Amazon review At a fighting weight of little more than 11 stone [154 pounds], Paddy Monaghan was not immediately as intimidating as bare-knuckle boxers like Lenny McLean or Roy Shaw. But if anyone dared to underestimate Monaghan – as many foolish opponents did in the past – the full force of the hardest man in…
By Per Ake Persson WBA Cruiser Champ Firat Arslan takes on mandatory challenger Guillermo Jones from Panama on September 27 at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg. Supporting bouts will be announced later but this date has previously been mentioned for the WBC heavyweight eliminator between Vladimir Virchis and Juan Carlos Gomez, as well as…
Boxing returns to Aviator Sports at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, August 6 with ESPN2 will carrying the event on their Wednesday Night Fights series. “This is some fight card,” said promoter Sal Musumeci of Final Forum Boxing. “We have heavyweights, light welterweights, a little something for every fight fan!â€
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Dimitri Kirilov weighed in at 114.5 pounds and challenger Vic Darchinyan tipped the scales at 114 pounds during Friday’s weigh in at the Fife Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department in Fife, Washington. Andre Dirrell measured 168 pounds while Mike Paschall weighed in at 166.5…
World boxing champions Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and Carina “La Reina” Moreno join forces with Captain Richard Calderon and the San Jose Police Department for the 25th annual “National Night Out”, a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch.
Junior middleweight prospects Latif Mundy, of Philadelphia, PA, and Rudy Cisneros, of Chicago, IL, collide in an eight round fight on Friday evening, August 29 at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia. Topping the card is a 10 round contest for the vacant NABA Welterweight title between Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, against Juliano Ramos,…
Pawel Wolak weighed in at 153.25 pounds and Ishe Smith tipped the scales at 153.5 pounds during Thursday’s weight in at the New York City Athletic Commission Office in Manhattan, New York. Jorge Teron measured 135 pounds while Michael Lozada weighed in at 134.5 pounds.
Ghanaian Light Heavyweight contender Briamah Kamoko, 23-0, has joined Team Donadio, based in New York. Manager Rory Donadio has joined forces with Kamoko’s Ghanaian manager Yoofi Boham and hopes to bring more contenders over to join Kamoko later in the year.
Dino Duva’s cruiserweight champion Ola Afolabi, the NABO titlist, will make his long-awaited national television debut on Friday night, August 15, in an eight-round affair on ESPN2s Friday Night Fights from Ibiza Night Club in the nation’s capital, Washington, DC. The card will be presented by Duva Boxing and Major Boxing Promotions.
Newly crowned International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko was to have made his first title defense against mandatory challenger William Gonzalez on Saturday in Ponce, Puerto Rico, but the match will not take place due to Gonzalez’s inability to obtain his travel visa.
Former cruiserweight king David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has once again reiterated that he’ll be big enough and hit hard enough to shatter the jaw and reign of heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko – despite the Ukrainian’s concerns that the Bermondsey man needed to “grow a bit”.
Two of the most popular fighters from the The Contender reality television series, “The Pride of Providence†Peter Manfredo, Jr. and Donny “The Savage†McCrary, battle for the NABF Interim Super Middleweight title in the 12 round main event, headlining “August Annihilator†on Friday night, August 22 at Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode…