© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Tonight at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA, bantamweights Yonnhy Perez and Vic Darchinyan tangle for the vacant IBO crown. This should be a thrilling bout in the classic format of boxer vs. puncher as southpaw Darchinyan impulsively throws everything he has into nearly every punch while Perez…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT was the scene of perhaps the best fight this year so far as challenger Victor Ortiz upset champion Andre Berto last night to capture the WBC welterweight title. Southpaw Ortiz wasted no time in taking the fight to Berto and before…
Tonight sees a good welterweight fight scheduled at Foxwoods Casino in Manshantucket, CT as Andre Berto puts his WBC title at risk against former light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz. Since winning the title against Miguel Angel Rodriguez in 2008, Berto, 27-0 (21), has defeated the respectable lineup of Steve Forbes, Luis Collazo, Juan Urango, Carlos…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Mexican legend Erik Morales very nearly pulled off a major upset last night at Las Vegas’ famed MGM Grand but the former three weight world champion lost a majority decision to Marcos Rene Maidana for the Interim WBA light welter title. Career light welter Maidana went…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Can 34 year old former three weight world champion Erick Morales compete against one of today’s top light welterweights? The Mexican legend will answer that question tonight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV as he faces Marcos Maidana for the Interim WBA title. From 1997…
IBF featherweight king Yuriorkis Gamboa may have lost his WBA title on the scales before his fight last night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall but the former Olympic Gold Medallist from Cuba handed Mexican challenger Jorge Solis a complete and thorough defeat. The first round featured only mild action as the pair of combatants studied…
One of the sport’s flashiest champions is making a title defense tonight as Cuban speedster Yuriorkis Gamboa puts his WBA and IBF feather trophies up for grabs against Interim WBA super feather ruler Jorge Solis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Gamboa, 19-0 (15), has covered a lot of ground in his four year pro…
IBF super middle king Lucian Bute got a good test last night from European champion Brian Magee before stopping the Irishman in the tenth frame at Montreal’s Bell Centre. In the early rounds, veteran Magee’s experience keeps Bute from taking immediate control. Bute is using his quickness to get in, punch and get out but…
Miguel Cotto solidified his hold on the WBA light middleweight title with a hard fought defense against former WBA and WBC welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight started with a bang as the first round sees both men skipping the feeling out process and trading bombs. The second sees…
The world’s top middleweight is an action tonight as Sergio Martinez faces WBO light middle titlist Serhiy Dzinziruk at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT with the vacant WBC Diamond belt at stake in an all-southpaw battle. 36 year old native Argentine Martinez, 46-2-2 (25), labored in the shadows for a very long time until his…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Saturday night saw Saul Alvarez and Matthew Hatton step up to clash for the vacant WBC light middleweight title at Anaheim, CA’s Honda Center. Both are career welters, with Hatton being the reigning European champ at the weight, although Alvarez has recently been operating several pounds…
Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ sees a clash between Zab Judah and Kaiser Mabuza for the vacant IBF light welter crown. For Judah, 40-6 (27), this bout is the culmination of his return to the 140 pound division, where he held the IBF belt from 2000-2001 and the WBO strap in…