IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute produced the performance of his career at the exact right time last night at Pepsi Colisee in Quebec City, Canada, knocking out his most difficult opponent to date, Librado Andrade, in the fourth during a rematch. The pair originally met 13 months ago with …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade 2
IBF Super Middleweight title, 12 rounds Lucian Bute: 166.7 lb Librado Andrade: 166.8 lb Vacant IBF Lightweight title, 12 rounds Ali Funeka: 133.9 lb Joan Guzman: 134.4 lb
Read More »Golden Boy Boxing: Bute vs. Andrade Rematch Tonight In Quebec City
A few days after the United States celebrated Thanksgiving, Canadians will be celebrating one of the biggest sporting events ever to land in Quebec City with an evening of non-stop boxing action. Highlighted the HBO Boxing After Dark World Title Doubleheader is Lucian Bute defending his world super middleweight title …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Bute vs. Andrade 2
Can They Right Marlon’s Wrong? Thirteen months ago, Librado Andrade, 28-2 (21), made his second career bid at becoming a World Title holder when he faced off against IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian “Le Tombeur” Bute, 24-0 (19), in a 12 round action packed affair that had all those in …
Read More »Boxing In Canada: Pascal, Diaconu Make WBC 30 Day Weights For Title Rematch
A month removed from the eagerly anticipated rematch bout between WBC Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (24-1-0, 16KO) and former champion and #4 rated WBC contender Adrian Diaconu (26-1-0 15 KO), both boxers underwent the required WBC 30-day safety weigh-in yesterday. The weight limit for such requirement was set at …
Read More »Boxing Quotes: Juan Diaz vs. Paulie Malignaggi Rematch
After controversy, heated conversations and negotiations were settled, former three-time lightweight world champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and former junior welterweight world champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi met face-to-face yesterday to announce the December 12 rematch of their exciting August 22 bout. Diaz and Malignaggi will square off on neutral …
Read More »Golden Boy Boxing: Diaz vs. Malignaggi Rematch December 12
The fans demanded it and so did the fighters, so on Saturday, December 12, one of 2009’s most exciting fights gets an encore, as Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz meets up with Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi once again, this time on neutral territory at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in …
Read More »Moreno Looks For Rematch After Losing WBC Boxing Crown
Carina “La Reina” Moreno (21-2, 6 KO’s) suffered her second professional lost when she lost her WBC minimumweight belt to Anabel Ortiz (11-1) this past weekend in Toluco, MX. The fight went the full 10 rounds and scorecards read 96-94 twice and 97-93.
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Will Jones vs. Hopkins 2 Happen In 2010?
Boxing fans will have to wait a little longer for the Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. rematch. Originally, the light heavyweight fight was scheduled to take place early in the New Year. According to officials however, there is a clause in the contract that allows Jones to honour an …
Read More »KZ Boxing: WBA Sanctions Campillo vs. Shumenov Rematch
KZ Event Productions, Inc. and Sampson Boxing LLC are pleased to announce that the WBA has officially agreed to sanction the upcoming rematch between WBA Champion Gabriel Campillo and Beibut Shumenov as a bout for the WBA World Light Heavyweight Championship. The bout will be promoted by KZ and will …
Read More »Boxing Update: Campillo Agress To Rematch Shumenov After Dispute
Representatives of WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Gabriel Campillo and challenger Beibut Shumenov have announced that they have agreed to a rematch, thereby resolving all of their present disputes. The bout will likely take place in Nevada next January.
Read More »Gary Shaw Boxing: Dawson vs. Johnson II Tickets On Sale Sept 18
World Championship boxing returns to Hartford for the first time in 20 years as the long awaited rematch between undefeated two-time light heavyweight champion and Connecticut’s favorite son Chad Dawson and former world champion Glen Johnson is on. The world title rematch pits Dawson, the light heavyweight division’s kingpin, defending …
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