Two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (41-7-1, 28 KOs) has offered to replace injured Oleg Maskaev on October 6 against Samuel Peter (28-1, 22 KOs). “I’m calling out Peter,†Ruiz said, “or any of the other top heavyweights in the world. If Peter wants to step-up and prove himself against a 2–time world…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: World Boxing Council heavyweight world champion Oleg Maskaev, from Kazakhstan-Russia, suffered a multiple disc herniation injury which will cause him to be inactive for at least for the next three or four months, according to his lawyer, which would lead the heavyweight division to 14 months without activity. Consequently, his…
One of boxing’s most exciting young warriors, Edison Miranda has captured the hearts of the fight world since his United States debut in 2005. Now, on Tuesday, October 30th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, “Pantera’ begins his long-awaited assault on the super middleweight division when he takes on Henry Porras.
Pain Served In the headline fight of Donofrio Boxing’s ” Boxing Under the Stars” on Friday night at the Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester Hill, MI, light welterweight Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner made good on his promise to impress when he stepped in the ring with seasoned veteran Marteze “Too Sweet” Logan. Click for…
Friday night at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, Frank Maloney Promotions put on a great show headlined by British Bantamweight Champion Ian Napa’s title defense against ex-Commonwealth and English Flyweight Champion Lee Haskins. In round one, southpaw Haskins took centre ring and found his range between taunting Napa and backing him up, Napa was…
Beaches and boxing. Although the two are rarely mentioned in the same breath, the sweet science will meet the sandy shores of the Caribbean Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, on Showtime. In the main event, two undefeated super middleweights and former amateur stars will invade the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Lucia as Olympic Gold Medalist…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It is the most anticipated fight in Britain since Lennox Lewis took on Evander Holyfield and he most anticipated fight in the boxing world since Felix Trinidad and Oscar De La Hoya squared off in 1999. The bout billed as “Undefeated”, Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky…
SaddoBoxing spoke to Manchester based trainer Bobby Rimmer last night to find out how undefeated light middleweight Brian Rose, 5-0 (1), is doing ahead of tonight’s clash at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England. SaddoBoxing: Who is Brian Rose fighting at Wigan? Bobby Rimmer: “Brian is fighting Lee Noble [of Brendan Ingles stable] tomorrow…
20-year-old Kim Poulsen (4-1, 1 KO) will not be getting a “walk-over†opponent when he fights in Soumagne, Belgium on September 29. The Danish super featherweight prospect will face his first undefeated professional foe in Tomasz Kwiecien (1-0) from Poland, and Poulsen expects a tough and competitive challenge.
Cuban stars Odlanier Solis and Yuriorkis Gamboa again scored easy ko wins in the headliners of Arena Box Promotion´s big 14 fight show last night at the Hansa Hall in luebeck, Germany. Solis, at heavyweight, took some time to find the range against Marcus McGee but knocked him out in the second. Gamboa, down to…
Stoke’s English flyweight champion will contest the inaugural British super-flyweight title against Doncaster’s English bantamweight champion on 30th November at Doncaster Dome.
NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato†Figueroa now has James “Buddy†McGirt as his new head trainer and the two are working together at Figueroa’s training camp at McGirt’s Gym in Vero Beach, Florida. The Spanish Harlem-born, Bronx-raised Figueroa (17-2, 13 KOs), now fighting out of Miami, has cracked the top 15 ratings, ranked…