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Super feather Kevin Kelly, “The Flushing Flash”, rolled back the years Friday night on a shared Top Rank/8 Count promotion bill from Cicero Stadium near Chicago by knocking out seasoned veteran Juan Carlos “Ranchero” Ramirez in the second round. Kelly, 58-6-2 (39), a highly respected former WBC and WBU Featherweight Champion, wasted no time in…
It was the perfect day off in California; a pleasant afternoon at the beach, with Hawaiian barbecue, a few Coronas, beautiful women and harmonic melodies. In short, a celebration of life. Indeed, it was a celebration as the WBO celebrated the title winning effort of Daniel Ponce De Leon, 27-1 (25), and gave five local…
SHOWTIME On Demand is replaying two exciting SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts featuring unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (21-0, 17 KOs) and his WBO counterpart, undefeated Joe Calzaghe (40-0, 31 KOs). In perhaps the most highly anticipated unification showdown in years, the talented, outstanding 168-pound world champions will collide for the undisputed super middleweight…
Question – What do Nelson Mandela, The Tokyo Dome, A 42-1 longshot and the baddest man on the planet all have in common? Answer – They were all part of one of the most amazing weekends in world and sports history. On the weekend that Nelson Mandela was finally freed from incarceration after twenty seven…
By Keith McMenamin and Jeff Imbrogno Philly Fighters Win “War” Shuler Boxing was back at the First District Plaza in Philadelphia for a night dubbed the “War at the District” featuring local fighters against out of state competition. The war turned into a massacre for the Percy Custas stable as Simon “One Punch” Carr, Jamaal…
Three Hennessy Sports fighters have landed British Title shots. Lenny Daws has been formally rewarded for his outstanding win over Colin Lynes in January with a showdown against Nigel Wright at light welterweight, whilst Lee Meager and Dave Stewart will meet for the lightweight version of the Championship. The British Boxing Board of Control announced…
We all know what occurred on that faithful night at the Theater in Madison Square Garden. It’s nothing new to anyone anywhere. When you don’t focus on the matter at hand, you are bound to overlook something. In Zab’s case it was the hunger and determination of Carlos Baldomir. And so the story goes, he…
Sorting Out The Middleweights Post-Hopkins With Bernard Hopkins insisting that his long-awaited and now largely symbolic return match with Roy Jones Jnr is a done deal for June, the middleweight division that “The Executioner” dominated for so long will embark on the scramble for a new figurehead and a new era. The man who would…
Moments after the defining victory of his boxing career, a tenth round knockout of seemingly invincible Jean-Marc Mormeck at Madison Square Garden’s Theater on January 7th, O’Neil Bell was rightfully ecstatic. He had added the WBC, WBA, and Ring magazine title belts to the IBF championship he already held. After years of struggle, he had…
With two consecutive knockout wins at 140 pounds, former lightweight title challenger Juan Lazcano is proving to be an even more dangerous fighter at junior welterweight. On Friday, Feb. 24, “The Hispanic Causin’ Panic’ looks to make it three-in-a-row when he battles steel-chinned Ben “Wonder’ Tackie in the main event of Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo†telecast.
Finally The Two Best Big Men In The Country Go Head To Head In a fight postponed twice already, Danny Williams and Matt Skelton meet at the London Excel Arena on February 25th on yet another exciting Sports Network promotion. Danny currently is on a high. In December in a disappointing bout he disposed of…
With 32 days to go until Judgement Day at the M.E.N Arena, WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe is smokin’ ahead of his shoot-out against IBF champ Jeff Lacy on March 4. In a recent interview on a boxing website, a confident Lacy stated: “I’m going over there to knock Calzaghe out!†which in return…