East London will become the focal point when top American and Australian boxing entourages arrive in the city at the end of the month. The visitors include top American fighter Zahir Raheem and Hussein Hussein from Australia. Their arrivals follow news that fight promoter Branco Milenkovic and the Eastern Cape government have clinched a deal…
© Seminole Warriors Boxing What had been an exciting night of boxing at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood Saturday night, featuring the super middleweight rematch between Arthur Abraham and Edison Miranda, as well as the middleweight title eliminator between Raul Marquez and Giovanni Lorenzo, was marred in the end by the cowardly actions of…
Lenny Daws believes he will deserve another crack at the British title if he beats experienced Frenchman Mihaita Mutu at the York Hall this Friday, June 27, 2008. The Hennessy Sports light welterweight is chief support on the same excitement packed bill as British super bantamweight champion Esham Pickering versus Matthew Marsh, which Sky Sports…
As their British Super Bantamweight title fight looms, reigning champion Esham Pickering and challenger Matthew Marsh will come together for the final time before hostilities commence when the rivals have their weigh-in on Thursday in London’s East End. Two-time British Champion Pickering, 33-6 (13), has also held the European and Commonwealth titles at super bantam…
WBC Super Featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao, boxingʼs No. 1 pound for pound fighter, and WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz, the pride of Chicago, will make their grand arrivals today followed by media workouts as they kickoff fight week in Las Vegas for their world title fight. Pacquiao, 46-3-2 (35), is riding a seven bout win…
By Per Ake Persson Mikkel Kessler regained the WBA Super Middle title with a 12th round stoppage of Dmitri Sartison. Sartison was totally exhausted when the Dane finally caught up with him and floored him with a barrage of punches. It was waved off right away and the German, who should have been retired by…
Two-time world champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, 22-1-1 (15), has vacated his IBF Featherweight title and moved up to junior lightweight. The decision came about as Guerrero, who stands at 5’8 ½, struggled to make weight in his last two championship bouts.
Argentina’s Damian Marchiano has been confirmed as Bernard Dunne’s next opponent when they clash at the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the National Stadium, Dublin on July 12. Their ten round contest will headline a seven fight card that features two Irish title bouts. Marchiano is coming off an unsuccessful challenge in South Africa for…
Yusaf Mack was once considered one of the hottest prospects in the sport and was being lined up as a potential opponent for Joe Calzaghe. Then Alejandro Berrio ripped Mack’s world apart, literally kissing his dream of a world title shot goodbye, when kissing him on the forehead before hurting, stopping and exposing Mack as…
By Mesuli Zifo The Eastern Cape government has moved swiftly to save a world boxing extravaganza featuring a top American fighter from being moved from East London. They’ve clinched the deal with fight promoter Branco Milenkovic to stage the event in East London on July 5.
Danish super middleweight Fawaz Nasir, 13-2 (8), is determined to give everything he has when he takes on IBF # 5 contender Robert Stieglitz, 31-2 (19), over eight rounds on July 11 in Cuxhaven, Germany. The 28-year-old boxer-puncher signed the contract on Saturday, and realises this is a magnificent chance to take over the Russian-German’s…
Newly-minted WBC super welterweight champion Sergio Mora attended Oscar De La Hoya’s recent book signing in Los Angeles. De La Hoya, a six-division world champion and currently the WBC’s No. 1 super welterweight contender, has authored the recently-released autobiography, “American Son”.