Controversy erupted last night at the Brentwood Centre in Essex, England after Tyson Fury was declared the winner in his bout against English heavyweight titlist John McDermott following ten rounds of combat. With only seven professional bouts under his belt, Fury at times looked well out of his depth against the smaller, quicker champion and…
“Machine Gun†Mike Oliver won a hard-fought decision to capture the vacant New England and Eastern Boxing Association junior featherweight titles tonight on the “A Night To Remember†pro boxing cared, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc., at historic Plymouth Memorial Hall.
Meanness has never been a problem for James “Lights Out†Toney in the boxing ring. Leanness, on the other hand, has caused more headaches for the former IBF Middleweight, Super Middleweight and Cruiserweight champ than any of the eight opponents in his ten heavyweight bouts. That albatross may be lifted off his shoulders tomorrow night…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Undefeated super middle Andre Ward and opponent Shelby Pudwill weighed 171.2 and 170.5 pounds, respectively, for their important 10 round fight in the second half of a fistic doubleheader on a special Saturday primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation tomorrow, Sept. 12, on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT,…
PR Best Boxing puts on a show tonight in San Juan, Puerto Rico headlined by two WBO title bouts. WBO Light Flyweight Championship, 12 rounds Ivan Calderon: 107.4 lb Rodel Mayo: 107.3 lb
© Tony Brochner / MCH Herning Both WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and his opponent Gusmyr Perdomo weighed in at 167 pounds at today’s weigh-in in Denmark. Danish national hero Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) will defend his WBA super middleweight title against mandatory challenger Perdomo (16-2, 10 KOs ) on Saturday night before participating…
Monday September 14th will mark the second meeting of the Boxing Promoters Association (BPA). Just like the first one, which took place on July 20th and included more than thirty of the United States top promoters, the meeting will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
Beibut Shumenov and his promoter, KZ Event Productions, Inc., have filed a lawsuit in Kazakhstan against Gabriel Campillo, Sampson Boxing, LLC and Sampson Lewkowicz seeking a judicial declaration that, as a result of Campillo’s blatant violation of the drug testing rules of the Kazakhstan Federation of Professional Boxing and the WBA, Campillo, Sampson and Lewkowicz…
On September 16, 1810 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a well-respected Mexican priest, rang a bell at his small church calling Mexican fighters to arms. This began the Independence War against Spain; thereafter marking September 16 as Mexican Independence Day. This year, on September 19, three days after Mexicans around the world celebrate Mexican Independence Day,…
Lamar Odom of the NBA World Champion Los Angeles Lakers visited WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko before a recent training session at the Pound4Pound Gym in Los Angeles. It was a rare occurence that Klitschko was in the company of someone taller than he.
New Hampshire native Richard Gingras, star of The Contender IV television reality television series, will be fighting in New Hampshire for only the third time as a pro when he enters the ring September 23rd in the 8th annual “Fight To Educate†charity event at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester. The 8th annual “Fight…
Sensational heavyweight prospect David Latoria has been added to the next 8 Count fight card, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. Set for Saturday, September 26 at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, the bill is headlined by an outstanding lightweight bout between Chicago former world champions David Diaz and Jesus Chavez.