In the biggest little fight since Vazquez-Marquez III, WBA and WBC super flyweight world champion Cristian Mijares, 35-3-2 (13), of Gomez Palacio, Mexico, faces IBF world champion Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan, 30-1-1 (24), of Sydney, Australia, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Golden Boy Promotions returns to HBO Plus on Saturday, November 1 for the second edition of “Next Boxing Generation”. On this edition of the breakout series, Former World Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon returns to fight in Mexico for the first time since 2003 as he takes on Argentina’s Damian Marchiano in a ten round…
Philadelphia’s only current boxing world champion, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, is to be presented with a “Briscoe†award for 2007 Fighter of the Year. The presentation of the award will be made at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, during a press conference to announce Cunningham’s upcoming title defense against Tomasz Adamek.
It is with much pleasure that InterBox reveals the entire undercard for what is shaping up to be one of the most significant and intriguing Main Event bouts in Montreal history. The City is vibrating in anticipation for friday’s IBF Super Middleweight title showdown at the Bell Centre featuring champion Lucian Bute vs. mandatory contender…
Mark Moran is just one fight away from a shot at British Super Bantamweight champion, Matthew Marsh. The popular scouser puts it all on the line when he risks his English crown against former British title holder Esham Pickering, 33-7, at Robin Hood Arena in Wigan, England on November 7.
Undefeated sensation “Ireland’s” John Duddy returns to action November 21 in his adopted New York City home, headlining “The Grande Event” against veteran Sam “The Punching Policeman” Hill, at famed Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan. Duddy, 25-0 (17), on his way from the middleweight to light middleweight division, is fighting at 158 pounds against Hill, 17-9-1…
On the morning of the biggest fight to hit Montreal in over 25 years, Showtime and McBooks Press join accredited media to a breakfast hosted by broadcaster Nick Charles, expert analyst Steve Farhood, as well as celebrated author George Kimball to compare and contrast this coming Friday night’s Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade fight with…
Light welterweight prospects, Don Juan Futrell, 21-3-2 (10), and Hector Alatorre, 15-5 (5), settle the score in a rematch at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemore CA, on October 23, 2008. On the line will be the vacant WBC USNBC light welterweight title, a title Futrell captured in their first meeting. Futrell won decisively with…
Click for larger image © Vedat Alyaz On November 18, 2008 Arena CEO Ahmet Öner will once more present world class boxing in Turkey. The bill referred to as “Battle at the Bosporus†at Istanbul’s Ahmet Cömert Spor Salonu will feature WBC international welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin, middleweight contender Mahir “Lion†Oral and Geman heavyweight…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro IBF Cruiserweight Champion, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, will be taking a little time out from training for his upcoming title defense against Tomasz Adamek on December 11 at the Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, to be one of the guest panelists at the U.S. Sports Film Festival which is being hosted…
NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato” Figueroa has signed a promotional contract with Roy Jones, Jr.’s Square Ring Promotions and the Bronx fighter has been added to the November 8 Jones-Calzaghe HBO PPV card at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Figueroa, 19-2 (13), has been in Las Vegas training for his November…
By Per Ake Persson It´s not officially announced by Universum, but in Hungary it´s a well publicized fact that WBO Light Heavy Champ Zsolt Erdei defends the title in Germany January 10, probably against Brit Champion Dean Francis and WBO Super Middle ruler Denis Inkin makes his first defence against Hungarian Karoly Balzsay.