Fight Previews
At the Araneta Coliseum in Manilla, Phillipines, Manny Pacquiao hopes to impress an adoring hometown crowd when he puts his WBC International Super Featherweight title at risk against former longtime WBC 122 lbs Champion Oscar Larios. Larios, 53-4-1 (36), is the latest in a series of top Mexican fighters that Pacquiao has faced over the…
SHOWTIME will make television history when three sons of former world champions and a cousin of another are featured in a special edition of “ShoBox: The New Generation†Saturday, July 1, 2006 (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) from the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan. The outstanding lineup on a DiBella…
Tonight in Hollywood, Florida, two junior welterweights will fight for the IBF title which was vacated by Ricky Hatton. As we all know the Jr welterweight division just a few short years ago was was loaded with talent, from Koysta Tszyu, Arturo Gatti, Floyd Mayweather, Miguel C! otto, and Ricky Hatton. Today Tszyu has one…
Tonight at York Hall in London, unbeaten bantamweight Martin Power looks to add to his title collection when he takes on South African visitor Tshifiwa Munyai for the vacant Commonwealth crown. Already the current British Champion, hometown hero Power, 19-0 (8), has moved through a tough trio of domestic competition over the last year, posting…
This Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, four fighters will put their unbeaten records on the line on the HBO series . Boxing After Dark. In the welterweight contest, much talked about prospect Joel Julio, 27-0 (24), will be matched against another prospect Carlos Quintana, 22-0 (18). What is intriguing about this match up is that…
The much anticipated season two of ESPN’s The Contender is set to begin on Tuesday, July 18th and the names of the combatants have finally been released. This season, 16 hopefuls in the Welterweight Division will square off in elimination style battle with the winner moving closer to the grand prize of $1,000,000. The season…
Tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York, undefeated light welter prospect Paulie Malignaggi will attempt an enormous step up in class when he challenges reigning WBO Champion Miguel Cotto. Cotto, 26-0 (22), has stopped his last six opponents and in the last five years only the very experienced operators Lovemore N’dou and John Brown…
An intriguing matchup takes place this coming Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City when Antonio Tarver takes on former World Middleweight king Bernard Hopkins at light heavyweight. No major title is on the line but none are needed for this for one. Hopkins, now 41, sees this as an opportunity to go out…
Big Brit on Duva Boxing’s Exciting Minto – Batchelder Card Tonight In Atlantic City! Surprisingly, one of British professional boxing’s biggest disappointments, Audley Harrison, returns to the ring just two months after his lethargic showing in a loss against Dominic Guinn. The Las Vegas based London heavyweight, 19-2 (14), takes on journeyman Andrew Greeley, 11-12-2…
By Keith Chadwick Whilst the nation prepares to cheer on England in this weekends opening World Cup fixture against Paraguay, Stoke lightweight Scott Lawton, himself a huge football fan, has his eyes set on another prize. He travels to South Yorkshire on Friday night to take on local favourite Stefy Bull for the vacant English…
Heavyweight hopeful Owen Beck finally gets a world title shot after twenty seven contests but will have to pull off what has fast become a suicide mission; challenging the truly mammoth Nickolay Valuev in Germany. The towering, seven foot tall, three hundred and twenty pound Russian, 43-0 (31), has chewed up a fair amount of…
After Jose Luis Castillo’s unexpected weight watchers fiasco on the scales yesterday, one of Australian boxing leading hopes, Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan, will be thrust into the white hot spotlight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The Sydney man will place his IBF and IBO Flyweight belts at risk against little known…