In a shocking upset, Mexico’s Fernando Montiel unseated reigning WBC bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa today at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo. Montiel, who had previously held the WBO flyweight and super fly titles, moved up to 118 pounds in 2008, capturing the WBO bantam strap in February by defeating Cisco Morales in Las Vegas, NV. But…
One of Australia’s top super middles was back in action on Thursday as Les Sherrington won the biggest fight of his eight year pro career. 27 year old local man Sherrington was all business against America’s Rubin Williams, mounting a surging attack from the first bell that put the visitor on the defensive. Williams could…
Just shy of his twenty-first birthday, Mayweather Promotions rising star, Jesse Vargas (9-0, 4 KO’s) prepares to defend his undefeated record in a showdown with Arturo Morua (25-13-1, 14 KO’s) in a non-televised undercard bout on the highly anticipated Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? mega-fight night on Saturday at the MGM Grand in…
Six talented, promising super middleweights will be featured on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, tonight live on Showtime at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. In a battle of unbeaten, world-ranked 168-pounders in the 10-round main event, Marcus “Too Much†Johnson (18-0, 14 KOs), of Houston, Tex., takes…
Before their appearance on Saturday’s Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr fight card at MGM in Las Vegas, NV, the undercard boxers met the media. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: “I’m happy to be here and eager to get in the ring. I have a lot of respect for my opponent, but like everything, I come to…
Cuban sensations Mike “The Rebel’ Perez and Luis “The Lion†Garcia will finally make their ring returns in Limerick on May 15th on the Yanjing Fight Night. The event at the University Sports Arena is headlined by Andy Lee’s clash with former European Champ and Knockout artist Mamadou Thiam while reigning World and European Lightweight…
© Lawrence Lustig Welshman Wayne Brooks is confident he can stun the boxing world and defeat former WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide on Friday. The pair are two of the eight contenders in Barry Hearn’s latest one-night Prizefighter tournament – Cruiserweights II – at the York Hall in London’s East End.
On Friday, April 30, boxing’s young guns will descend on Tropicana Las Vegas, NV. Former U.S. amateur standout Frankie Gomez, 2008 U.S. Olympic Heavyweight Bronze Medalist Deontay Wilder and Puerto Rican powerhouses Juan Carlos Velasquez and Abner Cotto take to the ring for an exciting night of boxing which is headlined by the “Solo Boxeo…
If “The Weight Is Over†headliners Paul “The Punisher†Williams and Kermit “The Killer†Cintron are as accomplished at making predictions as they are with their fists, then “Pretty Boy†Floyd Mayweather’s perfect record will be a thing of the past come this Saturday night in Las Vegas. “The two proclaimed best welterweights in the…
European title challenger John Murray is hoping that by next weekend that the City of Manchester will have two reasons to celebrate. Next Friday (7th May) the British Lightweight Champion will be challenging Gary Buckland for the vacant European lightweight title live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 10pm. The event will take place at…
Is the Super Six Tournament Lucian Bute’s blueprint to the super middleweight throne? It is good to be a super middleweight these days. The division while having some great fighters throughout its years such as James Toney, Roy Jones Jr, Michael Nunn, Joe Calzaghe, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, for some reason has failed to…
Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli’s massive one punch power gained the Welshman the European title in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday. Maccarinelli, 32-4 (24), needed less than a minute to stamp out the aspirations of local hero Alexander Kotlobay, 18-2-1 (12), and capture the Continental crown via first round stoppage. It was a night…