Rayne, Louisiana’s Mason Menard won the biggest victory of his career Friday night at the Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton, as he scored a fourth round technical knockout victory over battle tested Ghanaian Joseph Laryea to win the vacant UBO Lightweight title. On a show promoted by Boxncar Promotions in cooperation with Big Punch Promotions,…
Just seven days after Andre Ward and Carl Froch battle in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute will headline on Showtime Championship Boxing when he makes the ninth defense of his 168-pound title against ageless former world light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior’’ Johnson…
WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins and former Light Heavyweight World Champion Chad Dawson have officially announced their October 15 world title fight. Bernard Hopkins, WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion “When you get tired of making history or tired of competing, you will get exposed. In basketball you can call time out. In football you…
It is hard to believe what WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins has achieved during his 23-year long professional career. He was the middleweight champion for ten years, notched a record 20 successful title defenses of that crown and at 46-years-old, has become the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a world…
While Henry Coyle will be bidding to keep the WBF Light Middleweight title belt in Mayo when he takes on Elio Cotena at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday, August 12th local bragging rights will also be fiercely contested on the undercard when Michael “The Storm” Sweeney and John “The Warrior” Waldron clash in an…
In the realm of boxing series, none sticks to its mission statement as closely as the popular ShoBox: The New Generation, which celebrates its 10th anniversary on Friday, July 15, at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from Texas Station Gambling Hall & Casino in Las Vegas. The Top Rank-promoted doubleheader will feature…
The International Boxing Organization has reached a verbal sanctioning agreement to fill its light heavyweight championship, which was declared vacant in May. IBO President Ed Levine said the organization “has been engaged in final negotiations with a qualified and highly-respected fighter†in the division and anticipates a deal being finalized soon.
The IBO light heavyweight championship – long the symbol of the truly elite at 175 pounds – is vacant. Because of an inability to reach a sanctioning agreement with Bernard Hopkins prior to his May 21 fight with Jean Pascal at Bell Centre in Montreal, it was decided going in that a Pascal victory would…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In meeting Glen Johnson tonight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, Carl Froch continues his run of hard fights against top-level opposition. Froch’s last five fights were Against Jean Pascal, Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler and Arthur Abraham. It is refreshing to see a fighter face top-level…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch and former World Champion Glen “The Road Warrior†Johnson and their respective camps held their final press conference Wednesday at the Edison Ballroom in New York City to discuss their Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinal at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom…
© Jose Espinoza / Saddo Boxing A 46 year old fighter stepped into the ring on Saturday night and emerged a champion. It was a moment that very few in the city of Montreal will ever forget. Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins beat out a young, strong and skilled Jean Pascal to become the IBO and…
Just six months after escaping with a majority draw, WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal loses the rematch with Bernard Hopkins as the two fighters tangled last night at Montreal’s Bell Centre. Nearly 18,000 fans were on hand to witness 46 year old Hopkins eclipse George Foreman’s record of becoming the oldest boxer to ever…