Irish super bantamweight based in Las Vegas Wayne McCullough gets his second crack at WBC champion Oscar Larios this July. The first fight between the two happened this past February, and many observers felt that, in kind with McCullough’s defeat to Scotland’s Scott Harrison, that he had lost soundly to the Mexican champion Larios. However,…
Ahead of tonight’s European heavyweight title contest happening in Germany, the combatants, champion Luan Krasniqi and challenger Lance Whitaker went at each other at the weigh-in. Whitaker was having none of any niceties from Krasniqi and a pushing match ensued after which bad blood certainly seemed to exist between the two heavyweights. Whitaker weighed in…
“Contender” champion and current middleweight prospect Sergio Mora appeared as the special in-studio guest on friday night alongside Brian Kenny. Mora looked relaxed in his position on the Friday Night Fight’s program, explaining his feelings at being “The Contender” champion and winning the final prize of one million dollars. Mora, known as “The Latin Snake,”…
Fresh from his first round stoppage win over contender Andrew Golota, WBO heavyweight champion “Relentless” Lamon Brewster may be set to challenge current WBC titleholder Vitali Klitschko. The Ukrainian giant has fought only once since winning his championship, an eighth round stoppage of England’s Danny Williams. A minor back surgery interrupted Klitschko’s plans to fight…
Scottish heavyweight hopeful Ian Millarvie annihilated his latest opponent Sergey Voron on Friday night in one round. Headlining a Chris Gilmour promoted fight card held in Motherwell, Scotland. Millarvie wasted no time in sizing up his opponent for the kill. Belarussian Voron seemed able enough to give the home fighter a tough challenge until a…
In what should be the final “Adios” for former multi-weight world champion and Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, we present to you the weigh-in statistics as they were recorded one day prior to the main event. Chavez will meet former lightweight notable Ivan “Mighty” Robinson in a card featuring several exciting bouts being held…
Argentinean light heavyweight Jorge Castro returned to his native land witha win last night over former top-ranked light heavyweight contender Derrick Harmon. Body punches put paid to Harmon’s world title aspirations in the seventh round as he felt the full weight of the Argentine’s punches and could take no more. With the win, Castro remains…
2000 Olympian Jose Navarro returned to the ring on Friday night for the first time sine his controversal loss to champion Katsushige Kawashima for the WBC super flyweight championship. In what many observers noted was a clear win for Navarro, the young Mexican-American was nonetheless denied the victory and given his first professional defeat. While…
Two-time world jr. middleweight champion Fernando Vargas will battle WBC Jr. Middleweight Champion Javier Castillejo on August 20 at the AllState Arena in Chicago, IL, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. In the 12 round co-feature bout, undefeated WBC/IBF #1 ranked Featherweight contender Rocky Juarez vies for his first world title…
DiBella Entertainment has signed heavyweight contender Fres Oquendo to an exclusive promotional agreement, it was announced today by DBE president Lou DiBella. Oquendo is rated #9 in The Ring Magazine heavyweight rankings. A Chicago native of Puerto Rican heritage, he boasts a 24-3 career mark, including 15 victories by way of knockout. The “Big O”…
World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion “Relentless†Lamon Brewster has been tapped to be the Honorary Starter for the final practice session at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway tomorrow at 11 a.m. Brewster made quick work in defending his title last Saturday against Andrew “Powerful Pole†Golota at the United Center in Chicago after landing three left…
In every endeavor one labors towards, be it sports or business or just the game of life, success is the great equalizer. When the New York Yankees are winning one World Series after another, no one gets too worked up about issues behind the scenes. When a large corporation steadily increases shareholder value year after…