On Friday April 22nd, 2007 Amateur World Champion and 2008 US Olympian, Demetrius Andrade (12-0, 8KO’s) will look to take another step up the jr. middleweight ranks when he opens up that evening’s ESPN “Friday Night Fights” telecast against arguably his toughest opponent to date, once beaten, Omar Bell (8-1, 5KO’s) at Mohegan Sun, in…
After a spirited 60-minute media workout Monday at the Activity Center here, former IBF bantamweight champion Yonnhy Perez (20-1-1, 14 KOs), of Santa Fe Springs, proclaimed himself fit and ready for his important 12-round fight against two-division world champion Vic Darchinyan (35-3-1, 27 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, in The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All on…
WBC Welterweight Champion and undefeated star Andre Berto is experiencing one of his best training camps ever in preparation for his sixth title defense April 16 against WBC #5 rated challenger “Vicious†Victor Ortiz in the 12-round main event headlining the “East-West Showdown†card at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. “East-West…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will bring exciting live professional boxing back on a regular basis to the historic Paradise Theater starting on Thursday May 5th, entitled “Cinco De Mayo Fight Night”. “I’m thrilled to get the Punchin at the Paradise series up and running on a regular basis. There is nothing more enjoyable to me…
Former WBU Lightweight Champion Graham Earl has linked up with his former longtime coach Johnny Eames to present a night of professional boxing at Tattersalls Sales Rooms in Newmarket, Suffolk on Saturday 30th April. The special event, named ‘Return Of The Mac’, is headlined by Newmarket Light Middleweight prospect ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese, with support bouts…
A year ago, undefeated prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate†Quillin packed his bags and headed West, moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in what can only be described as a culture shock experience. Quillin, who was rated as high as No. 5 by the IBF before a series of unfortunate circumstances (broken hand, hairline fracture of…
© 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…
Super middleweight Robert Stieglitz retained the WBO title last night at Bordelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany after challenger Khoren Gevor was disqualified. The bout was a contentious affair from the beginning as short southpaw Gevor had difficulty getting close to Stieglitz, who responded to the challenger’s rushes by backing up to maintain distance. Gevor did manage…
Heavyweight Tony “TNT†Grano got back on the winning track tonight in the main event on “The Willie Pep Boxing Classic,†presented by Hard Hittin’ Promotions, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Grano improved his record to 18-2-1 (14 KOs) with a sixth round technical knockout of crafty veteran “Diamond†Dominique Alexander (20-11-1, 10…
© 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…
In a night that saw three undefeated prospects lose their perfect records on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime, Dyah Davis upset super middleweight prospect Marcus Johnson via unanimous decision by the scores of 98-91 twice and 96-93. In the co-feature bouts, New York’s Gabriel Bracero handed Danny O’Connor his first loss via unanimous decision…
Golden Boy Promotions stages “Action Heroes” tonight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. The principal boxers all weighed in yesterday. © Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions WBA Interim Super Welter Championship, 12 Rounds Erik Morales: 140 lb Marcos Maidana: 140 lb