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,…
The world’s best 154-pound boxer, Winky Wright, who has never been knocked out, moves up to battle one of the best knockout artists ever in middleweight Felix “Tito” Trinidad at MGM Grand and on HBO Pay-Per-View Saturday, May 14. Each combatant can credibly argue being the hottest boxer in the sport today. Wright defeated the…
A federal judge sentenced a boxing promoter Tuesday to 37 months in prison for his role in a fight-fixing scheme that included an August 2000 bout at the Paris hotel-casino. Promoter Robert Mitchell, 42, of Irmo, S.C., and boxer Thomas Williams, 35, of Upper Marlboro, Md., were convicted by a federal jury in November on…
© johnquietmanruiz.com World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz promises to silence mandatory contender James “Lights Out†Toney in their impending title fight. Ruiz-Toney goes to purse bid February 28 in Miami and it has been mandated to be held within 90 days. “I’m the real undisputed heavyweight champion of the world†Ruiz…
Record-breaking Ryan Rhodes, the former British Light-Middleweight champion, is ready for a spectacular comeback and has returned to premier promoter Frank Warren to get him on track for a third World title shot. Rhodes started his professional career with Warren a decade ago as an 18-year-old hot shot trail-blazing his way through the domestic division…
Like the New York baseball teams, top notch DiBella Entertainment prospect Andre Berto has working hard in the warm confines of Florida, as he gets set for his Broadway Boxing bout against Vance Garvey (5-12-2) of the Bronx on Thursday night, February 24, at the Grand Ballroom in the Manhattan Center in New York City….
Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. has announced its promotion of “Homecoming,†headlined by WBC Youth middleweight “Bad†Chad Dawson, fighting in his hometown for the first time Friday night, April 1 at a site to be announced in New Haven, Connecticut. Dawson (16-0, 11 KOs, 1 NC), rated No. 15 by the World…
Former heavyweight boxer Jimmy Young, who beat George Foreman and fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s, has died. He was 56. Young died Sunday at Hahnemann University Hospital, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The Philadelphia Daily News reported that he died of heart disease after a six-day hospitalization. The…
David Barnes has withdrawn from his British Welterweight title defence against Bradley Pryce on March 4 at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes due to a bout of influenza. An explosive fight was anticipated as Barnes and Pryce engaged in a heated war of words that has now been put on hold. Even now, the…
It’s fight week in the Big Apple. Seven New York City products and a standout Olympian from Winter Haven, Forida, will be in action on 2005’s third installment of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by Mohegan Sun slated for this Thursday night, February 24 at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center on 34th Street…
Next Saturday former WBO light heavyweight world champion Dariusz Michalczewski returns to the ring on a big event promoted by Universum Box-Promotion: A championship triple header at the huge Color Line Arena of Hamburg. “This event has been a major subject for many months. We present three world title fights on the same evening and…
Pound for pound king Hopkins told Eastman’s promoter Mick Hennessy that his man deserved a second showdown following his outstanding effort. For the Londoner, it can’t come soon enough. “I would like to thank Bernard Hopkins for this opportunity,†Eastman said. “I hope he will give me another one. He doesn’t have to move up…