In a thrilling turn of the tides lightweight dual title clash, Juan Manuel Marquez bested Michael Katsidis in a genuine Las Vegas war at MGM Grand. Marquez started off sharply punishing Katsidis with crisp counters until the Australian broke through the champion’s tight defense and floored Marquez hard in the third frame. Marquez beat the…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions Ahead of their WBA and WBO lightweight title clash tonight at Las Vegas’ famed MGM Grand casino, champion Juan Manuel Marquez and challenger Michael Katsidis, along with the undercard fighters, weighed in yesterday. WBA/WBC Lightweight Championship, 12 rounds Juan Manuel Marquez: 134 lb Michael Katsidis: 135 lb
Just two days after boxing fans celebrate Thanksgiving, the holiday feast continues on Saturday, November 27, as Golden Boy Promotions presents an All-Star lineup of fights that will lift the roof off the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Headlining this scheduled eight bout card is an HBO-televised tripleheader featuring the highly-anticipated slugfest…
There will be no rowdy celebrations or fancy feasts for Unified Lightweight World Champion Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and junior welterweight contender “Vicious” Victor Ortiz this Thanksgiving as they prepare for their respective pivotal bouts over the next few weeks, but fight fans can get their own party started on Friday, November 26, as a…
An Irish title fight comes to Connaught for the first time ever this Saturday when Mayo’s own John “The Warrior†Waldron defends his Irish title against Belfast’s Ciaran Healy on the undercard of the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar. Top of the bill on the RTÉ televised event is…
A former World Champion, an undefeated Cuban sensation and a trio of boxing’s most ferocious young punchers will take to the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Saturday, Nov. 27, in separate undercard bouts leading up to the highly-anticipated Lightweight World Championship main event between Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael…
Rafael Marquez’s recent resurgence was short circuited last night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas as the Mexican boxing icon was unable to come up yet another weight class and unseat WBO featherweight kingpin Juan Manuel Lopez. Having already reigned over the bantamweights for three years and winning two of four epic bouts over Israel…
Showtime Networks Inc. announced today that undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute, one of the most talented pound-for-pound and popular fighters of this era, has signed a multi-fight agreement with the premium television network. The announcement was made by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime Sports, and Jean Bedard, Bute’s…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Showtime will kick off a tremendous run of world championship boxing to close out 2010 this Saturday with two can’t miss fights, live at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the Showtime Championship Boxing main event, Puerto…
Puerto Rican superstar and WBO featherweight champ Juan Manuel Lopez and Mexican legend and future Hall of Famer Rafael Marquez participated in an open workout at Fortune Gym in Hollywood on Monday, just five days before their rivalry fight on Saturday, Nov. 6, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast,…
The Las Vegas Valley will begin reaching new record temperatures on Monday October 18th, 2010. This prediction comes as Jason “Friday the 13th†Douglas, Professional Fighter from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada arrives at the McCarran airport. Wednesday at the Press Conference (12 noon) he will meet Face to Face with his opponent from the Valley, Henry…
On October 15th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, current IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute, will fight mandatory contender Jesse Brinkley. For Brinkley, not only is it his shot to become champion, it’s also chance to make history in his home state. Yerington is a small farming town in Northwestern Nevada. A population of…