Longtime world title contender finally gathered a world championship after several attempts tonight in Italy. Johnson, of Lou DiBella’s DiBella Entertainment group traveled to Milan in Italy to take on Stefano Zoff for the vacant IBF lightweight title as vacated by former champion Julio “Kidd” Diaz. The fight ended in the seventh round as Johnson…
After reviewing Fernando Vargas’ protest against the WBC, the ABC (Association of Boxing Commissioners) has announced today that they are in agreement with Vargas that the WBC was incorrect to “anoint†Ricardo Mayorga as the 154 lb mandatory challenger without forcing him to compete in an elimination bout. Fernando Vargas and former champion Javier Castillejo…
Kevin McBride, the most recent man to beat former undisputed heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson will hold a victory party to celebrate his win and he is extending an invitation to all to come and celebrate with him. “The Clones Colossus†sustained an early barrage by Tyson and was declared the victor after Tyson slumped…
Despite all of the talk concerning unified WBO/WBC lightweight champion Diego Corrales fighting a rematch with Jose Luis Castillo or engaging in battle with newly cronwed IBF light welterweight champion Rciky Hatton, it seems as though Brazilian superstar Acelino “Popo” Freitas might jump the queue ahead of everyone. Freitas, who has fought only once since…
There was more action happening across America last night, this time we bring you the result from Fort Worth, Texas as bantamweight contender Jhonny Gonzalez took a unanimous ten round decision over Adolfo Landeros in a near shutout. Gonzalez moves his record to twenty-nine wins with four losses and is gathering steam ahead of what…
Lightweight contender Ricky “Showtime” Quiles maintained his position as a top contender and earned the right to meet the winner of the upcoming IBF lightweight title fight by posting a unanimous decision win over former champion Javier Jauregui last night in Florida. As against Edner Cherry last time out, Quiles proved too much for his…
British and Commonwealth featherweight champion Nicky Cook kept his undefeated streak and hopes of a world title fight alive by knocking out opponent Dazzo Williams in two short rounds last night in England. Cook, who is unbeaten in twenty-five fights, came out strong and looked to end matters early, which he eventually did courtesy of…
Dino Duva: We are really excited about this July 2 event for a number of reasons. One, we are obviously thankful to SHOWTIME for giving us the support to put this great fight together. SHOWTIME was the initial supporter for Samuel Peter’s escalation to prime time television and we really are thankful to them to…
By Curtis McCormick Watch “Lightweight Bragging Rights” live along with a replay of Kevin McBride’s historic dismantling of Mike Tyson on Setanta Sports this Sunday, starting at 7:45pm in the UK and Ireland. Commonwealth Lightweight king Kevin “Bulldog” Bennett has embarked on a mission to tear the British Championship from Graham Earl’s grip and won’t…
The legendary Roberto Duran, who celebrated his 54th birthday on Thursday, was on a national conference call to promote the June 24th Team Freedom pay-per-view fight headlined by Yory Boy Campas vs. Matt Vanda. The fight will emanate from the Target Center in Minneapolis, and will also feature a celebration of the 25th anniversary of…
Three World Titles on Line at United Center on Aug. 13 WBC Interim Heavyweight Championship: Former World Heavyweight Champion Hasim “The Rock’ Rahman vs. No. 2-Ranked Contender Monte “Two Gunz’ Barrett. CHICAGOâ€â€Promoter Don King has scheduled another blockbuster card that will feature three world title fightsâ€â€and two additional heavyweight matches with world title implicationsâ€â€on Aug….
WBA light flyweight world champion Roberto “The Spider” Vasquez will make the first defense of his championship against an opponent to be determind in his native Panama on August 8. Vasquez knocked out Beibis Mendoza in ten rounds to capture the WBA title in April of this year. To date, Vasquez has only one loss,…