Captain Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson of New York City scored his seventh victory in as many bouts following a sensational knockout of Daniel Lugo last Saturday evening at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The West Point graduate outboxed his hard charging opponent over the first two frames, landing cleanly to both the …
Read More »Team Of Ward And Hunter Headed For 2011 Accolades
It has been a tremendously successful 2011 for Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs), who after a twenty-six month journey is now the Super Six World Boxing Classic champion, the WBA champion and the WBC champion. Right there with him, is Ward’s crafty veteran trainer and godfather of 18 years, Virgil …
Read More »Ortiz vs. Berto Rematch Lands In Las Vegas February 11
In April 2011, Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto gave boxing fans one of the best fights of the year, with both men hitting the canvas twice before Ortiz rallied to victory and captured Berto’s WBC Welterweight Championship. On Saturday, February 11, these rugged and determined fighters will meet once again, …
Read More »Boxing 360 Counts 2011 As Banner Year
In only its third year of operations, Boxing 360 experienced a banner 2011, highlighted by Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano capturing the New York City-based promotional company’s first world title. Boxing 360’s Fighter of the Year clearly was 23-year-old Serrano (12-0-1, 8 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who lives …
Read More »Super Six Final Features Special Commemorative Ticket
When Showtime and five of the world’s most respected professional boxing promoters formalized the strategy behind the Super Six World Boxing Classic, it was their intent to create a tournament that would deliver a boost of excitement for boxing fans worldwide and pique the interest of the casual fan, while …
Read More »Ramos vs. Beltran Kick Off 2012 ShoBox Season
Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime will kick off 2012 in explosive fashion on Friday, January 6 when Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. hosts the new year’s first ShoBox: The New Generation telecast with a not-to-be missed 10 round NABA – USA lightweight title fight between unbeaten Luis Ramos …
Read More »Hopkins’ Loss To Dawson Changed To A No Contest
The holidays came early today for Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins when the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) overturned the decision that dealt the oldest champion in boxing history a controversial technical knockout loss to “Bad” Chad Dawson on October 15 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Read More »Vitali Klitschko To Face Dereck Chisora February 18
Two-time WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against Dereck Chisora at the Olympiahalle Munich, Germany on February, 18, 2012. Dereck “Del Boy“ Chisora is 27 years old and is rated in the Top 15 in the WBC world rankings. From 2010 until 2011, Chisora was the Commonwealth …
Read More »Andre Dirrell Makes Ring Return On December 30 ShoBox
Long regarded as one of the world’s premier super middleweight contenders, Andre Dirrell will return to the ring for the first time in 21 months when he faces Darryl Cunningham in the co-feature of a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Dec. 30, live on Showtime at …
Read More »Alcine Upsets Lemieux On Azteca America Broadcast
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing in association with GYM Inc. presented the 5th installment of “Boxeo America” broadcast live this past Saturday December 10th, from the Bell Center in Montreal Canada on the Azteca America network and once again a major upset took place in the main event as former WBA …
Read More »Roy Jones Defeats Max Alexander For UBO Title
Roy Jones Jr. made the first step towards a world championship in his fifth weight class on Saturday night, when he won the vacant UBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title with a clear unanimous decision over former ”Contender” participant Max Alexander at the Atlanta Civic Center. There were no knockdowns in the …
Read More »Ward vs. Froch Super Six Undercard Lineup Announced
With super middleweight supremacy on the line when WBA Champion Andre Ward takes on WBC titleholder Carl Froch in the Super Six World Boxing Classic Final on Saturday Night, December 17 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, matchmaker Tom Brown of Goossen Tutor Promotions has put together an explosive undercard featuring …
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