By Per Ake Persson AMI Production have cancelled the July 26 show that would have featured WBA Light Fly Champ Brahim Asloum defending the title against Giovanni Segura. Asloum dropped out of training after taking a hefty paycut from televising network Canal+. Promoter Michel Acaries tried to salvage the show with WBA Female Junior Welter…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Stuart Elwell is looking in great shape ahead of his clash with Ted Bami this Friday night! In a Matchroom Sports promoted fight night at the Everton Sports Centre in Liverpool, England – Walsall Boxer – Stuart Elwell is hoping for a good win over ʽDangerousʼ Ted Bami in…
After his recent win against Chaz Witherspoon, heavyweight Chris Arreola boasted that he was willing to fight anyone at anytime. NABF Champion Travis Walker, ranked WBC #12 and WBO #6, has accepted Arreola’s challenge and has upped the ante by stating he will fight Arreola on a “winner-take-all” basis. “First of all, I congratulate Chris…
He won’t have Uri Geller in his corner this time, but Peter McDonagh believes it will still be a case of mind over matter when he defends his Irish Lightweight title against Andrew Murray on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the National Stadium, Dublin on July 12, 2008. While their ten round bout is…
Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion has arrived in New York from Panama to intensify his training for the WBA Super Flyweight fight against AJ “Bazooka” Banal. “Rafael is looking strong,” says Damon de Berry from Optimum Sports Agency. “He arrived in New York last week and he is looking forward to stepping up his training.”
By Mesuli Zifo Top American fighter Zahir Raheem arrived in East London yesterday for his IBF lightweight title eliminator against Ali Funeka at Jan Smuts Stadium on Saturday.
Danny Williams is set for a second world title shot if he successfully defends his British heavyweight title against ‘Big Bad’ John McDermott at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England on Friday, July 18, 2008. Representatives from the camp of WBC champion Samuel Peter will be ringside in Dagenham to discuss a showdown against the…
British lightweight title challenger John Murray is offering to be Amir Khan’s next opponent on September 6, 2008. Former unbeaten English champion Murray faces fellow Manchester boxer Lee Meager for the vacant British Lightweight title at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Friday July 11, 2008. Hennessy Sports pair Murray and Meager face…
By Bongani Magasela courtesy The Sowetan The internationally acclaimed Branco Sports Productions (BSP) of top promoter Branco Milenkovic has pitted local fighters against the best in the world in the past three years.
It was 10 months ago today, September 1, 2007, when WBO junior welterweight champion Ricardo Torres from Barranquilla, Colombia, and mandatory challenger Kendall Holt, from Paterson, NJ, rumbled for the world title inside the Jumbo Saloon Country Club in Torres’ hometown.
The principals of this Saturday’s big Showtime ShoBox fight card will hold a public workout today on the Mezzanine Level at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. WBO Junior Welter Champion Ricardo Torres, his challenger Kendall Holt, undefeated junior welter contender Lamont Peterson and his opponent Rogelio Castaneda will all take turns displaying…
Ten months after a wildly controversial ending to their first fight, Ricardo Torres will risk his WBO Junior Welterweight title against No. 1 contender Kendall Holt in a rematch on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation this Saturday, July 5, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT and delayed on the west coast….