Twenty-six-year-old Rolando Reyes of California headlined the ShoBox card held last night at the Chumash Casino in his home state with a crushing knockout of Courtney Burton in eight rounds. The win was Reyes’s fourth win on the bounce since losing to Miguel Angel Huerta last year. Burton, whose win over unorthodox journeyman Emanuel Augustus…
Bernard Hopkins’ appeal of his split decision loss of the undisputed world middleweight championship to Jermain Taylor last Saturday has been denied by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Hopkins had hoped to have himself reinstated as the middleweight champion on the basis of a fault in the adjudication of the fight that saw one judge score…
With 11,992 fans in attendance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas last Saturday night to watch the middleweight championship fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor, it is obvious that boxing is alive and well in the hearts of fight fans. But while an intriguing matchup between two great warriors is always an enticing…
“Bloodlines” Saturday July 23, 2005 has officially been cancelled! Promoters statement: Bad news for San Jose fight fans “Bloodlines” July 23, 2005 has been canceled, for the purpose of a fighter that got injured and we are unable to substitute the opponent. Coats BoxingPromotions, Del Rey Promotions And Primer Round Magazine apologizes to all the…
As if it wasn’t enough that Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo gave boxing its 2005 fight of the year, and perhaps even its fight of the decade so far, they will do it again on October 5 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. There is no doubt that the first fight…
Australian middleweight star Sam “The King” Soliman entered the ring tonight at the Palace Indian Gaming Center in California in search of an impressive performance. Soliman was in Las Vegas to see the man he was chasing for so long, Bernard Hopkins, lose the undisputed middleweight championships. Fernando Zuniga could not stop Sam Soliman from…
Foxwoods Resort Casino will play host to yet another knockout night of boxing, as ESPN 2’s “Friday Night Fights” returns Friday, August 5th at 8 PM. Fight fans will experience two of boxing’s most exciting heavyweight performers, as Hartford’s own “Lawrence Clay Bey” (18-4-0, 15 KOs) battles Derek “The One Man Riot” Bryant (21-3-0, 16…
Former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins is not waiting for the dust to settle on his loss to Jermain Taylor this past weekend. It has been revealed that Hopkins has contacted the Nevada State Athletic Commission to consider overturning the split decision verdict that meant the end of his championship reign. Hopkins also…
Scotland’s super featherweight sensation “Amazing” Alex Arthur returns to the ring this week at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland to capture the European championship from Russian champion Boris Sinitsin. The fight will mark Arthur’s fifth appearance since losing in dramatic fashion to Manchester’s Michael Gomez in an all-out war, and Arthur, under the tutelage…
Jose “The Punisher” Perez Jr. will fighta new opponent in his appearance on this weekend’s “Bloodlines” card headline by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The new fighter is Freddy Castro, Jose’s prior opponent backed out of the fight due to illness Jose’s comments: As for my opponent backing out at the last minute. It doesn’t bother…
Fresh off his stirring win over Bernard Hopkins on July 16, undisputed middleweight champion Jermain “Bad Intentions†Taylor will make the first stop of his post-fight victory tour as a special guest on ESPN’s hit series “Jim Rome is Burningâ€. Taylor’s appearance will air on Wednesday, July 20, at 4:40pm (ET) / 1:40pm (PT). The…
Roy Jones Jr.’s Square Ring and Goossen Tutor Promotions are pleased to congratulate Andre Ward, who was honored last weekend at the 2005 Victor Awards for his Gold Medal winning performance in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Ward, 4-0 (2 KOs) as a professional fighting in the middleweight division, received this prestigious award last Saturday…