Tag Archives: WBC

Two of the world’s top welterweights are in action this evening at Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, MS as IBF titlist Jan Zaveck puts his strap on the line against ex-WBC kingpin Andre Berto. 35 year old Zaveck of Slovenia won the vacant belt in December, 2009 with a surprising …

Rendall Munroe is in line for another world title shot inside the next 12 months. The Leicester southpaw will be back in action in at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday 24th September against a selected opponent. His non-title ten rounder will be the chief support when Hatton Promotions’ super-featherweight …

Urged on by a rabid hometown audience, it was an inspired performance from Japanese super flyweight Tomonobu Shimizu that produced a shocking upset of WBA champion Hugo Fidel Cazares last night at Tokyo’s Nihon Budokan. Shimizu, who had fought most of his career at flyweight, started the contest absolutely on …

As we near the September 17 mega-event “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” emanating from both the boxing capital of the world, Las Vegas, and the celebrity capital of the world, Los Angeles, the connection between the squared circle and the silver screen comes even more into focus. This fight card …

WBC Featherweight Champion Jhonny Gonzalez (49-7, 43 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico puts his title, and his pride on the line as he fights on his country’s Independence Day, Thursday, September 15 at the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas as he takes on the Tanzanian slugger, Rogers Mtagwa (27-14-2, …

When last seen on ShoBox: The New Generation, Vincent “Vinsanity” Arroyo scored an exciting upset majority decision over then-unbeaten welterweight prospect Willie Nelson. On Friday, Sept. 9 at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) live on Showtime, Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs), of South Bronx, N.Y., returns as the …

The big mid-week action of August’s last days takes place Wednesday night at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan with the both the WBA bantam and super flyweight titles at risk in another installment of the Mexico vs. Japan rivalry of the lighter weight classes. Tokyo based WBA 118 pound king …

Unbeaten sensation Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez, eyeing a world title fight in 2012, has successfully advanced from prospect to legitimate contender in the super middleweight division. Granted, the 26-year-old Dominican Republic native (19-0, 14 KOs) may not be ready right now for the likes of Lucian Bute, Andre Ward and …

Reigning WBC super flyweight champion Tomas Rojas was unseated last night by local man Suriyan Sor Rungvisai at Khunmuangsri Stadium in Muang, Thailand. Southpaw Rojas used his height advantage in the early rounds, keeping Rungvisai at a distance but the Bangkok based challenger patiently made the most of opportunities as …

Erik Morales Good afternoon to everyone. How is everybody? I’m very happy and very excited to be fighting September 17 for the WBC Super Lightweight title. And I’m very excited to be doing it against a very good, very dangerous, very strong fighter like Lucas Matthysse, and one thing’s for …

He is the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, he has the highest knockout percentage in heavyweight boxing history and he has a huge fight lined up on September 10 against Tomasz Adamek; but does anyone really care about Vitali Klitschko? The heavyweight division has been losing its staple as the most …

After catching a glimpse of David Diaz in person for the first time, “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy left Thursday’s weigh-in deathly afraid – not for his own well-being, but for that of his opponent. “He’s small!” Lundy said after weighing in at 134.6 pounds in advance of his NABF lightweight title …