Showtime’s weekend card from the Gund Arena in Cleveland was capped off with a bang when cruiserweight Guillermo Jones ended former world champion Wayne Braithwaite’s comeback dreams during a thrilling punch-up. Jones almost had “Big Truck” out of there in the first round but the native Guyanese held on and came back in the second…
Omar Sheika came to Germany in hopes of upsetting WBC supremo Markus Beyer last night but the American instead failed in his fourth and possibly final world title bid. The willful brawler from Patterson, New Jersey found the three time WBC champion impossible to tag with flush shots and found nothing but leather in return…
Former two time British title challenger Jon Thaxton sent out a message to the lightweights of the U.K. with a vicious fourth round knockout of Romanian boxer Vasile Dragomir to retain his WBF crown in Norwich, England. Dragomir had taken the bout on just a few day’s notice after Argentine Eduardo Daniel Roman, himself a…
Action from the US, Australia, Thailand and Colombia. Some important fights took place across the globe on the first night of this weekend, so let’s get down to business. On ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, heavyweight hopeful Terry Smith survived his encounter with seven-foot puncher Keith Long, who outweighed Smith by thirty-one pounds, to score a…
Saturday night in Berlin, Germany’s IC – Center will see two top European fighters in action against dangerous foes. WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer meets seasoned challenger Omar Sheika while European welterweight boss Oktay Urkal will look to stave off the very experienced Russian campaigner, Maxim Nesterenko. The Beyer – Sheika fight is particularly…
Two determined men will lock horns tonight on Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo broadcast to North and Central America as both Al Seeger and Cesar Figueroa have struggled when facing an opponent of consequence but will have the opportunity to rise above in Savannah, Georgia. On paper it appears that Seeger, 24-1 (18), has the advantage as…
Hometown hero Terry Smith sees action in Little Rock, Arkansas as the heavyweight headlines this weekend’s installment of ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights, facing the incredibly tall Julius Long. Smith, 24-1 (16), has only lost to red hot unbeaten contender Calvin Brock and will be looking to continue his march on the heavyweight crown but…
One of Oz’s top welterweights, Chad “Hollywood” Bennett, headlines the Blaster Promotions bill taking place on Friday in Newcastle West, New South Wales, Australia. Bennett, 15-1-3 (10) will try and take down the far more experienced Thailander, Plaisakda Singwangcha, who brings a 26-8 (22) mark to the party. On the table is the vacant IBO…
There were two important matches tonight in boxing mad Thailand, with both contests taking place in the capital city of Bangkok. In the primary bout, a battle royale between unbeaten fighters took place at the Rachadamnern Stadium with native Thai Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym banging out a split decision over Panamanian southpaw Ricardo “Maestrito” Cordoba. Kratingdaenggym, 23-0…
Issac Hlatshwayo dropped the more experienced Cassius Baloyi with a right hand in the second round of their bout tonight in Carnival City, South Africa and went on to record a unanimous decision. With the victory, “The Angel” assumes the vacant IBO lightweight title and furthers his solid top five world ranking. The twenty-seven-year-old Soweto…
All looked lost yesterday for WBF lightweight titlist Jon Thaxton when his opponent for this Saturday night, Eduardo Daniel Roman, pulled out of their scheduled twelve-round bout to take place in Thaxton’s hometown of Norwich, England. Today, however, the situation is now stabilized with the entry of Vasile Dragomir into the fray. The former Romanian…
Jhonny Gonzalez will put his NABO bantamweight crown on the line on this Thursday’s HBO Latino broadcast from the Diamond Desert Casino in Tuscon, Arizona when he meets the undefeated William Gonzalez. The twenty-three-year-old from Mexico City is riding a fifteen-bout win streak but will have to be in top form as his opponent has…