Johnny Nelson has been ruled out of his WBO World Cruiserweight title defence against Enzo Maccarinelli on March 4 after injuring his knee in training. The British rivals were poised to fight it out at the M.E.N Arena as chief support to Joe Calzaghe’s WBO/IBF World Super-Middleweight unification match up against Jeff Lacy. But Nelson…
Martin Power makes the second defence of his British bantamweight title when he takes on Darlington’s Isaac “Argy’ Ward at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on the 10^th March 2006. Power won the title by beating Dale Robinson and defended it successfully against Ian Napa on points is looking for a stoppage victory against…
Broadcast Brothers John and Derek Tabacco started covering local sports on Staten Island over a decade ago with one goal: develop a sports show for die hard sport aficionados that want to know everything there is to know about sports. The two Staten Island “paisans” not only accomplished their goal but went one step further…
Chicago brawler Luciano “El Mohicano” Perez, 12-3-1 (11KO?s) will face St. Louis native Steve Vincent, 8-4 (7KO?s), in an eight round welterweight bout in the co-main event of this Friday night?s Solo Boxeo event at Cicero Stadium, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, Home of the Best in Chicago…
Pressure was the key to victory as Miguel Espino (11-2-1, 4 KOs) worked his way to a 6 round unanimous decision over Dorian Beaupierre (12-5-2, 6 KOs) in Providence RI, on ESPN’s “The Contender.†The judge’s scorecards read 59-55, 58-56, 58-56. Espino wore his opponent down with hard body blows and nice combos to the…
It was fight night 52 at the Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Washington and the canvas was on fire with seven superb contests! In the main event, light middle Reggie Davis stamped his authority all over Honorito Garcia, posting a ten round unanimous decision. Davis, a smooth, relentless boxing technician literally picked his opponent apart….
Heavyweight Hasim “Rock†Rahman has completed his first week of training at the new ROC Boxing & Fat itness Center 524 Atlantic Ave. in Rochester, NY. Rahman’s camp is training daily at the ROC between 1:00 and 3:00 pm these are closed sessions no media and no spectators. Open training sessions are scheduled for Friday…
Despite no opponent being confirmed for Ricky Hatton’s American invasion, part of the plan was revealed at a packed press conference on Thursday aboard the WW2 era warship HMS Belfast. The thrust of the event was that Ricky Hatton had signed a three fight deal with Philadelphia based Banner Promotions and British outfit Fight Academy,…
Three Hennessy Sports fighters have landed British Title shots. Lenny Daws has been formally rewarded for his outstanding win over Colin Lynes in January with a showdown against Nigel Wright at light welterweight, whilst Lee Meager and Dave Stewart will meet for the lightweight version of the Championship. The British Boxing Board of Control announced…
USNBC cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (10-0, 4 KOS) is locked and loaded for his Sunday night (Feb. 12) showdown against veteran Ernest “M-16” Mateen (28-11-3, 10 KOs) in their six-round bout on “The Contender Special – East Coast Pride” at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence.
HBO Sports will present a thirty- minute special, “Countdown To Vargas – Mosley”, analyzing the upcoming HBO pay-per-view fight between Fernando Vargas and Shane Mosley, premiering this Saturday night, Feb. 11 (12:15 a.m. ET/PT) on the main HBO service. The special features fighter profiles, expert analysis and forecasts for the showdown in Las Vegas. “Countdown…
Fan favorite Ireland’s John Duddy (15-0, 13 KO’s) will be back in the Big Apple spotlight and looking to roll off his 16th consecutive win when the middleweight battles Shelby Pudwill (21-2-1, 9KO’s) for the WBC Intercontinental Americas Middleweight Championship in the main event at “Shamrock Express.” The bout headlines an Irish Boxing extravaganza on…