There were two excellent fights last night in the hotly anticipated bantamweight tournament from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington with the favored boxer in each bout coming up on the losing end. Yhonny Perez and Joseph Agbeko rematched their IBF title clash of October, 2009 in which Perez dethroned Agbeko and this time…
Tonight, the bantamweight division gets it’s own tournament at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington as Yhonny Perez rematches Joseph Agbeko and Vic Darchinyan squares off with Abner Mares. Perez, 20-0-1 (14), won the IBF title from Agbeko, 27-2 (22), when the pair initially fought a year ago as Colombian native Perez simply outboxed the…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The four outstanding, talented athletes who will compete in The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All live on Showtime, made weight on their first attempts Friday at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The promoters and fighters involved with The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – took center stage on Thursday in the final press conference to discuss the two Semifinal bouts set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 11, live on Showtime at 9…
The knockout streak lives on for Lateef “Power†Kayode, the Hollywood cruiserweight from Nigeria who registered a sixth-round knockout for the 14th consecutive fight on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime Friday night from Chumash Casino Resort. In the co-feature, former Cuban Olympian Luis “La Estrella†Franco remained undefeated moving his record to 8-0 (5…
Four of the world’s top bantamweights will battle it out in The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. The two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders will feature IBF world bantamweight champion Yohnny Perez (20-0-1, 14 KOs), two-division world champion Vic Darchinyan (35-2-1, 27…
Showtime Sports officially announced today that The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All-the two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders-will begin with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. Showtime will televise the fights live at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.