The world’s former top flyweight goes up a division this evening at Argentina’s hallowed home of boxing, Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, as Omar Andres Narvaez battles for the vacant WBO super flyweight title against Everth Briceno. Narvaez, 31-0-2 (19), made 16 successful defenses of the WBO flyweight crown from 2002 to 2009 before…
The first real superfight of 2010 takes place tonight in Las Vegas when ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley takes on ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in a 12 round bout at welterweight. At stake for Mayweather is not only his undefeated record but a possible mega-matchup with Manny Pacquiao down the line.For Mayweather, this is his second fight…
There’s boxing tonight at Weser Ems Halle in Oldenburg as WBO cruiserweight champ Marco Huck faces the challenge posed by America’s Brian Minto, who drops down from heavyweight. This could be a stiff test for Huck, 28-1 (21), a former European titlist who won the WBO strap against Victor Emiliano Ramirez last year and has…
© Lawrence Lustig Tonight, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, former two-time WBO heavyweight champion and current WBC international cruiserweight champion Herbie Hide enters as the bookie’s favourite into Prizefighter: The Cruiserweights II. Hide is 48-4 with 43 of those wins coming inside the distance and 26 of those stoppages not going…
Tuesday sees a big fight card at Yubileiny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg featuring three title bouts. It will be a battle of big punchers at cruiserweight as prospect Alexander Kotlobay, 18-1-1 (12), goes for the vacant European crown against former WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli, 31-4 (24). This will be a big step up for…
Former WBC light heavyweight and IBF cruiser champ Tomasz Adamek continues his heavyweight excursion tonight at the Citizen’s Bank Arena in Ontario, CA, where he’ll meet local hero Chris Arreola in defense of the IBF International crown. Adamek, 40-1 (27), will have the edge in experience this evening as the native Pole has previously fought…
Boxing fans, get ready for a treat as HBO boxing brings to you two great fights tonight. The main event will feature the bout between Kelly Pavlik and Sergio Martinez live from Atlantic City, but before that much anticipated fight takes place; HBO will be broadcasting live from Montreal the bout between Lucian Bute and…
This Friday evening sees a few good nights at the fights across the globe and we kick things off at Palais de Sports in Sainte-Quentin, France. Ex-European featherweight champ and world title challenger Cyril Thomas, 36-3-4 (10), headlines the event as the local man meets undefeated Justin Savi, 23-0 (15), of Benin. Savi previously held…
In a time when you might be forgiven for thinking you are in a timewarp, Evander Holyfield takes on South African Francois Botha for the lightly regarded WBF Heavyweight title this evening.Originally intended for Uganda in January, the fight now moves to the more familiar surroundings of Las Vegas. Holyfield, now 47, is a guaranteed…
Tonight at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, Andre Berto defends his WBC welterweight title against Carlos Quintana while WBA/IBF super bantam king Celestino Caballero moves up to featherweight to face Daud Cino Yordan for the Interim WBA crown. Berto, 25-0 (19), is making the fourth defense of the belt he won against Miguel Angel Rodriquez…
In a professional career that has had more letdowns than achievements, 2000 Olympic Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist Audley Harrison takes on Michael Sprott for the vacant European title tonight at Alexandra Palace in London, England.There’s unfinished business in this one for “A Force”. Seemingly back on the rise in his pro career, he faced Sprott…
Tonight at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV, Roy Jones Jr faces Bernard Hopkins at light heavyweight in a rematch that comes 17 years after their clash for the vacant IBF middleweight title. This bout comes at least seven years too late as Jones’ incredible reflexes left him following his WBA heavyweight title winning…