© SE Evander Holyfield is convinced that neither size nor age will matter in Saturday´s showdown with WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev. The 46 year old challenger is determined to become the oldest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing when he takes on “The Russian Giant†in front of a sellout crowd of 12,500…
Cerveza Tecate presents the final edition of “Solo Boxeo Tecate†as the long-running series closes doors this Friday, December 19 with a last bout taking place at the National Western Complex Arena in Denver, CO. Through more than 400 exhilarating encounters, the action-packed boxing program has given numerous Hispanic and non-Hispanic fighters national exposure as…
© Yanisa Onesongchai The WBC Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) announced the 2008 ABCO awards winners at a conference held on Tuesday, December 16 at Asia Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
After a ten month layoff, two-time world champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, 21-1-1 (15), got the good news today from long time lawyer Bruce Zabarauskas of Crowell and Moring LLP, that the California State Athletic Commission ruled in his favor regarding his arbitration case against former promoter Goossen Tutor.
In a substantial shakeup on the South African promotional scene, IBF Super Featherweight Champion Cassius Baloyi has moved from the Golden Gloves stable to that of fierce rival firm, Branco Sports Promotions. This is just the latest defection from the Golden Gloves camp to that of BSP and the move gives promoter Branco Milenkovich a…
If you ask him, he would tell you he’d fight anyone that you put in front of him, and he wouldn’t be lying. Since first turning pro on February 13, 2003, the self-proclaimed greatest heavyweight in the world, Star Boxing’s Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson has been telling anyone who would listen he was destined to become…
Espinoza Boxing Club prospects Luis Ramos, Carlos Molina, Abraham Lopez and Ronny Rios all posted big wins this past weekend to stay undefeated, closing out a huge year for the young fighters. “Each one stepped up to the plate this past weekend and showed their mettle against tough and sometimes awkward fighters,†said manager Frank…
World ranked super middleweight Jesse Brinkley will travel to the nation’s capital, Washington, DC, this Saturday night, December 20, to battle James Johnson at the Burr Arena in a six round bout.. With the announcement of “Civil Warâ€, Brinkley’s crosstown grudge match against Joey Gilbert set for Saturday, February 14, at the Reno Events Center,…
World ranked super bantamweight Rendall Munroe continues his busy reign as European champion when he meets rugged Italian challenger Fabrizio Trotta on a big boxing show at City University’s The Helix in Dublin, Ireland tomorrow, Thursday, December 18. Supporting the main event is a the much anticipated debut of Olympic Bronze Medallist Darren Sutherland at…
Wilfried Sauerland’s Sauerland Event and its Managing Director, Christian Meyer, in association with Don King Productions, present a PPV broadcast , distributed by Integrated Sports, from Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, December 20, 2008. The main event features Nikolay “The Russian Giant†Valuev, 49-1 (34), the two-time and reigning WBA Heavyweight Champion from St….
At the boring world heavyweight championship bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Hasim Rahman this past Saturday, the only man who brought some excitement to the show was former undisputed world cruiserweight champion David Haye, who showed up in Mannheim, Germany, to call out both Klitschko brothers.
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has announced the signing of Phoenix, Arizona’s 24 year old light middleweight contender Jesus “El Martillo” Gonzalez, 24-1 (13). The Mexican- American southpaw, whose nickname translates into “The Hammer” in English, was one of the most decorated amateurs to ever come out of Arizona, and was widely considered to be America’s…