The biggest rematch of 2010 is rapidly approaching and to get fight fans ready for the July 31 showdown between boxing superstars Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz, TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” is devoting its entire broadcast on Friday, July 2 to one of the sport’s most highly anticipated matchups.
No Neutral Corner – a documentary about the business of boxing directed by Nancy J. Rodwan – has been accepted into the 2010 All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival. The movie looks at boxing as a form of work. Though the problems plaguing boxing are legion, there’s little agreement on how to solve them (hence…
It’s no surprise that the rematch of the 2009 Fight of the Year between Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz has made boxing fans around the world circle July 31 on their calendars. Now, Golden Boy Promotions is upping the ante, making the event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las…
The toll road of redemption can be long and dangerous, but nevertheless a necessary one. On Friday, July 9, John Molina, Jr. (20-1,16 KOs) will look to make his opponent pay the price as he forges forward to take the WBO/NABO Lightweight Championship from undefeated “Hammerin†Hank Lundy (18-0-1, 10 KOs) as the 12-round main…
Click the above Image for all Photos from the Training Camp Saddoboxing had the unique opportunity to visit Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz at the Savannah Boxing Club in Houston, Texas as he prepares for his upcoming rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez. They will face each other on July 31 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and…
© Lawrence Lustig The ten boxers lined-up for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday June 30 live on Sky Sports began the countdown to the show with today’s promotional shoot at Sky Sports studios in London. The eight starters on the night were joined by the two reserves for a number of…
Former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop†Corley of Washington, D.C. (36-13-1, 21 KOs) will fight Detroit southpaw Damian Fuller (30-7-1, 14 KOs) in the July 10th co-main event at the Patriot Center, replacing Baltimore’s Tim “The Pitbull†Coleman (17-1-1, 4 KOs) who suffered a laceration on his head during training last Thursday that forced him…
Saturday night in Denver, Colorado, Robert Rodriguez and Fidel Maldonado, two of boxing’s brightest young prospects, thrilled local fight fans with spectacular first round knockouts. Fighting out of nearby Greeley, Colorado, 19 year old super bantamweight Rodriguez improved to 4-0, dropping pro debuting Michael Montalbano three times in the initial stanza on his way to…
Barry McGuigan has called for the Prizefighter Super Middleweights to match the heart and strength of Willie “Big Bang†Casey when the aim to lift the trophy on Wednesday June 30, live on Sky Sports. Irish legend McGuigan was ringside when Casey stormed to victory in the super-welterweights the last time Barry Hearn’s eight-man, one…
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr continued his campaign at middleweight last night, turning back John Duddy at the famed Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. Chavez was coming off his only previous appearance at the weight, a ten round points verdict over Troy Rowland that was later declared a no contest due to illegal substance use and…
Tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, middleweights Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and John Duddy face off in a WBC title eliminator that also will deliver the WBC silver crown to the winner. Both Duddy, 29-1 (18), and Chavez Jr, 40-0-1 (30), have attractive records and both boxers sell loads of tickets to massive…
Last night at Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England, heavyweight Tyson Fury defeated arch-rival John McDermott in a rematch to capture the vacant English title. The pair met last September at the same venue with Fury pulling out a highly controversial points verdict but this time opponent McDermott did not bring the same level of opposition….