Two-time Canadian Olympian Troy Ross has issued a challenge to the winner of tonight’s (Friday, June 10) featured fight on ShoBox between undefeated, highly-touted Lateef “Power†Kayode (16-0, 14 KOs) and former world title contender Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey (20-2, 14 KOs). Ross is the top-rated IBF contender at No. 3 (#1 and #2 are…
Jose Antonio Aguirre, a formidable former WBC strawweight world champion who made 10 successful defenses of the title, will challenge Mexican “Cinderella Man†Gilberto Keb Baas who, in the “Upset of the Year,†defeated WBC light flyweight world champion Omar Niño to capture the green and gold belt last November 6 in his hometown of…
After a brief period at home with his wife and children following his European title success, Willie ‘Big Bang’ Casey returns to camp this Monday in preparation for his World Title fight with Cuban sensation Guillermo ‘El Chacal’ Rigondeaux. For Casey, a break never really occurred with the Limerick southpaw aware that a World Title…
On March 19th 2011, Limerick’s own Cinderella-Man takes another leap into the unknown when he challenges Guillermo Rigondeaux for his WBA Super-Bantamweight title. Having defied all the odds to capture the European title, pummelling Paulie Hyland over four blistering rounds, Willie Casey embarks on a road less travelled by his fellow countrymen. Interestingly, Ireland takes…