Joe Calzaghe has once again shunned defeat in the dancing stakes. In the first episode of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, the former boxing champion and his lovely dance partner Kristina Rihanoff failed to impress the judging panel and were bottom of the leader board. Last week, the dazzling duo were again at the bottom and guess…
Legendary Madison Square Garden has seen a lot of great ring battles, but only very few debuts as impressive as the ones of Odlanier Solis and Yuriorkis Gamboa Saturday night at “Island Warriors: Latin Fury 12â€, co-promoted by Top Rank, Arena and PR Best Boxing. Heavyweight sensation Solis needed only two rounds to get rid…
Chad Dawson shared his thoughts on facing Glen Johnson again, the state of the light heavyweight division and his interests outside the ring answering six quick questions posed to him recently. Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs) of New Haven, Conn., meets Johnson (49-12-2, 33 KOs), from Miami, FL by way of Clarendon, Jamaica, Nov. 7 at…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at ‘The Venue’ in Dudley, England, PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions hosted a fight night which provided action from five bouts. Martin Gordon (Dudley) v Kristian Laight (Nuneaton) 6 x 2 Welterweight Contest It was a close contest between these two…
In one of the most shocking upsets of the year thus far, WBA super feather champ Jorge Linares was stopped in the first round by challenger Juan Carlos Salgado today at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo. Both men came into the contest undefeated but Tokyo based Venezuelan Linares was a former WBC feather and current WBA…
There’s a big show tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York as WBA feather champ Yuriorkis Gamboa and WBO super bantam titlist Juan Manuel Lopez put their respective crowns on the line. Former Cuban defector Gamboa, 15-0 (13), could be the most impressive professional to come out of the boxing-rich island but it’s too…
Welshman Nathan Cleverly solidified his hold on the light heavyweight division in the UK by stopping former amateur star Courtney Fry in eight rounds last night at London’s historic York Hall. Fry, who has also fought as a cruiserweight, had the strength and skill to put up good resistance but at age 34, couldn’t cope…
Golden Boy Promotions presents the return of ex-super bantam world champion Israel Vazquez, who meets Angel Priolo at featherweight tonight at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Featherweights, 10 rounds Israel Vazquez: 125.75 lb Angel Priolo: 124.75 lb
Undefeated No. 1 contenders Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and Yuri Foreman, plus three-time world champion Daniel Santos add more firepower to the blockbuster card headlined by the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto welterweight championship, taking place Saturday, November 14 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Hatton Promotions would like to quell any rumours that the fight between Matthew Hatton and Lovemore N’Dou, scheduled for Fenton Manor in Stoke, England on November 13, has been postponed. It has wrongly been reported on the internet and indeed in Boxing News that the fight might be off due to a cut to Lovemore.
Tonight, Nathan Cleverly defends his British and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight titles against Courtney Fry at York Hall in London’s Bethnal Green. This should be a run of the mill defense for Cleverly, who recently just got pipped to the post by British welter titlist Kell Brook for the Boxing Writer’s Young Boxer of the Year…
On October 21 Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returns to the Hilton Rye Town Hotel in Rye Brook, NY, to present its second installment of Rumble at the Rye Town Hilton. Headlining the card once again will be heavy-handed, former world title challenger, David Telesco (30-6-1, 26KO) taking on fellow banger and former two-time world champion,…