Boxing Previews

After three epic WBC super bantam title fights that took place between March, 2007 and March, 2008, Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez will once again square off as the two meet this evening over 12 rounds at featherweight at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Since their dramatic trilogy, both …

© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos British icon Amir Khan makes his American debut this evening at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden as the former Olympic medallist defends his WBA super lightweight crown against hometown hero Paulie Malignaggi. Khan, 22-1 (16), is coming off a first round destruction of another …

Two big fights tonight south of the border as Humberto Soto puts his WBC lightweight crown at risk in Los Mochis and Cristobal Cruz puts his IBF feather strap up for grabs against Orlando Salido in Ciudad Obregon. One of the sport’s most underrated world champions, Soto, 51-7-2 (32), headlines …

The world’s former top flyweight goes up a division this evening at Argentina’s hallowed home of boxing, Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, as Omar Andres Narvaez battles for the vacant WBO super flyweight title against Everth Briceno. Narvaez, 31-0-2 (19), made 16 successful defenses of the WBO flyweight crown …

Tonight at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, CA, Sergiy Dzinziruk and Daniel Dawson clash for the WBO light middleweight title. Former European champ Dzinziruk, 36-0 (22), won the WBO strap in 2005 by shocking Daniel Santos and has since retained the belt on five occasions. All of Dzinziruk’s title …

Tonight, at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England, Frank Maloney promotes an all-action fight-card which will headline the British Flyweight Title clash between Shinny Bayaar and Ashley Sexton. Mongolian-born Bayaar won the Title by split decision when he defeated Stokes’ Chris Edwards last October. This will be Bayaar’s first defence …

The former top cruiserweight in the world, Jean Marc Mormeck, is back in action tonight as he steps through the ropes in Paris at Halle Georges Carpentier to meet former world title challenger Fres Oquendo at heavyweight. It’s the second time in boxing’s glamour division for Mormeck, 34-4 (22), who …

The first real superfight of 2010 takes place tonight in Las Vegas when ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley takes on ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in a 12 round bout at welterweight. At stake for Mayweather is not only his undefeated record but a possible mega-matchup with Manny Pacquiao down the line.For Mayweather, …

There’s boxing tonight at Weser Ems Halle in Oldenburg as WBO cruiserweight champ Marco Huck faces the challenge posed by America’s Brian Minto, who drops down from heavyweight. This could be a stiff test for Huck, 28-1 (21), a former European titlist who won the WBO strap against Victor Emiliano …

© Lawrence Lustig Tonight, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, former two-time WBO heavyweight champion and current WBC international cruiserweight champion Herbie Hide enters as the bookie’s favourite into Prizefighter: The Cruiserweights II. Hide is 48-4 with 43 of those wins coming inside the distance and 26 …

Tuesday sees a big fight card at Yubileiny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg featuring three title bouts. It will be a battle of big punchers at cruiserweight as prospect Alexander Kotlobay, 18-1-1 (12), goes for the vacant European crown against former WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli, 31-4 (24). This will be …

Nottingham’s Carl Froch has the opportunity to put himself firmly in the driving seat of the Super Six Tournament when he makes the third defence of his WBC Super Middleweight Championship against former WBA Champion Mikkel Kessler in Denmark tonight.With rivals Andre Direll, Athur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler having already …