New England and EBA super middleweight champion “Irish†Joey McCreedy (11-4-2, 6 KOs), trained by “Irish†Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund, was having a problem finding a suitable opponent for his July 9th fight in the 8-round co-feature on “Let Freedom Ring†presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), at the Twin…
On Saturday, July 17th, two former heavyweight title challengers collide live on Pay-Per-View, when devastating knockout artist, David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s) takes on fellow hard-hitting contender, Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) in an exciting match-up of heavy handed bangers at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. The show, billed as, T-N-T at the…
It hardly gets any closer than this. At today’s purse bid for the European heavyweight championship between Alexander Dimitrenko and Denis Bakhtov in Rome, Arena outbid Universum by only 200 Euros. Arena’s offer of 157,000 Euro was slightly enough to make sure that Universum at 156,800 Euro cannot stage the fight as planned on their…
© Rafael Soto / Top Rank There was a standing room only media workout at the Jesse James Leija Champion Fit Gym in San Antonio, Texas with the principal boxers of “Latin Fury 15” meeting the press afterward.
It is hard to find much about David Tua the fighter that is not fan friendly. He has a legendary knockout punch as his stoppages of heavyweight title holders Hashim Rahman, John Ruiz, Oleg Maskaev and Michael Moorer still to this day cap many highlight reels. His personality outside the ring is very likable as…
Dinnington based middleweight Peter Fedorenko is heading south today to join the rest of the Prizefighter line up for the filming of the promo at Sky TV studios. “I still cant quite believe it to be honest,” said Fedorenko. “I got the call that I was being given this chance and couldnt turn it down….
Despite the media buildup to last night’s Andre Ward vs. Allan Green WBA super middle title clash at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA, the bout came off exactly as it appeared on paper beforehand; a fight between two very different class of fighters. Green had only once tested the waters at world level and had…
Just four months after Omar Nino Romero fought to a technical draw with WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol, the 34 year old from Guadalajara produced an upset last night in a bullring in San Juan Del Rio as the two fighters squared off in a rematch. Mayol took the lead early on as the…
Showtime’s much talked about Super Six Tournament goes front and center under the spotlight tonight at Oakland, CA’s Oracle Arena with hometown hero Andre Ward putting his WBA super middle title belt on the line for the very first time. 26 year odl Ward, 21-0 (13), is a newcomer to the world stage, having unseated…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing There was a full house at the Hilton Oakland Airport for Friday’s Super Six World Boxing Classic weigh in, just one day before hometown and tournament favorite Andre Ward defends his WBA belt against fellow American Allan Green on Saturday, June 19 live on Showtime at 10 p.m., ET/PT,…
As a hero to many who regularly fights before raucous, standing room only crowds, Mark “TNT†Tucker is accustomed to performing under the bright lights. So far so good. The 22 year old light heavyweight sensation has impressive victories over former title contenders Rubin Williams and Ross Thompson, while decisioning grizzled veteran George Armenta.
By Per Ake Persson Russian heavy Denis Bakhtov has accepted to step in as along with Aleksander Dimitrenko as co-challenger for the vacant European title. The EBU have set June 21 as deadline for purse bids or agreement and the fight must go ahead before July 31. Audley Harrison remains as mandatory challenger for the…