Ringside Boxing

Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Saturday night, at the Olympia in Liverpool, England, Steven Vaughan promoted a fightnight that headlined the vacant IBO Lightweight Title bout between Scott Lawton of Stoke and Derry Mathews of Liverpool. This was to be the second time that these …

Osumanu Adama of Ghana, now residing in Chicago, pitched a twelve round shutout in the main event last Friday at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois, winning every round over Angel ‘El Toro’ Hernandez to win the vacant IBO International Middleweight title. Adama, showing up at the weigh in the …

After spending several grueling months training under physical fitness guru John Schaeffer from the Winning Factor Sports Science Training Systems, located in Reading, Pennsylvania, heavyweight Carl Davis showed up in a cruiserweight body to battle for the vacant USBO Cruiserweight Championship at the UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, last Friday. Although …

Click the above Image for more Photos by Jane Warburton Saturday night, at the Hilton Hotel in Coventry, England, Les Allen Promotions hosted a Dinner Show which featured three contests. Kevin McCauley (Halesowen) v Sean McKervey (Coventry) 10 x 3 Welterweight Contest This was McCauley’s first defence of the Midlands …

Click the above Image for more Photos by Jane Warburton Friday night, at the Doncaster Dome, England , Carl Greaves promoted a Dinner Show including a full bill of eight contests culminating in the Midlands Area Lightweight Title clash between Amir Unsworth and Steve Saville. Amir Unsworth (Sleaford) v Steve …

In a major upset, Ayi Bruce of Accra, Ghana, fighting out of Albany, New York, won the vacant International Boxing Association Welterweight Championship with a majority decision over world ranked Shamone Alvarez, fighting in his hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The bout was the main event of an eight …

In the preliminary to the main event Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, hot welterweight prospect Raymond ‘Tito’ Serrano moved closer to world title contention status with an impressive fifth round knockout of Geoffery Spruiell. Since Serrano weighed 147.7 and Spruiell 148.5, …

Last Wednesday at B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill in New York City in a card promoted by DiBella Promotions, Gabriel ‘Tito’ Bracero pounded out an eight round unanimous decision over rough tough Hector Alatorre in a junior welterweight matchup. Bracero, now 13-0 (1), won every round, but the bout …

Click the above Image for more Photos by Jane Warburton Saturday night, at the atmospheric Olympia in Liverpool, England, Stephen Vaughan promoted a fight-card of five contests featuring local boxers. Billed as ‘Back with a Bang!’ – the fight-card headlined local man Michael ‘Rocky’ Fielding. Michael ‘Rocky’ Fielding (Liverpool) v …

Click the above Image for more Photos by Jane Warburton Friday night, at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, Hatton Promotions hosted an all-action fight-card which headlined ‘Magic’ Matthew Hatton’s second defence of the European Welterweight Title. Matthew Hatton (Manchester) v Roberto Belge (Switzerland) EBU (European) Welterweight Title Hatton looks sharp as …

Click the above Image for more Photos On Sunday, at the GH Carnall Leisure Centre in Urmston, Manchester, England, Steve Wood/VIP Promotions hosted an afternoon’s fight-card which headlined an English Light-Middleweight Title clash. Brian Rose (Blackpool) v Lee Noble ( Barnsley ) Vacant BBBofC English Light-Middleweight Title Brian ‘The Lion’ …

On Friday night at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon scored a fourth round stoppage over Alexis Mejias, who failed to get off his stool for the fifth round bell of the scheduled ten rounder. Witherspoon, now 28-2 (20), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had no trouble …