Carlos Baldomir’s recent impressive victories over Zab Judah and Arturo Gatti meant nothing last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as the Argentine’s opponent this time out was Floyd Mayweather Jr, who lived up to his reputation of being the pound for pound best fighter in boxing today and drubbed the reigning WBC…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Sergei Liakhovich was thirty seconds away from logging a successful defense of his WBO Heavyweight title when the much vaunted punching power of challenger Shannon Briggs turned the contest around sharply and left the champion floored outside of the ring, semi-conscious on a ringside table. After 14 years as…
Last night at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, ex-heavyweight world title challenger David Tua won his fourth straight contest since a managerial dispute kept him out of the ring for two years. Late replacement Maurice Wheeler managed to survive until the seventh round but was unable to hold a trademark Tua left hook…
Last night at the Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, Kermit Cintron blasted his way to the vacant IBF Welterweight title by out slugging the game but outgunned Mark Suarez in five action packed rounds. It was bombs away from the very first round as both combatants let fly with the heavy shots but…
Last night at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio “Iron” Mike Tyson went four rounds with Corey “T-Rex” Sanders (not to be confused with former WBO Champion Corrie Sanders of South Africa), who wore the headgear, in what amounted to a spirited sparring session. Tyson did his part to entertain the crowd, knocking down the…
Nickolai Valuev kept hold of his WBA Heavyweight title with a 11th round stoppage over challenger Monte Barrett at the Allstate Arena in Chicago on a Don King promotion. Early on Barrett kept in the fight with the enormous Valuev by basically flinging as many roundhouse shots as he could muster. The technique was successful…
After damning and vilifying Jose Luis Castillo for coming five pounds overweight for their aborted third contest, Diego Corrales has just done the same thing as Castillo while weighing in for his third bout with Joel Casamayor! For his first attempt, Corrales weighted in at 140 lb, a full five pounds about the weight limit…
There are reports that ex-lightweight world champion Jose Luis Castillo could face former WBA Light Welter titlist Vivian Harris at 140 lb on the Ricky Hatton – Juan Urango undercard in Atlanta next January. Should both Castillo and Hatton get through these contests, an epic bout between the two forward moving brawlers could be in…
Hot middleweight prospect John Duddy’s train almost came off the rails last night when the popular Irish fighter stepped up to face ex-IBF Light Middleweight Champion Yory Boy Campas at Madison Square Garden in New York last night. 35 year old Campas, a battle scarred veteran from Navajoa, Mexico, is nowhere near the fighter he…
Last night at the MGM Grand, WBC Super Feather Champion Marco Antonio Barrera stamped his authority all over the boxing ring as the Mexican living legend orchestrated a master class of technique and stifled the dreams of Rocky Juarez. It was a solid card put on by Golden Boy, three class world title bouts worthy…
As part of the buildup for two separate installments of Showtime Championship Boxing, two of the principal fighters, Sergei Liakhovich and Joel Casamayor will hold open workouts for the media this week at two popular local boxing gyms.
Tomorrow welterweight boxing champions Carlos Baldomir and Floyd Mayweather hold a press conference in Beverly Hills to announce their upcoming title unification clash on a Goosen-Tutor/Sycuan Promotions card. The much anticipated showdown is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 4 November at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Baldomir, 43-9-6 (13), brings a…