Dynamite Dean Phillips who has not boxed since an unsuccessful challenge for the Commonwealth lightweight title in November 2004 looks to get back up amongst the big hitters and shakers in the lightweight division when he meets unbeaten Southern Area champion Rob Jeffries at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Saturday 11’th February.
Sucker Punch is a British film unlike any other in that it is not a costume drama, not a rom-com with a token American star and most definitely not a gangster movie. No, Sucker Punch is quite simply a no-nonsense action comedy that delivers on both fronts. Here is a brief synopsis of this great…
The Energizer Boxing Bunny holds up the vacant New York State Heavyweight Title belt with Patchogue native Derric Rossy and Queens’ Gary Bell, who will vie for the crown on Feb. 10 at the Huntington Hilton. “They can’t touch it, it’s my belt right now,” Plainview fight promoter Sal Musumeci quips, then adds, “This thing…
Twinbill Will Be Replayed First Time On SHO Extreme On Monday, Feb. 6, At 11 PM ET/PT Click for larger image© Tom CasinoShowtime Boxing Styles do indeed make fights and — for 36 minutes — Rolando Reyes’s counter-punching style totally frustrated Jose Luis Castillo. At the finish, however, it was the former two-time World Boxing…
Colorado prospects Adrian and Anthony Mora continued their winning ways on Tuesday, January 31st at the Sherman Street Event Complex in Denver on a card to be televised by HDNet. Adrian (15-0-1) and Anthony (15-0) have started 2006 off with a bang, and are looking to make their mark on the jr. welterweight division in…
Germany’s undefeated super middleweight boxing star Jürgen Brähmer beat South Africa’s Andre Thysse tonight at Burgwächter-Castello in Düsseldorf by unanimous decision over twelve rounds and remained on the route that should lead him to a world title shot within a year. The official scores were 117:111 twice and 117:112. In front of the same crowd…
WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe has signed and numbered twelve tickets to his much awaited showdown with Jeff Lacy on March 4th at Manchester’s MEN Arena. These will be randomly sold to fans buying their tickets on www.joecalzaghe.com and the purchaser of the ticket bearing the number between one and twelve that corresponds to…
Bouts Will Be Replayed First Time On SHOWTIME TOO Saturday, Feb. 4, At Midnight ET/PT Sechew “Iron Horse†Powell celebrated a family gathering on the fight card and continued his rise to prominence in the junior middleweight division with a convincing, 10-round unanimous decision over veteran Robert “Push Up†Frazier Friday on “ShoBox: The New…
Three-time world champions “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather and Zab “Super” Judah will host a news conference luncheon in New York on Tuesday to announce their welterweight title rumble scheduled at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on April 8th. Hall of Fame promoters Bob Arum and Don King will also be on hand,…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing (Picture Left) Jose Luis Castillo (left) and Rolando Reyes each tipped scales at 138 pounds Friday for their 12-round fight Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). (Picture Right) Edner Cherry (left) weighed 131 1/2 pounds while defending NABF champion Jose…
Jürgen Brähmer, 26-0 (22), is one of the brightest stars and prospects of the Hamburg based Universum Box-Promotion. On the upcoming Universum event on Saturday he will defend his WBC international title belt against South African Andre Thysse. At today’s official weigh-in at Ginos Restaurant in the KöGalerie of Düsseldorf Brähmer weighed 75.8 kg and…
In a pair of excellent 12-rounders Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo faces Rolando Reyes in a 12-round lightweight bout and Jose Armando Santa Cruz defends his NABF 135-pound title against Edner Cherry. Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime Boxing JOSE…