© 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…
Since 2004, the only man to beat former Flyweight World Champion Eric Morel is another former World Champion, Martin “El Gallito” Castillo. On Friday, April 1, at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, “Little Hands of Steel” gets his shot at revenge in a Puerto Rico vs. Mexico battle that headlines TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo…
WBC #2 featherweight Chonlatarn Or Piriyapinyo (37-0,21KOs) successfully kept his WBC Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) 126lb title when he defeated PBF champion TI Yamagata Aguelo (14-4-1,8KOs) on Friday at Nongpralae Park in Lablae, Utraradith, Thailand.
IBF, IBO, WBO and “The Ring†World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko has to cancel his title defense against British and Commonwealth Champion Dereck Chisora. The bout was supposed to take place on April 30 in the SAP Arena Mannheim, Germany. The reason is the not yet fully healed injury Klitschko suffered last December.
Yesterday’s media conference call featured Middleweight Champion, Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez in advance of his “Diamond Elite†clash with WBO Jr. Middleweight Champion, Sergiy “Razor†Dzinziruk on March 12 from the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, airing live on HBO World Championship Boxing.
Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ sees a clash between Zab Judah and Kaiser Mabuza for the vacant IBF light welter crown. For Judah, 40-6 (27), this bout is the culmination of his return to the 140 pound division, where he held the IBF belt from 2000-2001 and the WBO strap in…
By Per Ake Persson WBO super middle champ Robert Stieglitz defends the title April 9 in his adopted hometown of Magdeburg. An opponent is yet to be announced. The show is promoted by SES at the Boerdeland Hall with SAT 1 televising the main bouts live. Stieglitz is now trained by former stable and gymmate…
Today’s media conference call featured WBO Jr. Middleweight Champion, Sergiy “Razor†Dzinziurk in advance of his “Diamond Elite†clash with Middleweight Champion, Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez on March 12 from the MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods, airing live on HBO World Championship Boxing. Also on the call were Dzinizruk’s co-trainer, Buddy McGirt; his advisor, Harry Kazandjian;…
Former IBF super middleweight champion Alejandro “Naco†Berrio, the Colombian power puncher now living in New Jersey and fighting for Boxing 360, fought last Saturday night for the first time in North American since losing his title in 2007. Berrio (32-5, 29 KOs), who has won his last six fights, stopped 3-time world title challenger…
By Per Ake Persson Rimer Boxe is looking to have former WBA light heavy champ Gabriel Campillo in an interim title fight April 15 in Leganes. Spanish press writes that either Hungarian Zsolt Erdei or Ukrainian Vyacheslav Uzelkov could be the opponent. Campillo was first set to take on Erdei March 12 in the US…
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…
Lots of action south of the border tonight as world title bouts headline fight cards in Merida and Queretaro, with the WBC light fly and WBO flyweight crowns on the line. At Poliforum Zamna in Merida, the Cinderella story of local hero and WBC light flyweight king Gilberto Keb Baas, 34-20-4 (21), continues as the…