Newly crowned IBF World Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute, 21-0-0 (17), will defend his title for the first time in his home ring at the Montreal Bell Centre on Friday, February 29, 2008. The February 29 date will permit Lucian to make the first voluntary defense of his title as a recognized world champion.
Chicago favorite Andrzej Fonfara returns to the ring on Friday, November 16 as he faces Dave Saunders at Cicero Stadium in a six round junior middleweight bout, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.. The 20 year old Fonfara brings a record of 7-1 (2) into battle with Saunders. Most…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing announced today that newly ranked (WBA #14) heavyweight contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (16-0-1 6KO’s) of Asbury Park, NJ, will be in the big apple this week for a busy week in and out of the ring. Johnson is scheduled to shoot a photo spread for a high end glossy magazine and…
Cerveza Tecate, one of Mexico’s leading beer brands, continues to demonstrate its commitment to boxing by announcing its participation as a secondary sponsor of the Nov. 10 match between WBA World Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto and four-time World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley.
German daily paper “die Welt” writes that a Wladimir Klitschko vs. Sultan Ibragimov IBF/WBO unification bout is in the works for February 23 in New York. European junior lightweight champ Leva Kirakosyan defends the title against Sergey Gulyakevich on December 22 in Rome on a OPI 2000 promotion. In the co-features, European flyweight king Andrea…
On November 28, Danish super featherweight prospect Kim “Golden Boy†Poulsen will close out the year with his third appearance at the glamorous Café Royal in London, England, when he takes on an opponent to be announced over six rounds on a show promoted by the Mayfair Sporting Club and Mickey Helliet. This will be…
Former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing†Williams has vowed to capture the world cruiserweight championship, which is the primary reason why he’s fighting a young buck like unbeaten NABF cruiserweight Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey, headlining “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford,†on November 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
Former champion Reggie Johnson battles former champion Glen Johnson in the “Fight Night for Climate Change” Pay-per-View extravaganza on November 17, from the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana
WBC number one challenger David Haye has left true carnage in his wake on the climb to the top of the cruiserweight heap but the London slugger must now bring his vaunted power punching to bear upon the true world champion of the division, WBC and WBA Champion Jean-Marc Mormeck as the two clash this…
Carl Froch has invited Joe Calzaghe to be guest of honour at his British Super-Middleweight Title showdown against Robin Reid at the Nottingham Arena on Friday. Undefated Froch takes on former Calzaghe opponent Reid on a Hennessy Sports show with title partners GoldenPalace.net that will be televised live by Sky Sports. Froch is willing to…
Frank Maloney Promotions continues its meteoric rise with the announcement of a triple-header of title fights at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on 8 December, 2007. The top-flight card is headed by European light middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov, who makes the first defence of his title against hard man Jamie Moore.
Slowly but surely, fight by fight, unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) is breaking from the long shadow cast by his father/trainer, former two-time world champion and 2002 Trainer of the Year James “Buddy†McGirt, and establishing his own identity in the ring.