© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Andre Dirrell turned the Super Six World Boxing Classic upside down and handed previously undefeated Arthur Abraham his first loss on an 11th-round disqualification Saturday in a fight at the Joe Louis Arena during a Free Preview Weekend on Showtime that ended in bedlam with family, friends, officials and…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell squared off after their official weigh-in yesterday at the MGM Grand in Detroit for their Group Stage 2 bout in the Super Six World Boxing Classic tonight live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, at the Joe Louis Arena….
This Saturday, March 27, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, “King†Arthur Abraham and Andre “The Matrix†Dirrell begin what will be an excellent series of Group Stage 2 bouts in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Showtime. The undefeated Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs), of Armenia, and the…
With only two days to go until the next Super Six WorldBoxing Classic fight, WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch is weighingup who is most likely to win and who he will be backing between former IBFmiddleweight title holder ‘King’ Arthur Abraham and Andre‘The Matrix’ Dirrell.
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Super Six World Boxing Classic standings leader Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell both took part in a media workout at Detroit’s famed Kronk Gym on Wednesday, just three days before they kick off Group Stage 2 of the Tournament on Saturday, March 27 at the…
Don King Productions and Sauerland Event have countered K2 Promotions latest offer to former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs) to face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) with a deal calling for a 60-40 percentage split. “They approached us with a $1 million offer for Valuev to…
Boxing promoter Don King believes the World Boxing Association must strip Ruslan Chagaev of any claim to its heavyweight championship after the Finnish Boxing Federation reviewed blood tests and refused to allow Chagaev to participate in Saturday’s match against WBA champion Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev in Helsinki. “Unfortunately for Ruslan Chagaev, he has suffered from…
By Per Ake Persson Mikkel Kessler regained the WBA Super Middle title with a 12th round stoppage of Dmitri Sartison. Sartison was totally exhausted when the Dane finally caught up with him and floored him with a barrage of punches. It was waved off right away and the German, who should have been retired by…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Germany’s Arthur Abraham made a spectacular American debut last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida as the IBF Middleweight Champion ruthlessly belted out arch-rival Edison Miranda in the fourth round during a non-title rematch at 166 pounds.
Showing no ill effects from his only career loss to date against Joe Calzaghe last November, super middleweight Mikkell Kessler turned in a good performance in front of a hometown crowd by stopping opponent Dimitri Sartison in the 12th and final round to annex the vacant WBA title last night at Bronby Hallen in Copenhagen,…
By Per Ake Persson Mikkel Kessler weighed in at a perfectly fit 76.1 kg/167.75 lb for tonight´s WBA title fight in Copenhagen against Dmitri Sartison, who came in at 75.9 kg/167.25 lb. Sartison looked smaller though, both in height and weight, as the two had a short staredown and then smiled for the cameras. The…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Unbeaten IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (left), who weighed 166 pounds, looks on as Edison Miranda, who weighed 165, flexes after Friday’s weigh-in at Hollywood, Fla. In tomorrow’s/Saturday’s main event on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) and…