Boxing News
Professional boxing returns February 25 to the home of “Irish†Micky Ward for the first time in more than a decade when NABA light heavyweight champion George Khalid Jones headlines NER Promotions’ inaugural professional boxing show, “Championship Boxing Returns to Lowell,†February 25 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. In the last pro show…
The career dream of European heavyweight champion Luan Krasniqi is within reach. On April 16 the 33-year-old German is fighting the one year younger American Lance Whitaker in an official WBO heavyweight title eliminator. “That’s great news for me,” Krasniqi said, who last defended his European belt on 4th December 2004 with a draw against…
Undefeated Junior Middleweight Yuri Foreman Headlines 2005’s Third Installment of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by Mohegan Sun on Thursday February 24 at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center Undercard features a bevy of New York talent and a former Olympian on the rise. Unbeaten Brooklyn junior middleweight Yuri Foreman (16-0, 7 KO’s), junior welterweight…
The heavyweight clash between Ukrainian prospect Taras Bidenko and Rumanian powerhouse Konstantin Onofrei is now available as rebroadcast on www.boxing.de 24h/day for free. Bidenko, 14-1 (9), beat Onofrei, 19-2 (13), by technical knockout in round 7 at Sportzentrum in Saden, Austria, in December 2004. Beginning at 18:00 four fights of that event on December 14…
A pair of potentially explosive match-ups will be shown during SHOWTIME’s Free Preview Weekend when two-time time World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Jose Luis Castillo takes on former International Boxing Federation (IBF) titleholder Julio Diaz and undefeated Jeff Lacy risks his IBF super middleweight crown against once-beaten Rubin Williams on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday, March…
Rumors are circulating that former undisputed welterweight champion Cory Spinks will continue his career in the light middleweight division, despite the possibility of a third and deciding fight with Zab Judah for his old titles. The light middleweight division has proved to be a haven for welterweights in recent times who have come up against…
Olympic sensation and eighteen year old boxing wonderkid Amir Khan is making his transition into the senior amateaur boxing programme in the United Kingdom. Khan has also moved up in weight from the lightweight class, the weight in which he enjoyed his olympic success, to the light welterweight division. Khan has found some rough moments…
Unbeaten heavyweight “Baby†Joe Mesi and former world-class super middleweight/middleweight “Dangerous†Dana Rosenblatt are Thursday night’s (Feb. 10) special guests on the New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show live on WWZN 1510 The Zone in Boston. Mesi (29-0, 25 KOs) talks about his once mercurial career now on hold for nearly a year due to…
Mick “Pony” Shaw is ready to step it up a few notches should he be victorious over Ranee Ganoy this Friday night at the Broncos Leagues Club in their Pacific Lightweight Title bout. Shaw currently ranked among the top Lightweights in Australia realises each fight he takes from now on will need to be against…
Duva Boxing’s trio of young prospects – Kendall Holt, Oscar Diaz and Shaun George – all coming off impressive nationally televised victories in the past week, have established themselves as serious contenders on the fight scene. Holt and Diaz are of particular interest because they fight in the 140-pound division, the hottest category in boxing…
The WBA featherweight title fight between champion Chris John and challenger Derrick Gainer will finally happen in John’s own country of Indonesia in April of this year. Gainer was supposed to have fought John last year but his concerns over heat levels in the outdoor arena in Indoneisa during the fight scrapped the possibility. Now…
British Welterweight Champion David Barnes and challenger Bradley Pryce have come out slugging before their fight at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes on Friday 4 March. Mancunian Barnes, 27, makes the fourth defence of his title against the tough Welshman and both have opened a war of words that they aim to settle on…