Former WBU Light Heavyweight Champion Tony ‘Oakey Kokey’ Oakey takes to the ring for the final time against British Masters Light Heavyweight Champion Michael Banbula, at the Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym and Bruce Baker co-promoted “Oakey’s Last Stand†event at Mountbatten Leisure Centre in Portsmouth, Hampshire on the 21st May 2010. During his colourful twelve…
Floyd Mayweather Jr: “If Manny Pacquaio wants to fight, it is not hard to find me. We were going to make the fight a couple of months back but it didn’t happen. I take my hat off to Mosley. He had problems in the past but he’s a warrior. He took the blood and urine…
Fireworks will come at the end of July this year when boxing superstars Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez takes on Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz in a rematch of their February 28, 2009 fight which was named 2009’s Fight of the Year by numerous boxing organizations and media outlets. Marquez vs. Diaz II, scheduled for Saturday, July…
Domestic rivals Jamie Power and John “The Warrior†Waldron have promised to limit their fighting to the boxing ring ahead of their Irish Light Heavyweight title clash on the Yanjing Fight Night at The University Sports Arena, Limerick on Saturday, May 15th. The bout is one of two Irish title fights on the card headlined…
Click for larger image © Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions In preparation for tonight’s big fight card featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr and Sugar Shane Mosley at MGM Casino in Las Vegas, NV, the boxers all weighed in yesterday. Welterweights, 12 rounds Shane Mosley: 147 lb Floyd Mayweather Jr: 146 lb
As participants in perhaps the greatest welterweight fight of the last 30 years, “Sugar” Ray Leonard and Thomas “Hitman” Hearns gave their opinions to the media concerning tonight’s “Sugar” Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. welterweight clash. Sugar Ray Leonard, Seven-Time World Champion On Mayweather vs. Mosley: “I see this fight as rather intriguing. I…
Integrated Sports Media, North America’s undisputed champion of major pay-per-view boxing distribution, announced today it will be involved in the airing of the May 29th “Fists Of Steel†event, featuring three-time and reigning WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist†Klitschko against European title-holder Albert “The Dragon†Sosnowski, live from Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Just shy of his twenty-first birthday, Mayweather Promotions rising star, Jesse Vargas (9-0, 4 KO’s) prepares to defend his undefeated record in a showdown with Arturo Morua (25-13-1, 14 KO’s) in a non-televised undercard bout on the highly anticipated Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? mega-fight night on Saturday at the MGM Grand in…
Six talented, promising super middleweights will be featured on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, tonight live on Showtime at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. In a battle of unbeaten, world-ranked 168-pounders in the 10-round main event, Marcus “Too Much†Johnson (18-0, 14 KOs), of Houston, Tex., takes…
Before their appearance on Saturday’s Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr fight card at MGM in Las Vegas, NV, the undercard boxers met the media. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: “I’m happy to be here and eager to get in the ring. I have a lot of respect for my opponent, but like everything, I come to…
Cuban sensations Mike “The Rebel’ Perez and Luis “The Lion†Garcia will finally make their ring returns in Limerick on May 15th on the Yanjing Fight Night. The event at the University Sports Arena is headlined by Andy Lee’s clash with former European Champ and Knockout artist Mamadou Thiam while reigning World and European Lightweight…
© Lawrence Lustig Welshman Wayne Brooks is confident he can stun the boxing world and defeat former WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide on Friday. The pair are two of the eight contenders in Barry Hearn’s latest one-night Prizefighter tournament – Cruiserweights II – at the York Hall in London’s East End.