Reigning IBF Cruiserweight champion Steve “USS†Cunningham watched yesterday’s fight that saw Antonio Tarver score a ninth round stoppage over IBO champion Danny Green in Australia. “I would like to congratulate Tarver on going down there and winning the belt. It takes a lot to go to another man’s home country to win a championshipâ€,…
Antonio Tarver turned back the clock to deliver a vintage performance today at Sydney, Australia’s Entertainment Centre, ripping the IBO cruiserweight title away from Down Under boxing hero Danny Green. In front of thousands of Green’s hardcore fans, 42 year old southpaw Tarver tamed “The Green Machine” with a methodical, patient strategy that slowly but…
Jermaine “Too Sweet†White (17-4, 9 KOs) was scheduled to fight Demarcus “Chop Chop†Corley for the UBO Light Welterweight title last year, but the fight never came off as the promoter of the show decided to cancel the event last minute. Now, albeit not for the world title, White will finally get his shot…
Amir “Hardcore†Mansour vs. Dominick “The Southern Disaster†Guinn for the vacant IBF North American Heavyweight Championship, as well as the NABO Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, interim title on August 19 at Rollins Center in Dover Downs Casino in Dover, DE. Also on the bill, Edgar “El Chamaco†Santana, 25(16)-3(1) of New York, NY, will fight…
After a big weekend of cruiserweight boxing in Germany, the newly crowned IBF international and PABA cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan, who scored an impressive fifth round TKO victory over Lubos Suda on Friday, called out WBO world champion Marco Huck, who stopped Hugo Hernan Garay in the tenth on Saturday. “I want to fight for…
Gunning for his third consecutive knockout, Captain Boyd Melson will have extra motivation when he battles Zach Schumach Wednesday evening at the Oceana Theater in Brooklyn, NY. A West Point graduate, Melson, 4-0 (2 KO’s), will be backed by a group of boxers from the Army’s World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) that are competing in…
WBO flyweight ruler Julio Cesar Miranda went into the lion’s den of challenger Brian Viloria’s local Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii last night looking to make the fourth defense of his title. Hometown hero Viloria started quick out of the blocks, taking the fight to the visiting champion, who was stunned to find himself off…
WBA light flyweight king Roman “Chocolaito” Gonzalez kept his title last night with a scintillating performance at Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico. The undefeated 24 year old from Managua, Nicaragua had already defended the WBA minimumweight strap three times prior to capturing the light fly crown in March of this year and was facing…
Just steps away from where all the action will take place one month from now at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares took part in a spirited press conference Thursday at Muse Hall. The press conference was well attended by a group of Las Vegas ’…
Much more than his title belt will be on line Saturday night, July 16 when USBA Heavyweight Champion Maurice “Sugar Moe†Harris makes his first defense against Derric“The Shaolin Fist†Rossy at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Harris needs to erase the memories of his last fight in order to keep his roller coaster-like…
County Mayo’s Henry “The Western Warrior” Coyle returns home next month when he challenges for the WBF Light Middleweight title against Italy’s Elio Cotena at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday, August 12th. The Chicago based Geesala native will headline a bill which also features Dublin’s undefeated Patrick “The Punisher” Hyland and a host of…
IBF super middleweight king Lucian Bute made sure his homecoming tonight at Romexpo in Bucharest, Romania was a successful outing by ending the challenge of Jean Paul Mendy in explosive fashion. Bute started the first round probing fellow southpaw Mendy’s defenses with the jab and edged in closer with very little coming back from the…