Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, faces his toughest challenge when he goes toe to toe with Teke “African Prince” Oruh. On the line will be Quezada’s WBC Cabofe heavyweight title as both fighters attempt to stay in title contention. Quezada is riding a 13-fight winning streak while Teke is coming off his first loss, a majority…
Hard-hitting South American welterweight champion Luis Carlos Abregu has an unblemished record at 24-0, a knockout percentage of nearly 90 percent, banging out 21 of 24 victims, and a number 7 WBC ranking. So is Abregu a legitimate contender? As good as his report card indicates? The simple answer is, stay tuned. Much more will…
Each fight is a learning experience for any young boxer and 2008 U.S. Olympic first alternate Danny O’Connor is no exception. His pro debut in September resulted in a second-round stoppage of Jose Guerrido, but his November 11th win against 15 fight veteran Anthony Woods was much more important in terms of 23 year old…
Last Friday night before a sellout crowd, it only took WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero four rounds to destroy previously unbeaten hometown favorite Steve Molitor, and to add the Canadian’s IBF 122-pound championship belt to his collection. Now “Pelenchin†wants to see which of the remaining top guns in the division are willing to…
Friday night in front of a sold out crowd of 1,100 at the Quiet Cannon Country Club in Montebello, CA, flyweight contender Manny Roman overcame a first round knockdown to work toward an eight round unanimous decision win over Jose Luis Cardenas by scores of 77-74 twice and 76-75.
Jack Perry hopes to take a step closer to a Midlands Area title shot by improving his unbeaten record at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, December 6. The Derby boxer is considering stepping up from light welterweight to welterweight and will see how he gets on at a heavier weight limit over four…
Just two days before Thanksgiving and “At Last” featuring 2-time WBO Welterweight World Champion and “The Most Feared Fighter in Boxing,” Paul “The Punisher” Williams taking on 3-time World Champion, Verno Phillips, in an interim 12 round WBO Super Welterweight World Championship bout, will take place two days later on Saturday, November 29, at the…
Unbeaten junior welterweight Rock Allen, of Philadelphia, PA, will box Humberto Tapia, of Tijuana, Mexico, in the scheduled eight-round semifinal contest Friday evening, December 5, at The Reading Eagle Theatre at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA.
Rod Anderton hopes he can make it a double title triumph for Nottingham at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, December 6. Anderton, of Nottingham, challenges Danny McIntosh from Norwich for the English Light Heavyweight title on the same bill as Nottingham man Carl Froch’s WBC World Super Middleweight title fight against Jean Pascal…
2008 East LA Olympian, Shawn Estrada held an open media workout today and spoke with the press on his preparation for his first professional bout against Washington, D.C.’s Lawrence Jones that is set to take place this Saturday, November 29 at the new Citizens Business Bank Arena located in Ontario, California.
On Saturday, November 29, undefeated Cristobal “The Nightmare†Arreola will be taking what he hopes is another step toward a World Heavyweight Championship, when he defends his WBC Continental Americas title against Travis “Freight Train†Walker on the first-ever professional boxing card to be held at the new state-of-the-art Citizens Business Bank Arenain Ontario, California.
For many years some of the biggest fights have taken place in Las Vegas “Boxing Capital of The World”. Tyson vs. Bruno, Bowe vs. Holyfield and Corrales vs. Castillo just to mention a few. However, boxing in Nevada is far from a new thing. In fact the first match was held over a century ago.