© Jeff Fusco – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions After 17 years the wait is over as sure-fire future Hall of Famers Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Roy “The Terminator” Jones Jr. collide in a long awaited rematch that will finally add the final chapter to their 17-year rivalry. The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II…
Three-time world champion and current IBF Junior Lightweight titlist, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, (25-1-1, 17 KO’s), is seeking prayer from the boxing community for his wife Casey, who is battling Leukemia. A bone marrow transplant procedure was required to keep her chances of living ongoing and every day is a battle for her life. “Right…
Dublin’s Anthony Fitzgerald is adamant that despite a late change of opponent he’ll still be wrapping the Irish Super Middleweight title belt around his waist on Saturday night. Fitzgerald will now face former Irish Champ Ciaran Healy in one of 4 Irish title fights on this Saturday’s Yanjing Fight Night at The National Stadium in…
Maltese boxing athletes, Haithem Lammous and Clint Grech have just started a two week training program in Wales. The visit was organized and sponsored by Mr. Nino Spiteri, the MBF Representative in Wales, whose family are from Ghajnsielem, Gozo. Mr. Spiteri who has been involved in boxing since his early teens has a vast amount…
Unbeaten Philadelphia phenom Danny “Swift” Garcia will begin 2010 with his toughest fight to date on Friday, February 26 when he squares off against British veteran Ashley Theophane in the 10-round junior welterweight co-main event of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
Jimmy Burchfield, president of Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc (CES), announced today that CES will promote three professional boxing cards at Foxwoods Resort Casino in 2010. The first show is scheduled for March 12 with the rematch between heavyweights Tony “TNT†Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs) and Mark “Oak Tree†Brown (15-2, 7 KOs) headlining “Brace…
February 13, 2010, the Las Vegas Hilton will be the site of a great night of boxing as Top Rank, Inc.promotes a great Pay Per View fight card featuring “The Filipino Flash†Nonito Donaire defending his Super-Flyweight title against Mexican banger, Gerson Guerrero. The under card bouts feature many proven veterans and up-and-coming prospects.
Ovill McKenzie will not be challenging Tony Bellew for the vacant Commonwealth light-heavyweight title next month, despite reports claiming that the fight is on. Instead, the Derby knockout artist who gets a British passport later this month is targeting winningthe Lonsdale belt later this year. McKenzie (18-9) proved he is of boxing’s most concussive punchers…
Veteran heavyweight Maurice “Sugar Moe†Harris, inactive for the previous 26 months, recently returned to the ring (Jan. 29) in Albuquerque, impressively winning a 6-round unanimous decision (60-54, 60-54, 58-56) against battle-tested Billy “The Kid†Zumbrun. The 33-year-old Harris (21-14-2, 10 KOs), winner of the “2002 Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament,†had fought only four times in…
World ranked flyweight contender Rayonta Whitfield will battle Sergio Espinoza for the NABO Flyweight Title on Saturday, February 27th at the Bell Auditorium, it was announced today by TKO Boxing Promotions. A press conference to announce the event was held this past Tuesday at Mayor Deke Copenhaver’s office in Augusta.
With one sudden, dramatic right hand, once-beaten Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez (28-1, 19 KOs) of Lynwood, Calif. broke open an entertaining, dead-even fight to brutally knock out former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop’’ Corley (36-13-1, 21 KOs) of Washington, D.C., at 1:48 of the fifth round Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New…
Colombian amateur Samuel Vargas will make his pro debut against Todd Furler tonight at the Montreal Casino in Quebec, Canada in a scheduled four round welterweight bout. Born in Bogota, Colombia, Vargas immigrated to Canada at age 16 in search of a better life. Arriving in Toronto, Vargas started boxing under the guidance of famed…