Photo ©Karl Stubbs/Impact Boxing Stoke’s Gary Reid has stepped up preparations for his encounter with unbeaten Ajose Olusegun which is scheduled to take place on 15th June at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Reid, who hopes to secure the Commonwealth light-welterweight title, has enlisted the support of British light-middleweight champion Jamie Moore who is currently…
As a fan of middleweight boxing, this writer feels it’s due time that we all began to question the validity of our current Undisputed World Middleweight Champion’s ascension. Before we go any further, you need to know that it was a bit hard to pen this piece as a former fan of Jermain “Bad Intentions”…
Ricky Hatton will come face to face with the former “Baddest man on the Planet’ Mike Tyson on June 23 in Las Vegas. But the unbeaten “Hitman’ won’t be swapping punches with the ex-undisputed heavyweight world champion, as Tyson will be in Victor Odanov’s corner on the undercard of Hatton’s eagerly awaited clash with Jose…
One of the world’s top minimumweight fighters was in the ring earlier today in Yokohama, Japan as Tokyo’s Eagle Kyowa retained his WBC crown for the fourth time of his second reign with a wide points decision over local prospect Akira Yaegashi, 119-107 (twice) and 118-108. Despite having very little professional experience, the heavy handed…
There was some good action on the undercard of the sleepy Sultan Ibragimov – Shannon Briggs WBO Heavyweight title contest at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday with 30 year old local welterweight southpaw Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez, 18-0 (11), clearly outpointing California’s Jose Luis Cruz, 32-3-2 (26), to win the vacant WBO NABO…
In a virtual repeat of his WBO title winning effort against Serguei Lyakhovich last November, Shannon Briggs barely showed a pulse in the ring but this time there was no last second hail mary punch to pull out the fight as Sultan Ibragimov won a unanimous decision to annex the WBO belt Saturday at Boardwalk…
Photos ©JaneWarburton/SaddoBoxing As a welterweight and light middle in the early to mid 1980’s, Bobby Rimmer made a name for himself in Manchester, England as a hard nosed, all action fighter that was as tough as they come. After his career ended, Bobby eventually began to work on the training side of the ropes and…
Two of boxing’s most talented prospects, James Kirkland and Timothy Bradley, kept their undefeated records in tact and took the next step toward word title shots with impressive victories Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†Kirkland (19-0, 16 KOs), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) No. 13 junior middleweight contender, scored an early knockdown en route…
Northern Nevada’s Jesse Brinkley will face off against Dallas Vargas from Toledo, Ohio in the ten-round main event on the professional boxing card, titled “Heavy Handsâ€, on July 6 at the Eldorado Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada. Brinkley (26-5-0, 17 KOs) appeared on NBC’s boxing reality show The Contender in 2005. Brinkley is now out…
Former highly-decorated amateur boxing star Mark “The Italian Bazooka” DeLuca headlines “Pro Boxing,” presented by Rising Star Promotions, on Friday night, June 8 at Freeport (IBEW) Hall in Dorchester, Massachusetts. DeLuca (1-0, 1 KO), fighting out of Whitman (MA), was the gold medal winner at the 2004 National Silver Gloves Tournament, among his more notable…
Two of boxing’s most-talented, world-ranked and unbeaten prospects look to elevate their status to legitimate world title contenders when James “Mandingo Warrior’’ Kirkland (18-0, 16 KOs) and Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley (19-0, 11 KOs) co-headline in separate bouts Friday, June 1, on Showtime’s popular program “ShoBox: The New Generationâ€, 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the…
Matt “The Predator” Vanda is actively stalking his bitter rival Kenny “KO” Kost for their 10-round main event, headlining “The Brawl In St. Paul: A Father’s Day Special,” on June 15 at “The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St.. Paul. Vanda (36-3, 21 KOs), former IBA Americas light middleweight champion, and Kost (11-3, 6 KOs)…