DiBella Entertainment’s Leavander Johnson (34-4-2, 26 KO’s) is the new IBF Lightweight champion and has his sights set on Erik Morales (48-2-0, 34 KO’s), but Johnson feels that the Mexican standout is ducking him. Johnson’s last victory was an impressive seventh round knock out over Stefano Zoff to capture the vacant IBF title. Johnson once…
Moretti: There has been a lot of press recently regarding the Vitali Klitschko situation, saying he hasn’t fought reputable opponents in the past and that he’s ducking this guy and that guy. We have an agreement in principle with the Klitschko camp. There is nothing more that we relish than to fight Klitschko for the…
Hennessy Sports are pleased to announce that Howard Eastman’s Championship clash with German based Armenian Arthur Abraham at the Versicherung Arena in Nuremberg on Saturday night will be shown delayed in the early hours of Sunday morning on Sky. It will be featured in the marquee broadcast that commences at 1am and will also include…
The “Firebird” is now a husband. WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei has married his beautiful Austrian girlfriend Arabella this week in Hungary. Erdei recently canceled his title defense scheduled for July 2nd at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena because of a gastroenteric influenza at the morning of his fight. The Universum Box-Promotion event continued without…
Reports are that former light heavyweight title challenger Paul Briggs of Australia will receive another crack at a world title. Further to that, Briggs is buoyed by the fact that he will be trained for future contests by legendary Australian coach Johnny Lewis, the man that took former two-time light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu to…
Ahead of tonight’s clash for the IBF light middleweight title in Las Vegas, champion Kassim “The Dream” Ouma and challenger Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin scaled in at the official fight weigh in. Ouma topped the scale bang on the 154-pound weight limit while Karmazin came in half a pound lighter. Ouma has only one…
DaVarryl “Touch of Sleep” Williamson is used to turning his opponent’s lights out, but more often than not in recent years, it was his career that was taking a nap. No more though, as the hard-hitting Denver based heavyweight will receive a title chance against IBF champion Chris Byrd later this year. There were several…
Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter has received the news fresh from his seconds round destruction of Taurus “The Bull” Sykes that he will ve fighting yet another bull in his next fight. Only this time, he will be facing “The Bull of the Bosporus” Sinan Samil Sam. Samil Sam has won six straight fights since…
Vitali Klitschko is facing a lot of pressure throughout the boxing industry to defend his championship against Hasim Rahman. A back injury forced the postponement of Klitschko’s proposed defense against Rahman earlier this year, and now that Rahman has decided to engage in a fight with fellow top contender Monte Barrett, Klitschko is without an…
After a crushing defeat to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko last year, Londoner Danny Williams faces a stark choice after his clash with Matt Skelton this weekend; if Williams loses, he faces mounting pressure to retire. Williams’ promoter Frank Warren urged his man to retire after the loss to Klitschko as the fight itself saw…
Mexico’s WBO super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel will indeed be in action this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Montiel was set to defend his title against former world champion Eric Morel, but amid sexual assault accusations, Morel could not secure a license to fight in that state of Nevada. Therefore, the task…
It is possible that once-beaten former featherweight contender Zahir Raheem will be the opponent for Erik Morales’ return to boxing later this year. Morales has been inactive since his March win over Filipino star Manny Pacquiao and had spoken of a ove up in weight to the lightweight division where Jose Luis Castillo, Diego Corrales…