Jimmy Lange scored a 10-round unanimous decision over Jimmy “The Fighting School Teacher†Holmes last night at the Patriot Center, utilizing an effective jab especially in the middle-through-late rounds to help earn his 35th career victory. Lange, headlining his 12th show at the George Mason University venue, improved to 35-4-2, 24 KOs, while Holmes dropped…
Miguel Cotto solidified his hold on the WBA light middleweight title with a hard fought defense against former WBA and WBC welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight started with a bang as the first round sees both men skipping the feeling out process and trading bombs. The second sees…
The world’s top middleweight, Sergio “Maraville†Martinez, destroyed previously undefeated Sergiy “Razor†Dzinziruk en route to an impressive win by eighth-round technical knockout to capture the WBC Diamond Belt live on HBO World Championship Boxing at MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods. Martinez (47-2-2, 25 KOs) outclassed Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 KOs) from start to finish, using…
WBA featherweight monarch Johnathan Victor Barros survived a few tough moments to retain his title after 12 rounds against challenger Miguel Roman at Polideportivo Colonia in Junin, Argentina. In what was supposed to be a hometown coronation of Barros, who was making the first defense of his belt, the 27 year old from Mendoza was…
WBO super feather beltholder Ricky Burns held onto his title on Saturday night in a victory over challenger Joseph Laryea at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotsman Burns was making the second defense of the crown he won in impressive fashion from Rocky Martinez last Autumn. Laryea, coming into the contest with a 13-5 CV…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Friday night, at the Municipal Hall (‘Muni’) Colne, England, Steve Wood (VIP Promotions) hosted a fightcard which saw popular local boxer – Shayne ‘The Pain’ Singleton (aka ‘Singy’) win convincingly on points over Gavin Deacon of Northampton. It was a lively crowd at the ‘Muni’…
Nearly 10 years after losing his IBF light welter title against Kostya Tszyu, Zab Judah put on an impressive performance Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ to once again put the red and gold belt around his waist. The New York southpaw did well to keep his composure against aggressive brawler Kaiser…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Saturday night saw Saul Alvarez and Matthew Hatton step up to clash for the vacant WBC light middleweight title at Anaheim, CA’s Honda Center. Both are career welters, with Hatton being the reigning European champ at the weight, although Alvarez has recently been operating several pounds…
On Saturday night, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, was the first of two events to celebrate Steve Goodwin’s first year as a boxing promoter. Over the past year Steve has promoted some of the biggest and best events in the Capital for a long, long while. It was his intention to put on two…
An enthusiastic crowd packed Cordon Bleu Catering Hall in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York and they were treated to a night of entertaining boxing that was promoted by New Legend Boxing Promotions. In the main event, Juan Dominguez scored a third round stoppage over Gabriel Gomez in a battle of undefeated Featherweights that…
Two good fight cards last night in Mexico with Gilberto Keb Baas holding onto his WBC light fly belt in Merida while Julio Cesar Miranda did the same with his WBO fly strap in Queretaro. Keb Baas, making the first defense of the crown he won in shocking fashion over Omar Nino Romero in November…
The year’s most hotly anticipated clash at bantamweight turned out to be far less competitive than expected as the Philippine’s Nonito Donaire blew out Fernando Montiel to capture the Mexican’s WBC and WBO belts at Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas. Montiel started off cautiously and that proved to be a mistake as Donaire hit…