© Lawrence Lustig Ovill McKenzie has been handed a surprise opportunity to win £25,000 in the next Prizefighter competition. McKenzie, 29, will be fighting in the Prizefighter Cruiserweights event at the Earls Court in London on Tuesday, May 19 after Mark Krence withdrew due to injury.
Sensational lightweight prospect Bayan Jargal returns to the ring this Saturday night in the co-main event at the seven bout “Triple Threat: Tomorrow’s Champions II†professional boxing event, against veteran Brian Carden in a scheduled six round bout at the Sportsplex in Winchester, VA. The bout against Carden will be Jargal’s third in 2009 and…
Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and AEG announced today the launch of “Fight Night Club”, a monthly boxing series at the new Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
Prior to the event today at Stadium Khadjimukan in Chimkent, Kazakhstan, most of the principal fighters weighed in yesterday. 12 rounds, various regional light heavyweight titles Beibut Shumenov: 173.2 lb Byron Mitchell: TBA
IBF/IBO Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson puts his belts on the line tonight at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, facing former world champion Antonio Tarver in a rematch. 12 rounds, IBF/IBO Light Heavyweight Championship Chad Dawson: 175 lb Antonio Tarver: 172 lb
Riding a 16 fight winning streak, WBC Cabofe Heavyweight champion, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, is eyeing challenges with heavyweight contenders Brian Minto, 33-2 (21), and Travis Walker, 30-2-1 (24). Quezada, who’s ranked # 15 by the WBC, feels a win against Minto or Walker will get him closer to title contention.
Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) president Jimmy Burchfield and his staff are busy all over the world making fights, promoting shows and signing prospects. “We have ‘Awesome’ Aaron Williams in the biggest fight of his life tomorrow in Germany,†Burchfield explained. “Our world-rated light heavyweight Joey ‘KO Kid’ Spina headlines a show May 22nd…
Darren McDermott is aiming for a title hat trick in 2009. The man known as the “Black Country Body Snatcher†started the year by winning the English Middleweight title and he’s set his sights on winning the Commonwealth and British titles before the end of the year. First up for McDermott is a shot at…
Star Boxing has been informed by Monte Barrett that he has suffered an injury that has forced him to pull out of his May 15 heavyweight clash with world rated (WBA #5, WBC #10, IBF #14) Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson, 21-0-1 (8). Barrett reportedly suffered a cut while sparring that has left him ineligible to participate…
In preparation to Golden Boy Promotions annual “Fight Night At Sundance Square” in Ft Worth, TX tonight, the principal fighters weighed in yesterday. 10 rounds, middleweights Craig McEwan: 162.5 lb Brian Vera: 163 lb
Former two-time super middleweight world champion Byron “Slama from Bama†Mitchell has replaced Alejandro “Naco†Berrio, who was unable to leave Colombia with visa issues, as light heavyweight sensation Beibut Shumenov’s opponent on Saturday night. The pair meet in the main event on an all-star card, outdoors at Khadkimukan Stadium in Shumenov’s hometown of Chimkent,…
Sensational featherweight prospect Jennifer Salinas returned to action in a big way this past Saturday night, taking home a third round knockout of Christina Leadbetter at the Patriot’s Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Following a two and half year absence after the birth of her son, John-Pablo, the 26 year old improved her record to 10-1…