Once more, Cuban phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa backed up all experts who see him as one of the up and coming superstars in boxing. At the “Star of the Desert†Arena at Terrible’s Casino Resort in Primm, Nevada, the 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist destroyed former world title contender Al Seeger in only 2:30 minutes in the…
This week’s ESPN2 “Wednesday Night Fights,” took place at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX. The card, which was promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, featured Delvin Rodriguez taking on hometown fan favorite Oscar Diaz for the USBA welterweight championship, a belt Rodriguez had once held, and as he stated prior to the fight,…
IBF Junior Bantamweight Champion Dimitri “The Baby†Kirilov, 29-3-1 (9), will defend his title against former IBF Flyweight Champion and knockout artist Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan, 29-1-1 (23), Saturday, August 2, live on Showtime Championship Boxing at 9 p.m. ET/PT and delayed on the West Coast.
ShoBox: The New Generation returns to New York City for the first time in four years with New Jersey’s own Pawel “Raging Bull†Wolak, 21-0 (14), as he puts his undefeated record on the line against ShoBox veteran Ishe “Sugar Shay†Smith, 19-3 (9), in a 10 round junior middleweight bout, Friday, Aug. 1, live…
A couple of hard hitters collide Friday evening, August 29, when Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, takes on Juliano Ramos, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the vacant NABA Welterweight title at the New Alhambra, in South Philadelphia. The Jones-Ramos 10 rounder will be televised live by Telefutura/Univision as part of a two-hour broadcast beginning at…
Only one weekend separates boxing fans from fight week for the year’s most eagerly anticipated event of the year! It’s time for “The Battle”, the four fight pay-per-view extravaganza, headlined by the collision of welterweight superpowers Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.
Question: Antonio, is this your biggest fight? Antonio Margarito: I want to thank Bob for giving me this opportunity against Cotto and it is the biggest fight of my career. I am preparing myself very well for this fight and cannot wait to get up into the ring. Sometimes you think things are not going…
Andy Lee and Willie Gibbs will weigh in for this Saturday’s Ladbrokes.com Fight Night today in Limerick prior to their final pre fight press conference. Also on hand will be all the undercard boxers including the unbeaten Paul McCloskey and English Champion Nigel Wright, who square off in the chief support bout at the University…
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oscar, his family, and all of Oscar’s fans and friends in San Antonio,” voiced Joe DeGuardia, CEO of Star Boxing. “This is very tragic, no one ever wants to see something like that. Oscar is a tremendous fighter and more importantly a tremendous person. It is hard to…
Undefeated WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto will host an open media workout in Caguas, Puerto Rico today, Friday, July 18. This will be Cotto’s final day working out in preparation for “The Battle!â€, the four-bout pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by Cotto’s world title defense in a thrilling matchup against two-time world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito.
Jill Diamond: How have you been preparing for the fight? Akondaye Fountain: This has been a long and hard training camp, with the dates changing back and forth I never broke training camp. I had great sparring with top female and male fighters, Valerie Mahfood being one of them, whom is fighting Christy Martin July…
Question: How do you see this title defense with Antonio Margarito on July 26? Miguel Cotto: This is just another fight for me. It’s a fight that Margarito wants to take my title – and that makes it big enough for me. Margarito is a great fighter. I have trained to win this fight and…