“Lightning†Harry Joe Yorgey puts his undefeated record on the line March 28, when he faces fellow unbeaten junior middleweight Ronald Hearns in a 10-round bout on a special Saturday edition of ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. Yorgey is proud to have the opportunity…
Ryan Brawley believes recovering from a career-threatening injury will motivate him to Prizefighter glory on Tuesday, March 24. Brawley, 23, is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the £25,000 top prize in Barry Hearn’s latest all-in-one-night Prizefighter tournament, featuring eight British lightweights. He has won all nine of his professional contests in a stop-start three and…
It’s been nearly 10 years since any professional boxing promoter signed more than one member of a U.S. Olympic Boxing squad, but that drought is over with the recent signings by Goossen Tutor Promotions of 2008 Beijing Olympic teammates Shawn Estrada and Javier Molina. The Los Angeles-area natives and former Olympic team members will appear…
On March 20, 2009 , ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights Boxing Series†invaded beautiful Laredo, Texas, with an excellent fight card which drove the local and area contingent out in force as over four thousand rabid boxing fans crowded the Laredo Entertainment Center. The event was promoted by Banner Promotions and delivered nonstop action. What further…
Olympic Bronze Medallist David Price has warned trash-talking rival Tyson Fury that his taunts may land him in trouble with the lanky Liverpudlian – for a second time. Professor Price dealt Fury a one side-sided amateur defeat in 2006, and now, with both men gunning for glory as professionals, a second meeting between the pair…
In front of 9,000 screaming fans at a packed 02 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, local hero Bernard Dunne upset the odds in a big way by taking the WBA Super Bantam title from Panamanian southpaw Ricardo Cordoba in once of the most competitive and ferocious fights in a very long time. Cordoba won the first…
Former World Light Heavyweight Champion Roy Jones Jr, 53-5 (39), made a successful comeback following his loss to Joe Calzaghe last November with a fifth round stoppage of former super middle world title challenger Omar Sheika, 27-9 (18), at the Civic Center in Jones’ hometown of Pensacola, FL. On the support bill, undefeated cruiserweight contender…
A lot of action took place south of the border this weekend, mostly in Argentina and we kick this report off in The Land of Silver with a massive show at Club Atletico Newell’s Old Boys in Rosario on Saturday. South America’s top welterweight, Sebastian Andres Lujan, 31-5-2 (20), headlined the card but was pushed…
There were two good cards Down Under on Friday, and we start off at the Manly Leagues Club in Brookvale, NSW where there was a battle for the vacant WBO Oriental Light Heavyweight title. New Zealander Kariz Kariuki, 16-7-2 (15), bounced back from a KO loss at the hands of slugger Victor Oganov almost a…
There was a good show north of the border on Friday as Orion Sports Management put on a bill at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. Former IBF Bantam title challenger Heriberto Ruiz, 41-7-2 (23), of Mexico captured the vacant IBF Intercontinental Super Bantam crown with a 12 round unanimous decision over Panamanian southpaw Mauricio Martinez,…
Last night at Hans Martin Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko retained his crown with a win over former WBC Cruiserweight titlist. This was a messy bout, from start to finish, marred by many clinches, collisions, missed punches, and plain old awkwardness on the part of both fighters that just multiplied as…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Newham Leisure Centre in the East End of London, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa’s first defence of the European Bantamweight title against Algerian born Frenchman Malik Bouziane. The taller Bouziane received good support from supporters who…