Rising middleweight star Mahir Oral added another victory and title to his record. The 28-year-old “Lion†scored an eighth round TKO over Alexander Sipos to win the vacant WBC Mediterranean championship on Monday in Cuxhaven, Germany. Sipos started strong but Oral took control in the later rounds forcing his opponent to give up after the…
Rhode Island’s only representatives ever on the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team, Jason “Big Six†Estrada (2004) and Demetrius “Boo Boo†Andrade (2008), will be showcased November 29 on “Holiday Havoc†at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. “I’m inviting all of our fans, friends and family to celebrate our big pre-holiday show, the…
Jorge Arce, one of boxing’s most brash talkers, is no longer clamoring for a fight against WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez. Arce has now set his sights on WBC/WBA/IBF super flyweight champion Vic “The Raging Bull†Darchinyan. “Vazquez had his shot, but he waited too long to make a decision and quite frankly, I…
As a sponsor of the December 6 De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao bout, Cerveza Tecate invites adult consumers in Las Vegas to be a part of the excitement of this match during a meet-and-greet session with Golden Boy Promotions champion Juan Manuel Marquez, at Tecate’s first-ever Mobile Boxing Ring tour.
World super flyweight champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan is ready to give WBA interim super flyweight champion Jorge Arce, 51-4-1 (38) a shot at his titles. Darchinyan, 31-1-1 (25), from Sydney, Australia by way of his native Vanadzok, Armenia, responded to the challenge Arce made to him today.
Undefeated junior welterweight Jason Cintron, of Reading, PA, will box lefty Pascali Adorno, of Corozal, Puerto Rico, in an eight-r ound contest Friday evening, Dec. 5, at the The Reading Eagle Theater at the Sovereign Events Center. Topping the seven-fight card is a scheduled 10-round welterweight contest between unbeaten puncher Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA,…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was a good crowd at the Heritage Hotel in Derby, England on Sunday as Clifton Mitchell hosted an afternoon of boxing billed as ’50/50′. Originally an all-ladies boxing event – the usual difficulties in getting ‘match-ups’ in the UK meant that there would now be three…
Welterweights Delvin Rodriguez, 23-2-2 (14), and Isaac Hlatshwayo, 28-1-1 (10), battled to a 12 round draw on Monday night in Hlatshwayo’s home country of South Africa. At stake in the bout was an IBF #1 ranking and future date with IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. From the opening bell it was an entertaining fight as…
Mahir Oral and Alexander Sipos both weighed in at exactly 160 lb for their WBC Mediterranean middleweight championship clash today in Cuxhaven, Germany. It is the second time Oral and Sipos meet in 2008. On May 30, “Lion†Mahir won a close unanimous decision in Bilbao, Spain. Now Sipos is seeking revenge.
Click for larger image © Przemek Garczarczyk When heavyweight Andrew Golota decided to pull out of his fight with Ray “The Rainman” Austin after the first round on November 7 in Chengdu, China, some were quick to question his decision.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green in London, Frank Maloney Promotions staged another action-packed night of boxing. The main event of the night was the scheduled ten round contest for the vacant Southern Area Welterweight title between Scott Woolford of Ramsgate, Kent and Tom Glover…
Bernard Dunne and his manager Brian Peters are delighted to hear that European Super Bantamweight Champ Rendall Munroe is due in Dublin tomorrow morning for a press conference. Perhaps Munroe is ready to accept Peters latest offer of £60,000 to defend his title against Dunne…or maybe he’ll try to explain why he’s defending his title…