International Boxing Federation No. 1-ranked lightweight and mandatory challenger Nate “Galaxxy Warrior†Campbell is confident going into his match against undefeated unified lightweight world champion Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz on March 8 at Plaza de Torros in Cancun, Mexico. “I don’t want to sound conceited or overconfident but Juan Diaz is not a demigod,†Campbell…
After a dismal performance by Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov in last weekend’s unification match at Madison Square Garden, the boxing world is desperately searching for a new torchbearer among the heavyweights. Here in England, promoter Barry Hearn hoping to inject some excitement into the weight class with a knockout tournament at London’s York Hall…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presents yet another exciting night of boxing, March 6th at The Grand Ballroom at The Manhattan Center, and once again GoFightLive’s “World Fight Night” will be there to cover all the action!
By Per Ake Persson Cruiser Marco Huck returns to action April 12 in Neubrandenburg in a supporting bout to Sebastian Sylvester vs Javier Castillejo and Cristian Sanavia vs Karo Murat. Huck lost to IBF champ Steve Cunningham late December in a very tough fight but took only a few weeks off before getting back to…
Click for larger image © Jorge Garcia Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez participated in a public open media workout Monday as they continue to wind down preparations for their highly anticipated rubber match, “Final Confrontation†for the WBC/The Ring Magazine super bantamweight title this Saturday, March 1, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif….
On Saturday, March 1, Showtime subscribers will have access to a secondary audio program (SAP in Spanish, where available) for one of the most anticipated rubber matches in boxing history, Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez III. The fight, airing live on Showtime from The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA at 9 p.m. ET/PT delayed…
Dimitriy Kirilov defends his title vs. Cecelio Santos in Main Event in first defense of the IBF Junior Bantamweight championship at The Roseland Ballroom February 28. Promoters Cedric Kushner and Steve Bash announced today that tickets in the $50 price category are sold out for the Russians Are Coming fight extravaganza set for Thursday night…
One of Denmark’s most promising prospects, super featherweight Kim Poulsen (7-1), has been added to the April 4 card in Aarhus, Denmark, where former IBF world title-challenger Allan Vester and super middleweight Fawaz Nasir headline at the NRGI Arena. Team Vester, in cooperation with Risum Boxing, promotes.
With all eyes in the UK turning to boxing on the 7th and 8th of March, there is one man who doesn’t care about British boxing or tradition, or even British fight fans. The “Spanish Bull”, Kiko Martinez intends to put the horn into “The Matador”, Rendall Munroe at Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham…
By Andre Courtemanche It would appear on the surface that Houston super lightweight Daniel Garcia will be a huge underdog when takes on Puerto Rico’s Jesus Pabon (11-1, 8 KOs) at the Paragon Casino and Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, and live on ESPN2 this Friday, February 29. But Garcia (9-4-1, 7 KOs) has a motivational…
Before Israel Vazquez (42-4, 32 KOs) and Rafael Marquez (37-4, 33 KOs) renew boxing’s most exciting rivalry on Saturday night, fight fans get to catch young, promising, fighters on the under card of the most highly anticipated rubber match of the year. Some of the boxers boast ties to the well-regarded, prospect-based series, ShoBox: The…
Dmitri Sartison, 21-0, steps in for Jurgen Brahmer and fight Pablo Daniel Zamora Nieves tomorrow night in Halle an der Saale. As for why Brahmer pulled out, German media have been informed by Universum that it is because of illness in the family. The show still shapes up insterestingly with the European debut of Colombian…