In a battle of former Mexican champions, Jesus Jimenez captured the WBC Latino Flyweight title by stopping Salvador Montes in four rounds last night at Foro Scotiabank in Mexico City. The combatants were no strangers in the ring as Guadalajara southpaw Jimenez had knocked out Tepic native Montes twice before but the stakes were never…
Welterweight Holly Holm was in action last night at her stomping grounds of the Isleta Casino in Albuquerque, NM where the 27 year old southpaw defeated opponent Myriam Lamare on points after ten rounds of combat. The local southpaw retained her WIBF title in a difficult battle with French slugger Lamare, a former WBA Light…
© Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Some of boxing’s top young talent will enter the ring at Staples Center in Los Angeles tonight before Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley battle in one of the most highly-anticipated welterweight bouts in recent years.
© Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Antonio Margarito: Three-time welterweight champion “I’m really prepared for this fight. We did our work in training camp and we know Mosley is a very experienced fighter. “There are no secrets here, we know our styles and I’m very certain I will raise my hands in victory on Saturday…
Running around in the frigid temperatures of Chicago, undefeated fan favorite Ivan Popoca left the Univision television downtown studios Wednesday night as part of his final preparations towards the main event this Friday evening at Cicero Stadium. Popoca, 8-0-1 (7), headlines against Houston’s Daniel Garcia at “New Year’s Revolution”, an outstanding evening of action packed…
Hayemaker Boxing regret to inform that Martin Lindsay’s attempts to win the British featherweight title from champion Paul Appleby on March 7 have been scuppered by injury. The injury – picked up in sparring on Tuesday – has forced a postponement of the original March 7 contest, although both boxers will renew acquaintances at a…
Unbeaten middleweight prospect Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez received a B+ grade from his head trainer, Peter Manfredo, Sr., for the two-time national amateur champion’s performance last Saturday night against veteran “Bad Ass†Brad Austin, 8-6 (2), at the Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl Froch has issued a missing persons appeal on behalf of former world middleweight champ, and the current mandatory challenger for his title, Jermain Taylor. Froch believes that Taylor has gone into hiding as he looks for a way out of fighting “The Cobra”, who was crowned WBC Champ after a…
The British and Commonwealth flyweight titles are on the line tonight at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-On-Trent, England, compelling divisional rivals Chris Edwards and Wayne Bloy to each pledge that they will stop at nothing to put ownership to these vacant belts. There are two crowns on the line but only one man can…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at the Quality Hotel in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Frank Maloney and Impact Boxing hosted the official weigh-in ahead of tomorrow evening’s fight night, billed as ‘Stoking the Fire’. Headlining the event at the Fenton Manor Sports Centre is the British and Commonwealth Flyweight title bout between local man…
Full details of ‘Hayemaker 6: Mersey Beatdown’ will be announced at a Hayemaker Boxing press conference to be held on Tuesday, January 27 at the Jury’s Inn Hotel in Liverpool, England. The press conference will commence from 11.30 PM and is open to both members of the press and public.
Cincinnati native Ricardo Williams Jr. is diligently preparing for his return home in the heat of a Houston, Texas boxing gym as he headlines the Saturday, January 31 “Homecoming†world class professional boxing card at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH. “It’s been a long time, almost five years since I’ve been home and…