On April 24, Sotheby’s and SCP Auctions will offer a fine selection of sports memorabilia and cards for auction. The April sale includes an outstanding offering of material that comes directly from Smokin’ Joe Frazier. Born in 1944, the 11th child of sharecroppers in South Carolina , Frazier took up boxing at the age of…
The much touted Fight of the Night candidate on the June 13th “Finally†pay-per-view event, airing live (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, is the 10-round co-feature for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) lightweight championship between WIBA featherweight champion Jeannine “G9†Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs) and WIBA & IBA…
Philadelphia’s rising star, junior welterweight Danny Garcia, improved to, 5-0 (5), by dismantling Guadalupe Diaz, 4-3-1 (1), at 1:53 of round one on the undercard of Calzaghe vs Hopkins. Garcia, known for his fast hands and powerful punch, hurt the Michoacan native early with a barrage of punches. Referee Tony Weeks was forced to stop…
A Worldwide Web replay of Saturday’s excellent showdown between undefeated Adrian Diaconu and Chris Henry will be available all this week at DonKingTV.com and can be accessed with a simple click. Diaconu won a close, unanimous decision to become the interim World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion in a match staged at the Sala Polivalenta…
On Friday night Carson Jones went from journeyman to prospect, with an impressive lopsided decision win over Jose Luis Gonzales on ESPN2’S “Friday Night Fights†telecast from the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, OK.
© Tom Hogan / Golden Boy Promotions Like all fights of latter period Bernard Hopkins, last night’s greatly anticipated showdown with Joe Calzaghe at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas was an ugly, untoward bout that proved difficult to score and generated a great deal of controversy as to who actually won. Hopkins…
Big time Continental action this weekend and we start off with bouts that carried world title implications! On a big card at Sala Polivalenta, in Bucharest, Romania, Montreal based Romanian Adrian Diaconu, 25-0 (15), had his hands full with previously undefeated American slugger Chris Henry, 21-1 (17), but won the Interim WBC Light Heavyweight title…
On Saturday night in Buenos Aires, Argentina the place to be was the Ce De M Number One Club where local hero and South American/WBO Latino Bantamweight Champ Diego Oscar Silva, 22-1-3 (11), retained his WBO belt with a third round knockout of Cordoba’s Santagio Allione, 13-6-1 (4), in a rematch of their bout two…
Last night at Bordelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany, middleweight sensation Sebastian Zbik kept his undefeated record with a convincing twelve round win over stocky warrior Marco Schultze to retian the WBO Intercontinental belt for the third time. The taller Zbik, 22-0 (8), controlled the pace of the bout and largely avoided the incursions of Schultze, 25-4-1…
In a battle of former world title-challengers, Evans “The African Warrior†Ashira, 29-3 (15), knocked out former European champion Mamadou Thiam, 42-7 (39), in round six of a scheduled twelve on Saturday night, April 19, in Frederiksund, Denmark. Ashira, a promotional free agent who once went twelve hard rounds with Joe Calzaghe at super middleweight,…
At Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, OK last night, heavyweight prospect Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson, 19-0-1 (6), retained his undefeated record with a solid ten round points win over Arkansas veteran Terry Smith, 30-5-1 (18). 28 year old Johnson enjoyed a eight year youth advantage and employed his more nimble skills to keep the oncoming Smith…
Last night at London’s historic York Hall, Ryan Rhodes kept his unbeaten streak at light middle intact by knocking out reigning British titleholder Gary Woolcombe in nine rounds on a Frank Maloney promotion. 31 year old Rhodes regained the British title despite not having actually fought at 12 stone/154 lb since 1997! Against Woolcombe, the…