Ian Napa, so impressive in his recent defeat to European bantamweight champion Simone Maludrottu, will return to flyweight in an attempt to win the title he yearns for. Napa 13-6 (0 KOs) went toe to toe with the Italian champion from the first bell at Dagenham’s Goresbrook Leisure Centre on 9 March and an upset…
Fresh off his seventh consecutive victory, four of which have come in world title fights, WBA Super Bantamweight Champion, Celestino Caballero is hunting for some bigger game at 122 pounds as he looks to unify the World Title. “I’ve beaten champions, contenders, and prospects – whoever was put in front of me,†said Caballero (26-2,…
Impact Boxing have today announced that hard-hitting Stoke light-welterweight Gary Reid has been matched with unbeaten Michael Lomax in an eight round contest set for 30th March. The fight will be the main support to Ted Bami’s defence of his European light-welterweight crown on a Matchroom promoted card to be held at Crawley’s K2 Leisure…
Legendary promoter Don King today visited Bergamo, Italy, where he met the president of the province of Bergamo, met the mayor of Bergamo, and toured the recently discovered remnants of an underground Catholic church dating from the 6th century. King’s tour was hosted by a boxer he represents, Italian 154-pound champion Luca “Bergamo Bomber†Messi,…
George Godfrey was born on this date, March 20, in 1853. He was a Black Canadian boxer. From the Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island(P.E.I.) neighborhood known as “The Bogâ€, he left P.E.I. in his youth and worked as a porter in Boston, Massachusetts. It was there that he started training to box at Professor Bailey’s Hub…
Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino in East Peoria, IL will hold a night of boxing on Saturday, April 7. The card starts off with six amateur fighters, who will enter the ring to show off their talents in three action-packed fights. Then, Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino will host five professional fights featuring Brooke Dierdorff of Chicago, IL facing…
Three-time world champion Diego Corrales will move up two weight classes when he returns to SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, April 7, 2007, to take on world-ranked challenger Joshua Clottey. SHOWTIME will televise the 10-round welterweight bout at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). Gary Shaw Productions will promote the event from The…
British Lightweight champion Jon Thaxton is looking forward to bigger things after making the first defence of his domestic title and signing a long-term deal with promoter Mick Hennessy. Thaxton, 32, thrilled his home fans at the Norfolk Showground in Norwich by stopping Stoke challenger Scott Lawton in the seventh round on Friday in outstanding…
Reigning IBF super lightweight world champion Lovemore “Black Panther†Ndou is issuing the challenge and putting the boxing world on notice that he is ready to face Arturo “Thunder†Gatti. “I understand that HBO, Gatti’s promoter Main Events and his manager are meeting this week to decide on his next opponent,†he said. “The only…
Five-foot-11 1/2-inch Celestino “The Towering Inferno†Caballero successfully defended his World Boxing Association super bantamweight championship Friday, March 16, halting Ricardo Castillo by technical knockout in the ninth round of their main event on the nationally televised “Tribal Pride 2†card at the Hard Rock Resort & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
Troy Ross hopes beating John “Buster’ Keeton for the vacant Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title tonight will edge him closer to facing the division’s top fighters. Canadian Ross faces Sheffield’s British champion Keeton, (26-14), at the Montreal Casino on a Hennessy Sports Canada/GYM event, aiming to move his career on to the next level.
Such was the intensity of last night’s WBC/WBA Cruiserweight title fight in France that the heated action didn’t quite stop after the bell had rung to officially close the twelve contentious rounds. Bell (26-2-1, 24 KOs), from Jamaica now fighting out of Atlanta, did not agree with the decision. “Mormeck is a monster in the…