Highly regarded Los Angeles prospects Deon Elam and Khabir Suleymanov will defend their home turf at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia on Thursday, April 22, as they take on Andre Hemphill and Benji Garcia, respectively, in featured six round bouts on the latest edition of the boxing’s hardest-hitting monthly series, “Fight Night Club”. In the main…
Check your almanac: On the night of September 16, 1981, time stopped for one hour while welterweight champions Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns traded punches in Las Vegas. That’s how big a fight it was. On May 1, welterweights Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley will clash in the biggest bout of 2010….
© Tony Brochner WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch finally arrived in Denmark on Wednesday afternoon to take on Danish national hero Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler in their eagerly-anticipated Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 2 meeting this Saturday on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT same-day coverage.
Boxing historian Bill O’Neill has seen a lot of great fighters come through Riverside and San Bernardino counties, an area known as the Inland Empire. But few have impressed him more than his favorite current fighter: Cristobal Arreola. “I love Chris and go over to Indian Willie Schunke’s gym every few weeks to watch him…
Seven of the MGM Mirage properties on The Strip will host closed circuit viewing of the upcoming mega-fight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley. The resorts include MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, Luxor and Circus Circus. The bout is set to take place on Saturday, May 1 at the…
On Saturday, April 24, the Super Six World Boxing Classic will return to Showtime with the Group Stage Two matchup between undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch of Nottingham, England and former WBA 168-pound champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler of Denmark for Froch’s WBC title. Froch, who enters this battle with two…
Former three-time world champion in two weight divisions, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, greeted media and fans today at his open workout which took place at the San Jose Boxing and Fitness gym. Guerrero battles Roberto Arreita on the return of Telefutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” boxing series scheduled for Friday April 30 at the Tropicana in…
Ahead of the heavyweight clash this Saturday at Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, CA, Tomasz Adamek and Chris Arreola spoke with members of the media. Cristobal Arreola: “I’ll fight anybody, anywhere but it’s great to be fighting at home. It’s always good to fight in your backyard because you don’t have to travel anywhere, you…
On Friday night, May 7th, boxing returns to the Arena in South Philadelphia as prized prospect, Danny “Swift†Garcia will risk his undefeated mark when he takes on tough Christopher Fernandez in a ten round Jr. Welterweight bout. The clash headlines a big night of boxing that will be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in…
Hard-hitting welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin arrived at training camp in Florida last week to prepare for his first world title fight. On June 5th “Mini-Tyson” will face former WBA champion Luis Collazo for the WBC Silver Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. For his preparation Aydin chose to work with Ismael Salas, trainer of WBA featherweight champion…
World and European Lightweight Champion Katie Taylor is the latest addition to a star studded supporting cast on the Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena, Limerick on Saturday, May 15th. The Bray woman is widely recognised as the World’s best female boxer and Limerick’s fight fans will get to see her in action…
Former WBO World champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop†Corley (36-13-1, 21 KOs) will fight 28-year-old Jermain “Too Sweet†White (17-4, 9 KOs) from Las Vegas for the vacant UBO World Light Welterweight title on May 29 at the D.C. Armory in Washington D.C. Titanium Promotions headed by Garcia Staley Sr. will promote the UBO doubleheader which…