Fight Previews
WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire makes an appearance tonight at Madison Square Garden as the power-punching Filipino meets the challenge of undefeated two-weight champion Omar Andres Narvaez in a battle of southpaws. Donaire, 26-1 (18), is coming off a career best victory, winning the WBC and WBO bantam crowns with a shocking first round KO…
This evening, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly, 22-0 with 11 KO’s, of Wales defends his title against Liverpool, England’s Tony Bellew. This fight has been coming around for some time now, after Cleverly was scheduled to challenge for the WBO title against reigning champion Jurgen Braehmer, who subsequently pulled out at very short notice….
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions The seemingly ageless Bernard Hopkins will engage in his 59th professional contest when he puts his WBC light heavyweight title on the line against Chad Dawson tonight at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 46 year old former world middleweight champion will be facing the significantly younger, 29…
The stage is set for part two of a fight that first took place in 2009 between Martin Rogan and Matt Skelton, in Birmingham, England, as the pair are scheduled to renew hostilities on 12 November. This time the venue is the King’s Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a marvellous boxing arena, which has seen…
IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham lost his title last night on points at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany when challenger Yoan Pablo Hernandez was declared unable to continue following a series of head clashes. The first round saw southpaw Hernandez come out aggressively and take the fight to Cunningham, who seemed to be getting a handle…
Former two-weight world champion Rafael Marquez is back in action this evening as the Mexican bomber challenges Japan’s WBC super bantam titlist Toshiaki Nishioka at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Last November, ex-WBC super bantam and IBF bantam champion Marquez followed up his legendary four fight series with Israel Vasquez by challenging WBO featherweight…
For his third consecutive IBF title fight, reigning champion Steve Cunningham will put his crown at risk in Germany as the American faces the challenge of Cuban southpaw Yoan Pablo Hernandez at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg on Saturday night. 35 year old Cunningham, 24-2 (12), is seeking to make the second defense of his second reign…
This evening, we will see the return of Floyd Mayweather Jr, who has been absent from the ring for 16 months. His last outing was a 12 round dissection of Sugar Shane Mosley, albeit after a shaky start. The opponent this time round is Vicious Victor Ortiz, 29-2-2 22 KO’s. Ortiz’s WBC Welterweight belt is…
Former light heavy and cruiserweight world champ Tomasz Adamek’s two year quest at heavyweight will finally reach it’s goal this evening as the Polish hero will challenge WBC kingpin Vitali Klitschko at Stadion Miejski in Wroclaw, Poland. Klitschko, 42-2 (39), has won all seven of his WBC title bouts since returning from a four year…
Two of the world’s top welterweights are in action this evening at Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, MS as IBF titlist Jan Zaveck puts his strap on the line against ex-WBC kingpin Andre Berto. 35 year old Zaveck of Slovenia won the vacant belt in December, 2009 with a surprising third round stoppage of Isaac…
The big mid-week action of August’s last days takes place Wednesday night at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan with the both the WBA bantam and super flyweight titles at risk in another installment of the Mexico vs. Japan rivalry of the lighter weight classes. Tokyo based WBA 118 pound king Koki Kameda, 25-1 (16), faces…
There is heavyweight action on tap tonight at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany as highly regarded former Olympic Gold medallist Alexander Povetkin gets his first shot at a world title, meeting Ruslan Chagaev for the vacant WBA heavyweight crown. A pro since 1997, 32 year old southpaw Chagaev, 27-1-1 (17), will hold the edge in experience…