Due to a cut suffered by Cesar Canchila during training, former IBF minimumweight world champion Daniel “El Olympico†Reyes (38-4-1, 30 KOs) of Colombia has stepped up to face NABF Champion Giovanni “The Aztec Warrior†Segura (17-0-1, 13 KOs) of Mexico in a 12-round WBA light flyweight world championship eliminator on Friday, June 8th from…
By Simon Jackson Joe Calzaghe has expressed his desire to hang up his gloves after three “super fights” which will enable the unbeaten Welshman to step away from the ring while still at the peak of his profession. Calzaghe extended his unbeaten record to 43 when he stopped Peter Manfredo Jnr six weeks ago at…
The final press conference between WBO Heavyweight Champion Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs and challenger Sultan Ibragimov is due to take place this coming Wednesday in New York. Given the bad feeling that has been brewing between the two, the media in attendance could be in for some early fireworks as the countdown for their world…
Chris Sanigar brings a night of championship boxing to Guild Hall in Plymouth, England on Sunday, June 17 when Jon Harrison and Gatis Skuja clash for the vacant International Masters Light Middleweight title. The scheduled ten round main event pitts Plymouth’s own Harrison, winner of six of his last eight bouts, against steel chinned pressure…
Due to the withdrawal of Martin Power from his proposed clash with Jason Booth at Crystal Palace on June 15; British fight fans have been rewarded with a thriller as Ajose Olusegun 19-0 (10) steps up to fight the talented Gary Reid 13-16-1 (8) for the vacant Commonwealth light welterweight title. Olusegun, 27, has been…
IBA & NBA super middleweight champion Rubin “Hollywood” Williams goes right into NABO 168-pound title-holder Jean Pascal’s backyard on June 8 to fight for Pascal’s NABO belt, as well as the vacant NABA & NABF championships, at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. Williams (29-1-1, 16 KOs), rated No. 27 by the WBC, is coming off…
The Big Bang Theory goes off the drawing board and into the ring with “X-PLOSIVE!” — the world welterweight championship featuring undefeated World Boxing Association champion MIGUEL COTTO, the pride of Puerto Rico, defending his title against two-division world champion ZAB “SUPER” JUDAH. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Prize Fight Boxing, “X-PLOSIVE!” will…
LEE SAMUELS, TOP RANK: This is a very, very exciting time for Top Rank, the two-division World Champion is with us, Zab Judah. He’s on his, from Memphis Tennessee, where he is training at the Prize Fight Gym getting set for June 9th, Madison Square Garden live on HBO Pay-Per View. Zab will be taking…
In the annals of world history, July 14 is known as Bastille Day. On that fateful date in 1789 the people of France stormed and seized the dreaded Bastille, a prison beset by inhumane conditions in Paris as the first step in the French Revolution, which eventually overthrew the 17-year monarchy of King Louis XVI….
In a legitimate Fight of the Year candidate, WBO welterweight champion Antonio “The Tijuana Tornado†Margarito (34-4, 1 NC, 24 KOs) will make his seventh defense when he faces unbeaten, No. 1-ranked contender Paul “The Punisher†Williams (32-0, 24 KOs) in the main event of a stellar fight card Saturday, July 14, 2007, in the…
For Stoke boxers major titles are like buses; you don’t get one for ages and then three come along all at once. On 15th June Gary Reid will follow stable-mates Scott Lawton and Chris Edwards, both of whom have already challenged for British and Commonwealth titles this year, when he contests the vacant Commonwealth light-welterweight…
The “Universum Champions Night” returns to Dusseldorf, Germany on June 2 with world female flyweight champion Regina Halmich (52-1-1, 16 KOs) headlining at the Burg-Wächter Castello. The women’s boxing icon plans to conclude her long and successful career this year. Following her highly rated exhibition match against television entertainer Stefan Raab, Halmich’s next fight could…