Facing the toughest opponent of his short professional career, undefeated featherweight prospect and Cuban Olympian Luis Franco eked out a close split-decision victory over the extremely tough and powerful Leonilo Miranda in Friday’s main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez , Calif.
Craig Lyon will make the first defence of his English bantamweight title against Josh Wale later this month in a fascinating Lancashire-Yorkshire battle. They will clash on the undercard when Stephen Foster Jr’s defends his European super-featherweight title against Belgium’s Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Arena on Saturday 26th February.
Undefeated featherweight prospect and former Cuban Olympian Luis Franco and knockout artist Leonilo Miranda both weighed in at 126 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. Franco (8-0, 5 KOs) will square off with Miranda (26-2, 25 KOs) in his toughest test to date in the 10-round featherweight main…
Stephen Foster Jr is waking up every morning and forgetting that he will be defending his European super-featherweight championship later this month. The Salford boxer puts his title up for grabs against mandatory contender Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Friday February 26. Foster, 30, caused one of the upsets…
Unbeaten junior middleweight Denis “Da Mommas Boy†Douglin will look to take another step in the right direction when he battles cement fisted veteran Doel Carrasquillo Friday, February 18 at the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, MD.
Fox Deportes’ premiere boxing series, “Top Rank Live,†knocked-out the competition by delivering the highest boxing ratings in U.S. Latino sports-cable network history. With nearly 400,000 viewers, the network was first for the night in Prime and Late Fringe on Saturday, January 29th. The heavy-hitting two-hour broadcast featured a throw down between top contender Julio…
Ermano Fegatillo has revealed he took up boxing after his dad refused to pay for surgery to make his nose smaller. It was a good decision with Fegatillo now sniffing around Stephen Foster Jr’s European super-featherweight championship.
Golden Boy Promotions and Don Chargin Productions will be bringing a bit of East Coast flavor to the Sports Center in Fairfield, Calif. as unbeaten New Yorker Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin squares off against New Jersey’s Dennis Sharpe in the eight round super middleweight main event of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” on Friday, February 11….
Undefeated lightweight prospect Archie Ray Marquez suffered an injury during training and was forced to pull out of his scheduled bout against Marvin Quintero on this Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime. The scheduled main event and co-feature remain intact. The telecast begins at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The Marquez-Quintero…
Former IBF Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title challenger Toks Owoh is set to begin his second campaign for championship glory in earnest, albeit this time in the Cruiserweight division. His opponent, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Unleash The Fury’ event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 5th March 2011, will be former Southern…
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 century and beginning of the…
Some of the top prospects in boxing will be showcased March 12 on the hottest New England pro boxing show of the 21st century, “Diamond Elite,†live on HBO World Championship Boxing from MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. WBC Emeritus middleweight champion and 2010 Fighter of the Year Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez (46-2-2,…