Veteran boxing promoter Cedric Kushner, President of New York City-based Gotham Boxing, is recovering from spinal surgery yesterday that took nearly seven hours. He is resting comfortably at Mt. Sinai Hospital (room 315), located at Madison and 100th St., in New York City. He is expected to be there for …
Read More »A Championship Weekend For Boxing!
I was just going over the weekend’s results for fight cards around the world and in doing so something occurred to me, this past weekend had an abundance of gold at stake! Of course not every title bout was for “World” versions, also many titles were vacant but the bouts …
Read More »Boxing Result: Ndlovu Wins IBF Belt From Molitor In South Africa
After suffering two defeats to Steve Molitor in IBF title fights over the last four years, Takalani Ndlovu gained revenge last night at Nasrec Indoor Arena in Johannesburg, capturing Molitor’s IBF crown. From the start, Ndlovu seemed to be a man on a mission, pushing the southpaw champion from Canada …
Read More »Boxing In South Africa: IBF Champ Molitor Facing Ndlovu For Third Time
The latest installment of Steve Molitor vs. Takalani Ndlovu for the IBF title takes place tonight but on this occasion the super bantams will clash for the first time in Ndlovu’s homeland of South Africa, headlining a card at Nasrec Indoor Arena in Johannesburg. The pair’s two previous bouts took …
Read More »Hatton Boxing: Ushona Vows To Defeat Vassell In Wigan
African warrior Bethuel Ushona is ready to end Denton Vassell’s Commonwealth welterweight title reign in the Mancunian’s first defence. Ushona, unbeaten in 23 fights challenges for Vassell’s crown at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Saturday March 26. The Namibian, 29, said: “I have fought in America before, so it will …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Zab Judah vs. Kaiser Mabuza
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 …
Read More »Banner Boxing: Burgos vs. Archuleta February 25 In Tulsa
Promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, Golden Gloves Promotions, Thompson Boxing Promotions and Tony Holden Productions and will present a sensational fight card on Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The main event and other selected fights will be televised live on ESPN at 9:00 …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: IBF Champ Cunningham Defends Against Licina Saturday
On Saturday Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, will make his first defense, of his second reign, as the IBF Cruiserweight Champion of World against the tough Serbian born Enad Licina at the RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle in Muelheim, Germany. During his career Cunningham has proven to be one of the few World Champions …
Read More »Boxing 360 Signs Top Fighters From Guyana
Boxing 360 has tapped into the rich Guyana resources to sign world rated super bantamweight Leon “Hurry Up” Moore and unbeaten super middleweight Lennox “2 Sharpe” Allen, the reigning New York State champion. Guyana has produced many world champions starting with “Barbados” Joe Walcott around the end of the 19th …
Read More »Main Events Boxing: Judah Contracts Sent To Mabuza
Kathy Duva, CEO Main Events, confirmed, “Contracts have been emailed to Kaizer Mabuza’s promoter, Branco Milenkovic. The contract specifies the Judah – Mabuza IBF Jr. Welterweight title fight will be held March 5th.” According to the rules of the IBF purse bid that Main events won last week, Mabuza has …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: A Moment To Remember Those We Lost In 2010
Every year’s end is reserved for holiday celebrations that promote peace, good tidings, and tributes according to the religious belief’s one follows. The New Year that ensues shortly afterwards begins with reflections of the years past and hopes for better ones to arrive in the future. This time of year …
Read More »WBC News: World Boxing Cares Visits Charity In NYC
WBC World Boxing Cares Chairperson Jill Diamond wrote about the charitable organization’s most recent visit: On Saturday, December 18, WBC World Boxing Cares came out to support Carley Nieves, goddaughter of referee Benjy Esteves, for the Blood and Bone Marrow Drive at Christ the King High School in Queens, New …
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