Flamboyant light welterweight Paul “Magic Man” Malignaggi returned to action for the first time since being sidelined by injury last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Malignaggi kept his undefeated record with an eight round decision win over unheralded Jeremy Yelton. The fight was a complete shutout in Malignaggi’s favor as all…
Also in action on the boxing card held last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita kept his unbeaten record with a ninth round technical knockout of Shawn Gallegos. Salita, trained by Oscar Suarez of Naseem Hamed and Acelino Freitas fame, is becoming a talked about fixture in…
Lou DiBella’s light middleweight hopeful Sechew Powell impressed the crowd at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York by knocking out former world champion Santiago Samaniego early on in the third round last night. Powell, otherwise known as “The Iron Horse,” stole the show when he last appeared in a boxing ring by getting from a first…
“CES’ Prime Time Fights” features three title fights tomorrow night (Friday, August 26), headlined by World Boxing Council USNBC super middleweight champion Joey “KO Kid” Spina’s (16-0, 11 KOs) first title defense against dangerous challenger Anwar Oshana (23-4, 13 KOs), at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence. Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc…
Seattle’s light middleweight prospect Walter Wright (8-1, 4 KO’s) will face the tenacious Billy Lyell (7-2, 2 KO’s) from Warren, Ohio Saturday night in Tacoma’s Emerald Queen Casino, I-5 showroom. “This fight will be sure to have you sitting on the edge of your seat.†said promoter, Brian Halquist, “Right now these fighters are neck-and-neck,…
In a lot of ways, IBF Cruiserweight Champion O’Neil Bell is old-fashioned. He lets his fists do the talking in the ring, he believes in class and sportsmanship, and unlike many today, he thinks that a World Champion should be just that – a champion of the world. “You see so many fighters today who…
Tropical Storm Katrina is bearing down on South Florida, but the storm might not be anything like the havoc created in the ring at Hard Rock Live arena tomorrow (Friday) night. The long awaited pay per view showdown between “Merciless” Ray Mercer (34-5-1,25 KO’s) and Shannon Briggs (42-4-1, 36 KO’s), which has been years in…
“Peter’s going to find out that this is not the place for him. Wladimir is not another class-C guy. He (Peter) was fighting the B-level boys, the Charles Shuffords and Jovo Pudars and he struggled with them. So then, they brought back the class-C level guys again for him to walk through. The perception of…
“Peter’s going to find out that this is not the place for him. Wladimir is not another class-C guy. He (Peter) was fighting the B-level boys, the Charles Shuffords and Jovo Pudars and he struggled with them. So then, they brought back the class-C level guys again for him to walk through. The perception of…
Due to a torn tricep muscle suffered in training, former world champion Mark “Too Sharp’ Johnson has been forced to withdraw from his September 1st bout with top bantamweight contender Jhonny Gonzalez. Stepping in for Johnson in the main event of HBO Latino’s “Boxeo De Oro’, will be hard-hitting Nicaraguan contender William Gonzalez, who brings…
A new and improved Juan “Golo” Gomez-Trinidad (23-4, 16 KOs) returns to the ring Saturday, September 17 at the Dana Barros Sports Complex in Mansfield, Massachusetts. “Mayhem in Mansfield” is promoted by New England Ringside Promotions in association with Irish Ropes and Cedric Kushner Productions. “The Trinidad name is so well respected everywhere in boxing,”…
After 16 years in the professional boxing game, it takes more than a little trash talk from his upcoming opponent, Shannon Briggs, to get “Merciless’ Ray Mercer riled up. “I’m too old for that type of stuff,†said Mercer (34-5-1, 25 KOs). “I do my talking in the ring with my fists, and I’ve got…