George Godfrey was born on this date, March 20, in 1853. He was a Black Canadian boxer. From the Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island(P.E.I.) neighborhood known as “The Bogâ€, he left P.E.I. in his youth and worked as a porter in Boston, Massachusetts. It was there that he started training to box at Professor Bailey’s Hub…
Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino in East Peoria, IL will hold a night of boxing on Saturday, April 7. The card starts off with six amateur fighters, who will enter the ring to show off their talents in three action-packed fights. Then, Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino will host five professional fights featuring Brooke Dierdorff of Chicago, IL facing…
In an era in which boxing’s glamour division is as captivating as doing one’s taxes, the public demand for an undisputed ruler of the division is at an all time high. It almost seems that the days of Lennox Lewis reducing ambitious men to horizontal paper weights are from a bygone period. The people need…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing St. Patrick’s Day weekend began with a great evening of entertainment at Madison Square Garden in New York City . I chose my word “entertainment†specifically because from beginning to end, Irish Ropes Promotions put on a night to remember. The sold out crowd of…
Three-time world champion Diego Corrales will move up two weight classes when he returns to SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, April 7, 2007, to take on world-ranked challenger Joshua Clottey. SHOWTIME will televise the 10-round welterweight bout at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). Gary Shaw Productions will promote the event from The…
British Lightweight champion Jon Thaxton is looking forward to bigger things after making the first defence of his domestic title and signing a long-term deal with promoter Mick Hennessy. Thaxton, 32, thrilled his home fans at the Norfolk Showground in Norwich by stopping Stoke challenger Scott Lawton in the seventh round on Friday in outstanding…
Reigning IBF super lightweight world champion Lovemore “Black Panther†Ndou is issuing the challenge and putting the boxing world on notice that he is ready to face Arturo “Thunder†Gatti. “I understand that HBO, Gatti’s promoter Main Events and his manager are meeting this week to decide on his next opponent,†he said. “The only…
Five-foot-11 1/2-inch Celestino “The Towering Inferno†Caballero successfully defended his World Boxing Association super bantamweight championship Friday, March 16, halting Ricardo Castillo by technical knockout in the ninth round of their main event on the nationally televised “Tribal Pride 2†card at the Hard Rock Resort & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
Troy Ross hopes beating John “Buster’ Keeton for the vacant Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title tonight will edge him closer to facing the division’s top fighters. Canadian Ross faces Sheffield’s British champion Keeton, (26-14), at the Montreal Casino on a Hennessy Sports Canada/GYM event, aiming to move his career on to the next level.
Cagey Marco Antonio Barrera vowed that his showdown with Juan Manuel Marquez would see him return to his former all-action slugging style but the Mexico City based WBC Super Featherweight Champion instead employed a boxing approach. But as the fight wore on, Barrera couldn’t maintain the advantage against his longtime rival and lost his world…
Former world title challenger Calvin Brock Wins On Undercard Multi occasioned world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield continued his improbable comeback last night with an impressive performance at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX. Standing in the way of “The Real Deal” was New York journeyman Vinny Maddalone who was disposed of before the…
Such was the intensity of last night’s WBC/WBA Cruiserweight title fight in France that the heated action didn’t quite stop after the bell had rung to officially close the twelve contentious rounds. Bell (26-2-1, 24 KOs), from Jamaica now fighting out of Atlanta, did not agree with the decision. “Mormeck is a monster in the…