By Per Ake Persson The undercard to Garay vs. Brahmer in Rostock November 22 shapes up very interestingly: WBO Intercontinental light heavy champ Aleksyi Kuziemsky defends the title against Yuri Barashian from Ukraine. Barashian beat Thomas Ulrich in his last fight in Germany and then lost to Hugo Hernan Garay for the vacant WBA title.
Promoter Frank Maloney returns to Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England tonight, Friday, November 7, with an evening of competitive fights, featuring the best young talent fighting out of the UK today. British super flyweight champion Andy Bell, 11-3 (3), faces his toughest test to date in the form of ex-Commonwealth flyweight titlist Lee Haskins,…
The 46th annual WBC Convention in Chengdu, China officially declared that world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has to face mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez in his very next fight. Klitschko had requested to do a voluntary defense first but the Board of Governors chaired by President Dr. Jose Sulaiman decided in favour of no. 1…
With less than two weeks to go before the fight that could determine the entire direction of his boxing future, Jermain Taylor is both calm, cool, confident and anxious to get in the ring. Taylor has less than one week left in his Miami-based training camp before shifting to Nashville, Tennessee, site of his 12-round…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro IBF Cruiserweight Champion, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham will be taking some time out from training camp and preparations for his upcoming title defense to honor his fellow servicemen, past and present, by taking part in the annual New York City Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday, 11th November 2008.
The WIBA is proud to announce the following WIBA 2008 Annual Awards winners: WIBA 2008 Boxer of the Year: Jissele Salandy Honorable mention: Carlette Ewell, Gwendolyn O’Neil, Natascha Ragosina, Wang Ya Nan, Melissa Hernandez, Cheng Jing, Eileen Olszewski, Juhee Kim, Carina Moreno.
Challenger Raul “El Diamente” Marquez vowed once again at today’s press conference in Germany to shock the boxing world when he fights unbeaten International Boxing Federation middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham on Saturday at Jako Arena in Bamberg, Germany.
On Monday, November 17, Star Boxing’s Delvin Rodriguez, 23-2-1 (14), of Danbury, CT, looks to take one step closer to achieving every boxers ultimate goal of becoming a world champion, when he battles Isaac “Angel” Hlatshwayo, 28-1 (10), of Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa, at the Emperors Palace in South Africa in a twelve round welterweight…
By Per Ake Persson WBC light heavy champ Adrian Diaconu is sidelined with an injury and his defence against Italian veteran Silvio Branco that was scheduled for November 15 in Bucharest is cancelled. No word on a new date.
In just two days time, British super flyweight champion Andy Bell has vowed to turn up the heat on challenger Lee Haskins and turn the canvas at Robin Park Centre into a hot coal carpet when the two meet this Friday in Wigan, England. Bell put in a scorching performance to rip the Lonsdale belt…
Former European super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne has been hit with a change of opponent ahead of his headline appearance on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar on November 15. Dunne had been set to face Eduardo Garcia but the Mexican has been forced to pull out after suffering a…
Former world cruiserweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has signalled the importance of the upcoming weeks for British boxing and has warned that fight fans could either witness a glorious renaissance of the sport in this country or a dramatic collapse. Starting with Joe Calzaghe’s light-heavyweight super-fight with Roy Jones, Jr. on November 8, the…