James Toney takes a playful swipe at the heavy bag after arriving in Reno Monday for his important IBA heavyweight title defense against Dominick Guinn Saturday on SHOWTIME. In the co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9:15 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd defends against DaVarryl Williamson. Click for larger…
MARQUEZ AILING, TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST MABUZA POSTPONED UNTIL NOVEMBER 5 ON SHOWTIME NEW YORK (Sept. 26, 2005) – The International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title fight between champion Rafael Marquez and IBF No. 1 contender Silence Mabuza, originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, was postponed Monday when promoter Gary Shaw informed Showtime that Marquez was…
The IBF super middleweight title fight between undefeated defending champion Jeff Lacy (20-0, 16 KOs) and hard-hitting No. 7 contender Scott Pemberton (29-3-1, 24 KOs) on Saturday, Nov. 5 on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on west coast) will take place at Caesars Tahoe.
It is with great sadness that Jesus Chavez and the Golden Boy Promotions family speaks on the passing of a courageous colleague and friend, former world lightweight champion Leavander Johnson. “All of my prayers are with Leavander Johnson and his family in this difficult time,†said Chavez, who shared the ring with Johnson on September…
Hamburg – Lamon or Luan? Who will be world champion? The Klitschko killer or Krasniqi, the “Rottweiler’? Daredevil or stylist? Who will dictate, who will win?
David Walker weighs-in David Walker comfortably made the weight for his challenge to British light middleweight champion Jamie Moore on Friday night at the GH Carnall Leisure Centre in Manchester. “Kid Dynamite’ registered 10 stone 13lb 5 oz at the venue earlier this afternoon, whilst the champion came in bang on the 11 stone limit.
UNDEFEATED/UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION JERMAIN TAYLOR AND MIDDLEWEIGHT LEGEND BERNARD HOPKINS MEET IN A REMATCH SATURDAY, DEC. 3 AT MANDALAY BAY RESORT & CASINO IN LAS VEGAS
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING National Conference Call Transcript IBA Heavyweight Champion James ToneyJames Toney, Heavyweight Contender Dominick Guinn, IBF Bantamweight Champion Rafael Marquez IBF No. 1 Bantamweight Contender Silence Mabuza Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005
The war drums will be sounding as around 200 Londoners make the long trip up the M6 to the GH Carnall Leisure Centre in Manchester on Friday night to rally behind David Walker in his challenge to British light middleweight champion Jamie Moore.
Tuesday Night Fights, LLC presented their inaugural card in grand fashion from the Sherman Street Event Center in Denver, Colorado.
That’s the message loud & clear from the camp of IBF number one Middleweight Sam “King†Soliman. No trash talk from me said Soliman from Europe re Winy this week. Lets just get it on, it’s a natural match up. WBC & WBA # 1 against IBF # 1 with the winner fighting the winner…
By Kevin Taylor of BritishBoxing.net Just as negotiations were getting to critical stage, Michael Gomez has had long discussions with his manager, trainer and other advisers and has decided to stay at super-featherweight for the foreseeable future and try to get a rematch with Javier Osvaldo Alvarez, the man who stopped him in six rounds…