In the main event of a Peltz Promotions seven bout card held on Saturday night, February 26, 2012, at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, rising welterweight prospect Ronald Cruz went to 16-0 with a ten round unanimous decision over Allen ‘The Dream Shatterer’ Conyers. Cruz sealed the fate of Conyers with…
In the ESPN2 main event of a fight card held at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover, Delaware, on Friday, February 24, 2012, Juan Carlos Burgos won the WBC Silver Super Featherweight title with a questionable ten round unanimous decision over former IBF World Featherweight champion Cristobal Cruz. EPSN2 commentator, Teddy Atlas scored the…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Last night at Oldham Sports Centre, England, Steve Wood / VIP Promotions hosted a seven fight Bill entitled ‘Time to Shine’ – which headlined the Cruiserweight British Masters International Title between Martyn ‘Grid’ Grainger and Carl Wilson. Grainger dominated, but Wilson manages to get through…
One of Boxing’s best lighter weight fighters was in action last night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO, as Adrien Broner retained his WBO super feather crown in a show of force against challenger Eloy Perez. After an uneventful first round, Broner stepped it up in the second and began to put the…
WBC heavyweight titlist Alexander Povetkin was nearly KO’d on several occasions by WBO cruiser champion Marco Huck during their thrilling contest last night at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. While Huck gave away 20 pounds to the larger Povetkin, he more than made up for it with a very big advantage in handspeed, showing from…
WBO light heavyweight boss Nathan Cleverly enjoyed a successful homecoming last night, posting a wide points verdict over challenger Tommy Karpency at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. Karpency came into the bout as the clear underdog and was engaging in his first world title defense after a career to date that had included facing only…
Kronk Irish Middleweight Star, Andy Lee (27W-1L, 19KOs) is ready and available to fight WBC Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45W- 1D, 1NC 31KOs) on June 2 or 16. Following Chavez Jr.’s second successful defence of his WBC title against Marco Antonio Rubio in San Antonio on February 4, 2012, Team Lee, Top Rank…
Welterweight Jessie Vargas and junior middleweight DeAndre Latimore were victorious, as expected, in the co-featured fights Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime. But it wasn’t easy for either of them. In the main event, the undefeated Vargas, of Las Vegas, improved to 18-0 and nine knockouts with a hard-fought albeit lopsided 10-round…
Kieran Farrell will now box Stephen Jennings when he bids for his first title later this week. The Liverpool boxer (5-1-1) has stepped in at one week’s notice to challenge Farrell for the vacant Central Area light-welterweight title at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre, on Friday (March 2).
WBO cruiserweight titlist Marco Huck takes a long rumored step up in weight this evening as “Kapt’n Hook” challenges WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. This move is a big ask of Huck but at least it’s not a fight against one of the heavy punching Klitschko brothers, who happen to…
From John L. Sullivan and Sandy Saddler, to Rocky Marciano and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, Massachusetts has been home for some of boxing’s all-time greats. The 21st century, though, has been somewhat lean, quantity-wise, to the point that Bay State boxers in particular, New England fighters in general, have been unfairly given a bad rap for…
Junior Middleweight Captain Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson will put his perfect record on the line when he faces fellow unbeaten Delen “Sniper†Parsley of Brooklyn, NY in an eight round contest Wednesday, March 7 at BB King Blues Club in New York City.