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…
WBC CABOFE middleweight champion Miguel Espino, 17-2-1 (6), defended his title and extended his winning steak to eight in a row with a dominating performance by way of fifth round TKO over Ray Ortega, 12-6-3 (7), last night at the Doubletree Hotel in Bakersfield. CA.
WBC Lightweight World Champion David Diaz will be honored this Sunday afternoon, September 23rd with the 2007 Chicago Fire Hispanic Hero Award at Toyota Park. A special ceremony honoring Diaz’s win over three division world champion Erik Morales will take place at half-time of the Chicago Fire MLS match against D.C. United. Diaz successfully defended…
President of Duva Boxing, Dino Duva, and WBC no. 1 contender Samuel Peter issued this statement on the injury to heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, forcing Maskaev to pull out of October 6 title fight at Madison Square Garden: “We are shocked and disappointed that Maskaev is pulling out of the fight. We intend to verify…
What’s wrong with a fighter who throws every punch with deadly intent? Who can fight anywhere between 135 and 147? And add to that, he wants to do it at least six times a year. Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner is upset. Someone is keeping food off his table. Whether it’s shady promoters with false promises…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This past Wednesday, the “Undefeated” press tour made it’s third stop when it landed at Rockefeller Center in New York City to promote the highly anticipated match up between the Pound for Pound Champion Floyd Mayweather, 38-0 (24), and Junior Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton, 43-0…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday in London, British Bantamweight Champion Ian “Dappa’ Napa faced challenger Lee Haskins as they weighed in ahead of their clash tonight, scheduled to be televised live on Sky Sports. Promoted by Frank Maloney Promotions, Napa and Haskins top the bill at the York Hall,…
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…
Tonight, the Double Tree Hotel in Bakersfield, CA will be host to a great night of boxing when WBC CABOFE middleweight champion, Miguel Espino (16-2-1 5 KO’s) defends this title against Ray Ortega (10-5-2 7 O’s) in the main event where both fighters are predicting a knock out.
The two top bantamweights in the UK met face to face yesterday as they weighed in at promoter Frank Maloney’s gym in Deptford and both Ian Napa and Lee Haskins insisted that they would come out on top in tonight’s hotly anticipated British title showdown at London’s York Hall. Reigning champion Napa, 14-6 (0), tipped…
The CES debut of unbeaten (35-0, 28 KOs) “Baby†Joe Mesi and the return of 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada co-headline in a pair of heavyweight bouts on October 12 in “Clash Of The Titans,†promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc., continuing “The Budweiser Night at the Fights†series, at…
Dino Duva, president of Duva Boxing, the promoter of WBC no. 1 contender Samuel Peter, was very emotional about the fact that the sacred Madison Square Garden boxing ring has been retired before Peter’s October 6 World Heavyweight Title fight against Oleg Maskaev, and not after the fight.