Boxing News

Bridgend Recreation Centre. W.B.U Cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli kicked off 2005 with a four round hammering of American fringe contender Rich LaMontagne. LaMontagne hit the deck twice in the opening session, the first appeared to be a delayed reaction from a left hook to the body, the second was more …

It will happen. Ronald “Winky” Wright will move up to the middleweight division to face former multi-weight world champion Felix “Tito” Trinidad in May of this year. Wright’s remonstrations about his truncated purse offer from promoter Don King was the main stumbling block in the fight not being announced sooner. …

Heavyweight Calvin Brock maintained his undefeated streak by knocking out former Mike Tyson opponent Clifford Etienne out in three rounds. The fight was the main undercard bout to the main event of Juan Diaz defending his WBA lightweight title versus Canadian Billy Irwin. Etienne found himself on the canvas three …

The precise details are unknown at this point, but what is known is that an official announcement from the concerned parties is expected very soon to confirm the Felix Trinidad-Ronald Wright fight later this year. Wright was originally offered the slot to be Trinidad’s second comeback opponent after a two-year …

Tonight on Friday Night Fights, Juan Diaz will headline the card that includes a heavyweight contest between unbeaten Calvin Brock and former Mike Tyson opponent Cliff “Black Rhino” Etienne. Diaz will put his WBA lightweight title on the line against Canada’s Billy Irwin in the main event. The fighters weighed …

Former head of HBO boxing and current independent promoter Lou DiBella was scathing about his fighter Jose Navarro’s loss in a WBC title fight in Japan at the beginning of this month. Navarro lost a disputed decision to Japan’s Katsushige Kawashima, it was Navarro’s first loss. The decision was all …

“Guilty Fight Night” series color analyst Benny Ricardo will represent Guilty Productions at the 2005 NATPE Conference and Exhibition, January 25-27, at Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ricardo will sign autographs and pose for pictures at Guilty Productionsâ„¢ exhibit (Booth #1515 on floor) Wednesday, Jan. …

Puerto Rico’s WBO light welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will make the next defense of his title against the former holder of that same title, DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley. Cotto last appeared on the undercard of the Klitschko-Williams heavyweight title fight when he beat former world champion Randall Bailey in six …

Veteran boxing manager Jose “Manny” Rivera has joined NER Promotions as its Director of Latin American Operations, it was announced today. “My intention is to help NER Promotions facilitate the best boxing possible by bringing the top fighters from Latin America to New England and the rest of the United …

Christopher “The Mechanic” Smith will attempt to dismantle David Estrada in an International Boxing Federation (IBF) elimination bout for the No. 2 ranking Friday, Jan. 21, on the SHOWTIME boxing series, “ShoBox: The New Generation.” In the ten-round co-feature, unbeaten junior middleweight contender Sechew “Iron Horse” Powell will make his …

Typifying the quality match-ups that viewers of “ShoBox: The New Generation” have come to expect during the past three-and-one-half years, four talented prizefighters with a combined 77-3-1 record will square off on SHOWTIME Feb. 4 from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. In the main event, World Boxing Organization (WBO) …

Three significant professional signings occured in Montreal recently. Three very promising amateur stars signed professional contracts respectively for Quebec’s major promotional firms, Interbox and GYM (Group Yvon Michel). Former Interbox chief Yvon Michel began GYM, his own promotional outfit due to the financial difficulties that beset Interbox towards the end …