The eight round bout with Enrico Lauricella in Elzach, Germany this past Saturday presented lightweight prospect Gabor Veto with a new test. The 20-year-old Veto boxed smartly against an opponent who often switched from orthodox to southpaw. The Optimum Sports Agency’s Hungarian prospect constantly connected to the head and body of the Italian. Lauricella had…
Former WBA super bantam champ Mahyar Monshipour dropped down to bantamweight to challenge reigning 118 pound WBA kingpin Anselmo Moreno at Parc des Expositions in Pointiers, France. Local hero Monshipour took the fight to the champion in the early rounds but felt the sting of hard southpaw counters for his trouble as he couldn’t corner…
Last night at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany, American heavyweight Eddie Chambers outboxed previously undefeated Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko to win a WBO title eliminator. Also on the card were two world title fights featuring reigning world champs Susi Kentikian and Alesia Graf. After losing to Alexander Povetkin during an initial trip to Germany…
Sensational young prospects Derek and Tyler Hinkey will return to action in their hometown of Reno, Nevada on Friday, July 10th on the terrific undercard of “Summer Showdown” at the Reno Events Center. The evening of world class boxing is headlined by a ten round light heavyweight battle between The Fighting Pride of Northern Nevada,…
Every year on July 4, millions of Americans celebrate their nation’s freedom with friends and loved ones. One of the most traditional and enjoyable ways to honor America ’s independence is to attend a fireworks spectacular. Powerful, loud, and colorful could best describe the impressive display that keeps so many proud Americans entertained at parks…
The action in France last night was at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perrett in Hauts-de-Seine with two European title bouts and a French title clash on tap. Former WBA light welter champ Souleymane M’baye, 38-3-1 (28), pulled out a narrow split decision victory against ex-European, IBO and British titlist Colin Lynes, 31-6 (12),…
The most accomplished women’s boxing champion in the world today was in action last night as Natascha Ragosina outpointed Laura Ramsey for the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles at the Soccio Center in Lagenhagen, Germany. The towering Kazakhstan born Mageburg resident Ragosina, 21-0 (12), saw off America’s much shorter Ramsey, 9-4 (4), via ten…
On July 11th Arena will bring boxing back to Turkey. Two of the world’s best welterweights will meet at the Besiktas Cola Turka Arena in Istanbul when Turkey ’s “Mini-Tyson†Selcuk Aydin defends his WBC international championship against former European champion “Sugar†Jackson Osei Bonsu from Belgium. The winner of this highly anticipated bout between…
Chet Koerner’s TKO Boxing Promotions has announced the signing of outstanding super middleweight prospect Dennis Hasson. The 26 year old Hasson, fighting out of Philadelphia, has compiled a record of 8-0-0 with two knockouts since turning professional fifteen months ago after an outstanding amateur career. Most recently he won a unanimous decision over Johnny Hayes…
Final Forum Boxing Promotions teams up with Club Destiny Friday, July 3, 2009 in Orlando, Florida for the first of a monthly series of boxing events. In the main event, Derric “El Leon” Rossy (20-2, 11 KO’s) takes on Moises Droz (13-7, 10 KO’s) for the WBC Fecarbox Heavyweight title.
Promoter Don King announced today he will pay tribute to Michael Jackson at a world championship boxing event King has slated for July 11 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. King plans to give Jackson boxing’s traditional ringside10-bell count honoring those who have passed and to play Jackson’s music and videos at King’s previously announced…
When an athlete or any celebrity writes a book, an all important element is the title. And over the years, many projects have had titles that did not make the final cut. I had a book project that had an original title that I thought was inspired–“My Life As Boxing’s Sex Symbol.†For some unfathomable…