Several hundred people joined sports stars in a church Tuesday to pay tribute to Max Schmeling, the German boxing great who died one month ago. Schmeling was buried in a small, private ceremony immediately after his death at 99 in his hometown of Hollenstedt, near Hamburg. Soccer greats Franz Beckenbauer and Uwe Seeler, one of…
On April 1st, cable giant SHOWTIME along with GoossenTutor Promotions, will once again find it’s way to Lemoore Ca. to broadcast their popular SHOBOX-The Next Generation show. Headlining the 10 bout event will be the undefeated NABF Featherweight Champion, Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero (14-0, 7 KO’s) as he defends his title against rugged Adrian Valdez…
Omar Soto of Mexico took a 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion Daniel Reyes of Colombia in their IBF mini-flyweight title elimination bout Friday. The win puts Soto in a title bout later this year against IBF champion Muhammad Rachman of Indonesia. The 25-year-old Soto (15-2-1 with 10 knockouts) won by scores of 118-110,…
George Khalid Jones (21-2-1, 13 KOs), Paterson, NJ W12UDEC (117-111, 116-114, 115-113) (Jones retains NABA light heavyweight championship). SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS – Rob Kucher (1-0), New York, NY WUDEC4 (40-36, 40-36, 40-36) Jose Sabino (1-1), Catlettsburg, KY. SUPER WELTERWEIGHTS – Favio Medina (6-1-1, 3 KOs), Tilton, NH WSDEC4 (38-36, 38-36, 37-38) Bobby McAndrews (2-4-1, 2 KOs),…
After three brave challenges for a world title, Clinton Woods hopes fourth time will be the charm when he takes on feared Detroit puncher Rico Hoye for the vacant IBF light-heavyweight title at the Magna Arena, Rotherham, in a bout fittingly called “Destiny,” the exciting encounter will be broadcast delayed on boxing broadband channel www.SecondsOut.tv…
So far this year we’ve seen the first of the big fights between a super champion and challenger ending in victory for the champion, in this case Bernard Hopkins decisioning Howard Eastman in Los Angels last weekend. I never watched the fight because I always felt it was going to be a one horse race….
Undefeated British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Matt Skelton has won all sixteen of his contests since turning pro in 2002 and the fearsome 250lb brawler looks forward to adding another trophy to his collection on Friday night as he meets Argentine strongman Fabio Moli for the vacant WBU crown. Moli has prepared for this difficult…
Legendary former light heavyweight champion Dariusz Michalczewski showed up highly motivated, agile and with excellent reflexes on Tuesday afternoon at a public workout in a big VW car market in Hamburg. While snow was falling outside in the cold city in the north of Germany, a large crowd of journalists, camera teams, photographers and fans…
Two-time world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was fined and ordered to perform community service but given no jail time on Wednesday in connection with a barroom fight. Mayweather entered a no-contest plea on Feb. 7 to a charge of misdemeanor assault and battery. Such a plea is not an admission of guilt but is…
Question: Julio, you have wanted to fight Jose Luis Castillo for a long time. You finally got a shot at a world title in your last fight, won it and then gave it up voluntarily so you could get this fight with Castillo. Tell us about that and how training is going? Diaz: This is…
Injured heavyweight Joe Mesi’s bid to lift his suspension is on hold for at least another month while Nevada boxing officials await additional medical records. Keith Kizer, Nevada’s chief deputy attorney general, said the boxer’s father and manager, Jack Mesi, agreed this week to submit the records regarding Joe Mesi’s brain injury. But Kizer said…
Jeff LacyClick for larger image© Tom Casino A pair of potentially explosive match-ups will be shown during SHOWTIME’s Free Preview Weekend when two-time time World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Jose Luis Castillo (51-6-1, 45 KOs) takes on former International Boxing Federation (IBF) titleholder Julio “The Kidd” Diaz (30-2, 22 KOs) and undefeated Jeff Lacy (18-0,…