Last night at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, middleweight Peter Manfredo won the vacant IBO belt with a tenth round stoppage of Angel Hernandez. Manfredo was pressed hard in the early rounds by the smaller Hernandez, a former IBF light middleweight title challenger, but the Chicago man couldn’t maintain the pace.
Undefeated WBO junior welterweight Champion Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley and undefeated top-rated welterweight contender Luis Carlos “El Potro†Abregu will go mano-a-mano in a sizzling summer 12-round welterweight rumble Saturday, July 17, in The Show at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA.
Click the above image to see all photos from this Event Last night at the Ponds Forge Leisure Centre in Sheffield, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fightnight which headlined the European Light-Middleweight Title clash between Sheffield’s own Ryan Rhodes and Luca Messi of Italy . Making his first defence of the Title – Rhodes was…
A hand injury has forced Wayne McCullough to withdraw from Prizefighter Super-Bantamweights at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday May 29. Former WBC champion McCullough had been training hard to make his comeback in Barry Hearn’s latest eight-man, one night tournament but the 39 year-old has been advised that he will be unable to fight…
After three epic WBC super bantam title fights that took place between March, 2007 and March, 2008, Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez will once again square off as the two meet this evening over 12 rounds at featherweight at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Since their dramatic trilogy, both men have fought and won…
The Leagues Club in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta hosted one of Australia’s greatest talents on Thursday night as Vic Darchinyan added yet another title belt to his already bursting trophy cabinet. The 34 year old southpaw took home world honors for the first time as a bantamweight, outpointing Filipino visitor Eric Barcelona over 12…
The world’s top super bantam was in action on Thursday night as Poonsawat Kratindaenggym retained his WBA crown in devastating fashion at Borabue School Arena in Maha Sarakham, Thailand. Having won the WBA belt after a three year PABA title reign by crushing Bernard Dunne last September, Kratindaenggym was making his second defense, facing the…
Jamie Arthur says that defeat at Prizefighter Super Bantamweights at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday May 29 will spell the end of his career. The 2002 Commonwealth Games winner fought Martin Lindsay for the British featherweight title in March and although Lindsay won on points, he praised the Welshman for his character after the…
© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Golden Boy Productions and Star Boxing put on an exciting six fight card at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx last Friday which yielded mixed results. Michael Perez and Adrien Broner from the Golden Boy stable of fighters were the big winners of the co-main events in a series…
Professional female boxer Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston, the protégé of legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World Smokin Joe Frazier, announced today the addition of “Friday Night Fight Club”, a full on boxing training class for Women, which will be held at the Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town, London, each Friday evening at 6pm,…
Teon “The Technician†Kennedy (14-0-1, 6 KO’s) will be making his first ring appearance since the tragic death of Francisco Rodriguez in his last fight. In that fight which took place on November 20th, Kennedy and Rodriguez fought a classic back and forth brawl with thrilled the fans at The Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia.
Gary Sykes has been told by his own team that Belfast’s Kevin O’Hara will give him the fight of his life. The undefeated Dewsbury fighter makes the first defence of his British super-featherweight title against O’Hara at Huddersfield Leisure Centre on Friday May 28. Sykes (14-0) won snatched the title in March with a convincing…