Howard Eastman’s historic showdown with undisputed world middleweight champion and pound for pound king Bernard Hopkins at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on February 19th is to be featured on both Setanta Sport and the BBC. “I am delighted to officially announce that the country will have a wide selection of media outlets through…
Kendall Holt snapped David Diaz’s head back a number of times before the referee stopped the fight at 2:26 in the eighth round in a junior welterweight tussle Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†In the junior welterweight co-feature from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., Oscar “El Matador†Diaz out-brawled Al “Speedy†Gonzales over…
The tickets for Fernando Vargas’s long-awaited return to the ring are selling quickly and sales for the event have now cleared the $200,000 mark. Vargas will fight Dutchman Raymond Joval in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 26. Joval has been in with some decent opposition but the fight with Vargas will represent his first step…
Northwest cruiserweight giant slayer, Gary Gomez (13-4-0, 5KOs) will face Rayco Saunders (14-3-1, 6KOs) in the 35th installment of the Battle at the Boat boxing series on a special Friday night edition, February 25th , at the Emerald Queen Casino. The first action-packed bout is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. Gomez dismantled two undefeated…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime Zab Judah weighed 146-pounds and Cory Spinks tipped scales at 147-pounds during Friday’s weigh-in in St. Louis. In the first true championship fight of the year, Spinks will defend his undisputed welterweight title against Judah in the Don King Productions-promoted main event Saturday on SHOWTIME Monte Barrett tipped the…
Zab Judah refers to his welterweight title rematch with Cory Spinks on Saturday night as the 13th round. That’s enough to rile the champion, who arose after a knockdown in the 12th and final round to win a unanimous decision and retain the undisputed title in the first bout in April. “The end? Why the…
One of the greatest boxers of all times MAX SCHMELING has just passed away in his hometown in Germany at the age of 99. A great loss for Boxing but also for human values in general. He won the vacant World Heavyweight Championship from Jack Sharkey on early 30’s, lossing it rightafter against the same…
CORY “THE NEXT GENERATION” SPINKS (34-2, 11 KOs). Momte Barrett, Zab Judah, Don King, Owen Beck and Cory Spinks pose at final press conferenceClick for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime “I really want to thank Don King and SHOWTIME for bringing this fight to St. Louis and, of course, for the great support I am getting…
Chicagoland fan favorites David Diaz and Al “SPEEDY” Gonzales head to the East Coast this week to battle in separate ten round junior welterweight showdowns televised live on Showtime’s Friday Night Boxing Series, SHOBOX “The New Generation” beginning at 10PM Chicago time. Undefeated and world ranked Diaz, 26-0 (14KO’s) will face off in the main…
German heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling, whose two fights against American Joe Louis set off a propaganda war between the Nazi regime and the United States on the eve of World War II, has died at age 99. The former world champion, one of Germany’s biggest sports idols, died Wednesday at his home in Hollenstedt, according…
While the Patriots and Eagles get ready for the Super Bowl on Sunday, two former college and NFL standout foes are readying for their own personal super brawl later in the month. On Friday, February 25 at the CSU Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, ex-Washington Red Skin All Pro wide receiver Michael Westbrook enters the…
CORY SPINKS (34-2, 11 KOs). Cory Spinks works the mitts during Wednesdays workout Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime “I trained hard, feel great and am ready to go. I wish the fight was today. I am planning to have fun in the ring. It is great to be back home. This is such a…