Fight Previews
Jeff Lacy Vs. Omar Sheika for the IBF super middleweight title and Samuel Peter Vs. Jeremy Williams in a heavyweight attraction are the fights that will happen on Saturday, December 4th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, USA. The following is a transcript of the national conference call that was held…
Everything was falling into place for heavyweight contender Dominick ‘Southern Disaster’ Guinn; he was rising through the ratings and getting heavy exposure from HBO in beating the likes of Michael Grant and Duncan Dokiwari in excellent style. Then fellow heavyweight contender Monte Barrett came along and suddenly, the gravy train got derailed and Guinn and…
Reigning European heavyweight champion Luan Krasniqi is set to defend his championship against Timo Hoffmann on the fourth of December. Both fighters live and fight out of Germany and the fight will be held at the Estrel Convention Center, Berlin, Germany. Krasniqi, a former sparring partner of former undisputed world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis will…
“What goes up, must come down.†Or more specifically in boxing, what a fighter works his heart out to achieve, must be undone by the meddling of sanctioning organizations. Ronald “Winky’ Wright became the first undisputed light middleweight champion of the world when he beat “Sugar’ Shane Mosley in his last fight, a feat unachieved…
LAS VEGAS – Shane Mosley believes he just had an off night when ‘Winky’ Wright beat him in their first fight. He’s changed his diet, his trainer and his style to try to make up for it in the rematch. Wright says one thing won’t change – his hand will be held up after Saturday…
LAS VEGAS – A year ago, Shane Mosley was celebrating his second win over Oscar De La Hoya and making plans to replace him as one of boxing’s biggest stars. Things can change fast in boxing, though, and no one knows it better than Mosley. When he enters the ring Saturday night to fight Ronald…
The main event middleweight attraction tonight at the Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI, USA sees contenders Troy Rowland and Epifanio Mendoza go at it. Mendoza from Colombia has stunning knockouts of Rubin Williams and Tokunbo Olajide on his record and brings exciting power to the ring. Meanwhile, Rowland will enjoy home support in his native…
Former Olympian of the 2000 games in Sydney Clarence ‘untouchable’ Vinson will contest his third comeback fight since losing a split decision to Heriberto Ruiz, the one and only loss on his record. Vinson will fight Cesar Morales, a fighter with only one less fight on his professional ledger than Vinson himself. Their fight will…
TWO BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE BOUTS HIGHLIGHT “BOXEO DE ORO†ON NOVEMBER 18 LOS ANGELES, November 17 – Even though they check in at just 118-pounds each, bantamweights Jhonny Gonzalez and Gabriel Elizondo pack heavyweight excitement into each of their bouts. On Thursday, November 18, in the main event of HBO Latino’s hit series “Oscar De La…
Those of you possessing a decidedly sweet tooth are hoping that “Sugar’ Shane Mosley can abolish his own estrangement with success and defeat Ronald “Winky’ Wright this Saturday. Meanwhile, the rest of you, enamored with the “Wright’ stuff see this impending clash unraveling to the contrary conclusion. Predict the result as you will, but be…
James Hare has his back against the wall and needs to pull off a convincing win against young hotshot and British welterweight champion David Barnes tonight in order to get some much needed breathing room if he is to completely resuscitate his once high flying career. The former Commonwealth and WBF supremo plans on doing…
Matthew Hatton thought that he was going to be defending his British central area welterweight title against former foe Rob Burton tonight in Halifax, England. Things are not always what they seem however in the sports of kings. As evidenced by our own Ben Lynch’s stellar interview with Hatton yesterday, the title in contention is…