On a night when undefeated records fell by the wayside, Mariusz Wach made sure at least one fighter escaped with his perfect record intact. Defending his WBC International heavyweight title for the first time, Wach stopped pesky veteran Jason Gavern (21-9-4) at the 1:03 mark of the sixth round Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena…
James Toney returned to the cruiserweight ranks for the first time since 2003 but the 43 year old could do nothing with opponent Denis Lebedev last night at Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia. Despite scaling 58 pounds less than in his February bout against Damon Reed, Toney seemed to have difficulty maintaining good balance…
On November 26th, 2011, WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion will clash in a re-match which will be billed as “Unfinished Business”. In their first fight in June 2010 Aydin dominated the early rounds knocking down his opponent in the first stanza while Jo Jo not…
Captain Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson of New York City will fight for a second straight time in the Garden State when he battles an opponent to be named in a six round junior middleweight contest Thursday, November 17 at North Bergen’s Schuetzen Park. Melson, a West Point graduate and active Army Reserve officer, is fresh off…
Don King’s world championship boxing event tonight has officially sold out just hours before doors open in Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. “I want to thank our partners at the Seminole Hard Rock in South Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and their Chairman James Billie,…
“Capital Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson” just got more exciting with the announcement that undefeated American heavyweight Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell will make his HBO debut against tough contender Timur Ibragimov in the co-featured bout to the Unified Super Lightweight World Championship between champion Amir “King” Khan and No. 1-rated IBF Contender and Washington, DC’s own Lamont…
In front of hundreds of spirited onlookers at Laurier Quebec Place, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute weighed in at 167.5 pounds while title challenger and ageless wonder Glen “The Road Warrior†Johnson tipped the scales at 166.5 pounds, just one day before their Showtime Championship Boxing showdown from Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City on…
Super welters Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland tangle tonight at the Cancun Center in Cancun, Mexico with the WBC Continental Americas belt at stake in a bout that also serves as a WBC semi-final. WBC Super Welterweight Semi-Final, 12 rounds Alfredo Angulo: 154 lb James Kirkland: 153 lb
Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (33-2, 28 KOs) and Ralph “The Silencer” Butler (35-11, 28 KOs) took to the scales Friday afternoon to weigh in for their highly anticipated fight tomorrow night at El Domo De La Feria in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Arreola scaled 239 lb while Butler tipped the beam at 255 lb.
British boxing sensation and reigning WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Amir ‘King’ Khan will be ringside as a guest commentator for Primetime, Channel 480 on Sky, when his stablemate Manny Pacquiao faces off against the Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez next Saturday night.
Coachella Valley and Los Angeles-area rising stars are ready to shine on Friday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., as Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce the entire lineup for the card featuring the middleweight showdown between former World Champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora and longtime contender Shibata Flores. The…
Day two of press conferences at La Cage Aux Sports here attracted another strong media turnout as rising Canadian junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté and the more-experienced Jorge Luis Teron discussed their 12-round co-featured bout on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed…