Click for larger image © Jan Sanders / Showtime Boxing Undefeated Andre Ward, 18-0 (12), pitched a 12-round shutout over outclassed Henry Buchanan, 17-2 (12), to capture the vacant NABF and NABO Super Middleweight titles Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation.
Moving up to 112 lb, Carina “La Reina” Moreno showed superior skills while dominating opponent Sharon Gaines last night in a one-sided thrashing at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, CA. In the early rounds, Moreno went right at Gaines, finding a home for the overhand right from the opening bell. As the fight went down…
A talented, exciting fighter that fans need to keep a close eye on, undefeated, world-ranked Andre Ward of Oakland, CA., defends his NABO super middleweight title against once-beaten Henry “Sugar Poo’’ Buchanan of Chesterfield, SC. tonight on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Ward, the only…
WBC Cabofe heavyweight champion Manuel “El Toro” Quezada steps back in the ring this Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA. He faces Eric Boose, whom he beat back in April of 2006. This time around he will have a new trainer calling the shots, Joe Goossen.
Outside the ring, Andre Ward is one of the most pleasant, personable, thoughtful and unselfish young men you’ll ever meet. Inside, he is widely recognized as one of the most talented young fighters in the world, a “can’t miss†world champion in the eyes of many. Others take it a step further and refer to…
On Friday, February 6, Goossen Tutor Promotions will kick off its 2009 Tachi Palace pro boxing series with a nationally televised show featuring undefeated Andre “SOG†Ward the Oakland, California native whose gold medal victory in the 2004 Olympics in Athens is the last since David Reid in the 1996 Atlanta Games.
WBC Cabofe heavyweight champion, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, 25-4 (15), returns to the ring February 6, 2009 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA. In an eight round bout, Eric Boose, 14-3-1 (18), of Puyallup, WA will attempt to put an end to Quezada’s 15-fight winning streak.
There were a few good bills last night in the USA and we start off in Chicago where ex-WBC Light Heavyweight titlist Tomasz Adamek, 35-1 (24), stayed on track for an upcoming cruiserweight title challenge to IBF Champion Steve Cunningham by forcing a seventh round stoppage of Utah man Gary “The Pitbull” Gomez, 18-10-1 (7),…