© M.A. Sayer / Arena Boxing “I am only thinking about Friday night – there is nothing else on my mind right now“, states Sinan Samil Sam. “I am very well prepared for Paolo Vidoz.â€
© Brian Peters Boxing Despite returning to winning ways against Felix Machado in Castlebar in April, Bernard Dunne admits there’s something missing at the moment – his European title belt. The Dubliner is back in action in his native city on July 12 when he meets Argentina’s Damian Marchiano in the Hunky Dorys Fight Night…
Not only does America celebrate it’s birthday on the Fourth of July, Joe DeGuardia, CEO and founder of Star Boxing personally celebrates his own. The staff at Star wants to wish Joe a Happy Birthday and many more to come. DeGuardia will be spending the holiday and his birthday with his beloved family.
The World Boxing Association ruled today at its Directory Meeting that WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev will be considered “champion in recess†due to an injury and that he has until June 26, 2009 to fight for the title. Negotiations have started between representatives of the WBA’s top two rated heavyweights, ex-WBA champion Nikolai Valuev…
WBO junior welterweight champion Ricardo Torres, 32-1-1- (28), his opponent, top-rated contender Kendall Holt, 23-2 (12), undefeated top five contender Lamont Peterson, 24-0 (11), and his opponent, former IBA world champion Rogelio Casteneda, 24-13-3 (8), will step on the scale for their official weigh-in.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In an eagerly awaited 12 round rematch of a hotly disputed fight 10 months ago, Kendall Holt will challenge defending champion Ricardo Torres for the WBO Junior Welterweight title Saturday in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT and delayed on the…
Double power-charged bouts at middleweight with Enrique Ornelas and Daryl Salmon in the main event Cerveza Tecate and the boxing power arrive to Texas this week in an exhilarating fight between Enrique Ornelas and Daryl Salmon with Solo Boxeo Tecate. The encounter will take place this Friday, July 4 at Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, TX….
NABF Heavyweight Champion Travis Walker, ranked WBO #6, WBC #12, set the record straight today regarding his decisive win over Jason Estrada in response to Estrada’s comments last week that Walker won the fight because of a “hometown” decision. In response, Walker stated, “Jason ‘Little 6’ Estrada? I am calling him ‘Little 6’ because big…
By Per Ake Persson AMI Production have cancelled the July 26 show that would have featured WBA Light Fly Champ Brahim Asloum defending the title against Giovanni Segura. Asloum dropped out of training after taking a hefty paycut from televising network Canal+. Promoter Michel Acaries tried to salvage the show with WBA Female Junior Welter…
After his recent win against Chaz Witherspoon, heavyweight Chris Arreola boasted that he was willing to fight anyone at anytime. NABF Champion Travis Walker, ranked WBC #12 and WBO #6, has accepted Arreola’s challenge and has upped the ante by stating he will fight Arreola on a “winner-take-all” basis. “First of all, I congratulate Chris…
He won’t have Uri Geller in his corner this time, but Peter McDonagh believes it will still be a case of mind over matter when he defends his Irish Lightweight title against Andrew Murray on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the National Stadium, Dublin on July 12, 2008. While their ten round bout is…
Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion has arrived in New York from Panama to intensify his training for the WBA Super Flyweight fight against AJ “Bazooka” Banal. “Rafael is looking strong,” says Damon de Berry from Optimum Sports Agency. “He arrived in New York last week and he is looking forward to stepping up his training.”