Big bill on tonight at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico as reigning WBC super bantam champ Toshiaki Nishioka heads into the lion’s den to face challenger Jhonny Gonzalez of Mexico City. Tokyo based southpaw Nishioka, 33-4-3 (20), will be making a rare appearance outside Japan but is coming into this first title defense after having…
The Colosseum in Watford, England tonight sees an interesting bill headlined by Darren Barker’s Commonwealth middleweight title defense against challenger Darren McDermott. Barker, 19-0 (12), had a great amateur career and as a result has been in the spotlight throughout his five years as a professional. “Dazzling Darren” won the Commonwealth in November, 2007 with…
Don King Productions, Inc. and Hennessy Sports informed the WBC that they have reached an agreement to stage the Devon Alexander vs. Junior Witter fight for the vacant WBC super lightweight world championship on July 11, 2009. The WBC wishes the best of luck to both fighters and are very proud that the promoters reached…
© Chris Hutty – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions On March 8, 1971, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali engaged in the “Fight of The Century”, a 15 round war that will forever be remembered in the annals of boxing history. On July 18th, Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez will do their best to create their own…
Tickets are now on sale for the June 12th battle between Gilroy, California’s own, former two-time world featherweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (23-1-1, 16 KO’s), against Johnnie Edwards (15-4-1, 8 KO’s)at HP Pavilion at San Jose in the main event of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. The co-featured bout pits rising junior welterweight star Danny…
Southern California based prospects Ronny Rios and Carlos Molina stayed undefeated on Thursday night with sensational performances at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. In the opening bout of the evening, 19 year old super bantamweight Ronny Rios proved once again why he is amongst the most talked about prospects in boxing.
Branco Sports Productions will put on an official IBF mini flyweight title eliminator between southpaws Nkosinathi Joyi and Florante Condes on June 26 in East London, South Africa. Undefeated Joyi, 19-0 (15), is a former South African titlist who currently holds the IBO minimumweight crown.
**With Slideshow** © Philip Sharkey Yesterday at the Landmark Hotel in London, media gathered to hear the official announcement of the 18th July Las Vegas mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel Marquez. Arriving in a red London double-decker bus, Mayweather and Marquez looked relaxed as they posed for photographs. Mayweather – a six…
Chris Edwards will spend the rest of this year showing Britain’s young flyweights who is the daddy of the division. British and Commonwealth flyweight champion Edwards, 33, has young guns Usman Ahmed, Ashley Sexton and Paul Edwards bidding to shoot him down. Derby’s Ahmed, (5-1-1), gets the first crack when he invades Edwards territory at…
A great night of boxing brought to the public by the Comanche Nation Casino, catBOX Entertainment and C3 Fights, took place last Friday night, May 15, 2009 in Lawton, Oklahoma, in the famous EvenTTent, the eighth wonder of the entertainment world. catBOX has been taking the boxing public by storm, presenting unparalleled exciting fights for…
Amidst the sweltering early summer heat at Chicago’s JABB Boxing Gym, lightweight veteran Juan Carlos Martinez prepares for his rematch with Jaime Sandoval at “Windy City Fight Night” at the UIC Pavilion on Friday, May 29th. Said the San Luis Potosi , Mexico native Martinez , “I feel very good about this fight, I know…
Joey Spina: “Everybody says the same thing. They call me ‘KO Kid’ because I almost always knockout my opponent. Check my resume; I’ve fought a lot of good guys. I’m going to knock him (Taylor) out. I just bite down on my mouthpiece – bite and fight. Boxing’s boxing; I’m a fighter…bite down and swing!