© Tom Casino It’s the battle for Florida bragging rights tonight at the Gulf Coast Arena in Biloxi, MS as former world champions Roy Jones Jr and Jeff Lacy tangle for the NABO light heavyweight crown. Neither one of these combatants are anywhere near their prime but it could be interesting as Jones, 53-5 (39),…
IBF light fly kingpin Nonito Donaire heads up to super flyweight tonight at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, contending for the Interim WBA crown against Panama’s Rafael Concepcion. Donaire, 21-1 (14), is coming off three title defenses of the IBF strap he won by expertly dismantling Aussie bomber Vic Darchinyan two years…
Philadelphia has historically been the breeding ground of some of the toughest boxers to ever lace up the gloves and last night at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, one of the City of Brotherly Love’s hottest prospects was in action. Welterweight Mike Jones put his NABA belt on the line for the second time,…
Light middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo got back in the saddle last night with a second round TKO against outgunned opponent Gabriel Rosado last night at Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena in Primm, Nevada. The meteoric rise of Angulo, 16-1 (13), had been blunted in May by two-time former welterweight world champion Kermit Cintron during a WBC…
Timothy Bradley kept his WBO light welter title last night at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT after challenger Nate Campbell claimed he couldn’t see after suffering a serious laceration above his left eye at the end of the third round. The bout was entertaining during its short duration with Campbell looking to press the…
Things looked bleak for Isaac Hlatshwayo early on in his rematch with Delvin Rodriguez last night at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT but the South African buckled down and managed to pull off a split decision victory to capture the vacant IBF Welterweight title. At just 5’7, former lightweight Hlatshwayo had to get inside…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The big fight this weekend sees Nate Campbell stepping up to light welter tonight for a crack at Timothy Bradley’s WBO belt at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA. At 37 years of age, Campbell, 33-5-1 (25), has had a long and winding career with many ups and…
The boxing community is in mourning yet again today as reports surface that former two-weight world champion Vernon Forrest was gunned down last night in Atlanta, GA. Forrest reportedly was involved in a firefight with two men who had attempted to carjack his Jaguar while he was filling up the car’s tires at a gas…
Last night at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV lightweight contender Breidis Prescott picked up his first pro loss at the hands of Mexican veteran Miguel Vazquez, who pounded out a split decision victory. Colombian bomb thrower Prescott, 21-1 (18), came into the bout best known for crushing Britain’s heavily hyped Amir Khan last year…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Gone last night at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL were former fly and super flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan’s usual advantages of height, strength and power as the Aussie hard man moved up to bantam to challenge IBF titlist Joseph Agbeko. Filling the void was the taller, stronger and…
IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek handled the challenge of opponent Bobby Gunn with little difficulty last night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, as expected. 35 year old former light middleweight Gunn had no shortage of heart going into the bout but had only ever competed against lower level competition aside from a first…
In a hotly anticipated battle of light welterweights, Argentina’s Marcos Rene Maidana upset top American prospect Victor Ortiz in a fiery explosion of power punches that exceeded expectations at Staples Center in Los Angeles for the Interim WBA title. Both boxers were coming off high profile bouts with Ortiz seeming to have the momentum following…