Undefeated WBC middleweight champion and Son of the Legend, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (46-0-1, 32 KOS), of Culiacán, México, and two-division world champion with the matinee idol looks, Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KOs), of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, may have been promoting their upcoming Méxican Independence Day World Middleweight Championship clash but it sounded more…
On September 8, 2012, Tijuana, Mexico’s WBC Lightweight Champion, Antonio DeMarco (27-2-1, 20 KOs), will put his title on the line when he faces Covina, California’s, John Molina, Jr. (24-1, 19 KOs). The 12-round championship bout will take place at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., as the co-feature to Andre “SOG” Ward (25-0, 13…
I would like to thank all my fans and well wishers for the amazing support I’ve had from you since my defeat on Saturday night. Obviously the fight never went as planned but credit has to go to Danny Garcia who caught me with a good shot in the third round that I couldn’t fully…
What started as one fighter’s innocent plea for competition more than a year ago and exploded into a vicious, online war is about to reach its peak Thursday night at the Twin River Event Center. “The Vermont Bully†Kevin Cobbs (4-0, 1 KO), one of New England’s rising stars in the light heavyweight division, will…
Once again, Elvin Ayala finds himself in the unenviable position of having to deal with a last-minute change of opponent, except this time he’s actually prepared for the unexpected. Ayala (25-5-1, 11 KOs), the reigning WBC USNBC middleweight champion from New Haven, Conn., was originally scheduled to face hard-hitting Jesus Gonzales, but with Gonzales unable…
On July 2nd, World Boxing Federation President Howard Goldberg attended a press conference in Malta to announce a very interesting fight for the vacant WBF Super Middleweight title, between two former champions, England’s Robin Reid and South African William Gare. On the same card, Liverpool’s perennial contender Tony Dodson will take on an opponent to…