Boxing News
The ongoing saga of WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe continues in 2005, but with more mystery than usual. Calzaghe is set to return to the ring on the 18th of next month and several venues are being reported, and no opponents have been declared as confirmed. It is unclear whether Calzaghe will fight in…
Australian Vic Darchinyan, the man who won his IBF flyweight title by stopping longtime champion Irene Pacheco will fight WBC light flyweight champion Jorge Arce in March. The fight will take place on the undercard of the huge Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao main event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA. Arce has beaten several…
British fighters Junior Witter and Carl Froch are aiming to be a part of the huge fight card taking place on February 19th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA. The two fighters are looking to join Eastman on the card who is also part of Mick Hennessy’s promotional stable in the UK. Eastman…
As previewed by our very own Richard Eberline yesterday, we bring you some of the international boxing results first mentioned in his, “This Week in Boxing,” article. Firstly, the French flyweight contest that took place in Ajaccio, Corse between French compatriots Bernard Inom and Alain Bonnel ended in Inom’s favor in the third round. A…
Pulling no punches, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will come out with both fists blazing on Feb. 5 when its first telecast of 2005 features a grudge rematch between World Boxing Association/World Boxing Council/International Boxing Federation (WBA/WBC/IBF) welterweight Champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks and former two-time world champion Zab “Super” Judah. In a sensational co-feature, two…
WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will headline the Feb 18 edition of ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights Main Events Special†from the Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Margarito will defend his crown against WBO #2 contender Sebastian Lujan in the twelve-round…
It looks as if famed boxing arena Madison Square Garden will be the host of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s latest defense of the title. Klitschko will return to the site of his demolition job against Kirk Johnson before his title win to face former champion Hasim Rahman. The site has particularly fond recent memories…
Click for larger image© Mike Cleary WBU welterweight champion Eamonn Magee will make a miraculous return to boxing this year after a terrible attack threatened to end his boxing career. The man who once caused a sensation in a British ring by decking Ricky Hatton in the first round of their fight suffered a diabolical…
TICK, TICK, TICK: Good news, boxing fans. The countdown to Spinks-Judah II on SHOWTIME is down to five. This Saturday on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on West Coast), World Boxing Association/World Boxing Council/International Boxing Federation (WBA/WBC/IBF) Welterweight Champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks and Zab “Super” Judah will collide again, this time…
With the dignity and class of a champion, this past weekend’s world title challenger to Arturo Gatti, Jesse James Leija will retire from boxing. Leija was knocked out in the fifth round of his challenge to Gatti for the WBC light welterweight title and it will be his last in professional boxing. Leija is now…
Two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo vs. IBF lightweight champion Julio The “Kidd’’ Diaz. Unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy vs. once-beaten IBU Intercontinental super middleweight champion Rubin “Mr. Hollywood’’ Williams. Saturday, March 5, 2005, At 10:30 PM ET/PT From Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. A pair of…
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