WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin Valero, in rehabilitation since March 28 of this year for alcohol, drug dependency and anger management issues, committed suicide by hanging himself by the neck from bed sheets in his jail cell in the early hours of Monday, April 19, 2010. He was arrested Sunday, April 18, 2010, after confessing at…
Click the image to view all photos from the Day This past weekend at the Leicester City FC training ground, media gathered to watch Rendall Munroe as he trained alongside his favourite football team. The Leicester Bin-Man fights Mexican – Victor Terrazas, at the Coventry Skydome this Friday on a Frank Maloney Promoted fightnight. Super-Bantamweight…
Seven of the MGM Mirage properties on The Strip will host closed circuit viewing of the upcoming mega-fight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley. The resorts include MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, Luxor and Circus Circus. The bout is set to take place on Saturday, May 1 at the…
On Saturday, April 24, the Super Six World Boxing Classic will return to Showtime with the Group Stage Two matchup between undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch of Nottingham, England and former WBA 168-pound champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler of Denmark for Froch’s WBC title. Froch, who enters this battle with two…
Former three-time world champion in two weight divisions, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, greeted media and fans today at his open workout which took place at the San Jose Boxing and Fitness gym. Guerrero battles Roberto Arreita on the return of Telefutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” boxing series scheduled for Friday April 30 at the Tropicana in…
Ahead of the heavyweight clash this Saturday at Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, CA, Tomasz Adamek and Chris Arreola spoke with members of the media. Cristobal Arreola: “I’ll fight anybody, anywhere but it’s great to be fighting at home. It’s always good to fight in your backyard because you don’t have to travel anywhere, you…
Saturday night at the ArteCad Arena in Tramelan, Switzerland, the 21 year old Gabor Veto (15-0) made short work of it defeating the tough Kenyan Omari Ramadan (7-4) to win the WBC Youth World Lightweight title. The WBC number 24 Veto, showed excellent boxing skills to score a 3rd round TKO after Ramadan seemingly quit…
On Friday night, May 7th, boxing returns to the Arena in South Philadelphia as prized prospect, Danny “Swift†Garcia will risk his undefeated mark when he takes on tough Christopher Fernandez in a ten round Jr. Welterweight bout. The clash headlines a big night of boxing that will be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in…
Hard-hitting welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin arrived at training camp in Florida last week to prepare for his first world title fight. On June 5th “Mini-Tyson” will face former WBA champion Luis Collazo for the WBC Silver Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. For his preparation Aydin chose to work with Ismael Salas, trainer of WBA featherweight champion…
World and European Lightweight Champion Katie Taylor is the latest addition to a star studded supporting cast on the Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena, Limerick on Saturday, May 15th. The Bray woman is widely recognised as the World’s best female boxer and Limerick’s fight fans will get to see her in action…
Click the image for more photos by Jane Warburton Boxing brothers Martin and Steve Gethin will have another gruelling weekend this week, but nothing to do with boxing! The two Walsall men are running in this year’s Virgin London Marathon on Sunday. The London Marathon – now in it’s 30th year – is one of…
© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the post fight press conference, newly crowned middleweight champion Sergio Martinez of Argentina celebrated his victory over Kelly Pavlik back stage in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall just after midnight. Promoter Bob Arum, sitting nearby, appeared with a solemn face, hands folded. Kelly Pavlik of Youngstown, Ohio,…