Fight Previews
This week sees many important fights taking place across the world as the sport of boxing finally shakes off the holiday season doldrums. From Africa to North America to Europe to South America and beyond, this week will bring title bouts and other important action to many, many places. Come along for the ride as…
Main Event: Mick Pony Shaw Vs. Ranee Ganoy 8 x 3 minute rounds, lightweight contest. Alex Leapai Vs Vai Toevai, heavyweight contest 4X3. Kina Malpartida Vs Mirelle Walford 65 kilo catch weight contest 4X3. One other pro bout to be added to the card. This is the first of four Friday Night Fight Cards that…
Long-time WBO light flyweight champion Nelson Dieppa of Puerto Rico will make his latest defense of that title against Alex Sanchez on the 29th of this month at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum, Bayamon in Puerto Rico. Dieppa won the title in the year 2000 but has not defended it as many times as would have…
Australian middleweight star Sam “The King” Soliman will return to the ring in February in Melbourne, Australia against Miguel Julio. Soliman, who fought an incredible seven times last year has made several statements regarding his intent to challenge the top middleweight names including the likes of Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor. However, Hopkins has an…
Despite the Tsunami devastation that ravaged his country of Thailand, WBC flyweight champion of the world Pongsaklek Wonjongkam will make the latest defense of his almost four year reign as champion against Noriyuki Komatsu in Japan. Komatsu has only one defeat on his record against nineteen wins and an almost unheard of five drawn bouts….
A New Year yields fresh opportunities for the world’s greatest fighters to adjust their positioning in the mythical pound-for-pound stakes. Such honors are always subject to fierce debate throughout the boxing industry, but if the majority of fans and supposed experts were asked to set aside their personal preferences, I’m sure they would admit that…
WHO NEEDS PBS? ESPN2 will redefine the term “educational television†on Jan 21 when “Friday Night Fights Main Events Special Edition†features four boxers on its broadcast who have attended at least two years of college: Juan Diaz, Billy Irwin, Calvin Brock, and Clifford Etienne. Below is some educational information about the four fighters, and…
On January 28th Scott Harrison will defend his WBO featherweight title against a very dangerous opponent in the form of Victor Polo. It’s a fight that Scott wants in order to show the boxing fraternity and the American media that none of the other big names such as Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Manny Pacquiao,…
On February 12th at the Max Schmeling Halle in Germany, two heavyweight attractions have been added to a top night of action that already includes Rudy Markussen versus Vitali Tsypko and Danilo Haussler versus Mohammed Said. Giant Russian heavyweight Nicolai Valuev, standing over seven-feet tall and weighing over 300-pounds will face Attila Levin who is…
An intriguing heavyweight attraction will play the chief support role to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Henry Bruseles fight later this month in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, USA. Knockout artist and current heavyweight hopeful Samuel Peter will face Cuban heavyweight Yanqui Diaz (formerly Yamplier Azcuy) over twelve rounds. The last fighter to face Peter, Jeremy…
Each being thirty-five years of age and both having sensationally knocked out former light heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Tarver and Glencoffe Johnson share honors even going into the fight that is rightfully recognized as the universally recognized fight for light heavyweight supremacy. Credit must be afforded to both fighters for alleviating themselves of…
On the eve of their light heavyweight fight to be held atthe Staples Center in Los Angeles tomorrow night, Antonio Tarver and Glencoffe Johnson weighed in along with Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward who is making his debut on the card against Christopher Molina. David Telesco will fight former WBO light heavyweight champion Julio Gonzalez…