Open Letter From Thaxton Asks For Official To Step Down Jon Thaxton British Lightweight Champion Commonwealth Hon. Sec . Mr Simon Block 2nd February 2008 Dear Mr Block Recent events have forced me to write this open letter to question your latest decisions made as the UK’s Commonwealth Hon Secretary. You need to take responsibility…
WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Israel Vazquez will make a special appearance at Santa Anita Park, the historic thoroughbred racing track in Arcadia , Calif. , this Saturday, Feb. 2. Vazquez, who battles Rafael Marquez for a third consecutive time on Saturday, March 1 at the Home Depot Center in Carson , Calif. , will present…
Alfonso S. Gomez (18-3-2) is speaking out about his upcoming fight against Miguel Cotto (31-0-0), saying that the 12-round battle for Cotto’s WBA Welterweight belt will give him the chance to achieve his life-long goal of a world title while silencing his critics once and for all. The April 12 HBO World Championship Boxing event…
Stoke’s boxing enigma, Gary Reid, will travel to Nottingham on 7th March to enter the ring against Derby’s Scott Haywood in a light-welterweight clash. Reid and Haywood will appear on the same bill as Jason Booth who defends his Commonwealth bantamweight title and Rendall Munroe as he attempts to secure the European super-bantamweight title. Sky…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing NOTE: WEIGHTS – Alfredo Angulo weighed 152 pounds and Ricardo Cortes tipped the scales at 153 pounds during Thursday’s weigh-in. Mickey Bey., Jr. and Roberto Acevedo, who will be fighting in the co-feature Friday night, will weigh-in tomorrow morning. The Mille Lacs Band Of Ojibwe Indians Department of Athletic…
It was standing room only at the Southside Boxing Club in Youngstown yesterday as undefeated middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs), and trainer Jack Loew hosted a media workout. Reporters and TV crews from all over Ohio descended on the only gym Pavlik has ever known to speak to its favorite son…
This Friday, February 1, sees comeback kid Tony Oakey put his career on the line once more when he steps up against English light heavyweight champion Peter Haymer, who came away the winner in a hotly disputed decision over the British Champ when the pair fought in June, 2005. Oakey is known for his guts,…
After a very successful trip overseas to Macau China, Sal Musumeci President and CEO of Final Forum Boxing is ready to take Heavyweight Champ, Derric Rossy to the next level. “Not many people know this,” said Musumeci,”Hasim Rahman was the original opponent for Macau. For whatever reason, the distance, the opponent whatever Rahman’s people didn’t…
In anticipation of the impending rubber match between super bantamweight world champions Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, Showtime will re-air both scintillating boxing matches between the offensive-minded sluggers in their entirety on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The instant classics—titled Marquez-Vazquez I & II—will also air on SHO2 on Friday, Feb. 1 at…
With less than a month to go to the heavyweight unification showdown on February 23rd between WBO Champion Sultan Ibragimov and IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York City, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch and tickets are rapidly being snatched up by fans eager to watch boxing history in the…
International Boxing Federation junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man†Malignaggi has started off the new year in grand fashion, appropriate for one befitting a young world champion with his flamboyant personality and crossover appeal. First, The Ring magazine selected Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) as its 2007 Comeback of the Year fighter, and then the…
Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) and his father/trainer, James “Buddy†McGirt (73-6-1, 48 KOs), former two-time world champion and 2002 Trainer of the Year, are on a special mission together. The McGirts, born and raised in Brentwood (NY) but now living and training in Vero Beach (FL), are trying to…