Herbie Hide believes winning Friday’s Prizefighter will be the perfect preparation for a shot at the WBC cruiserweight world title. Hide, 38, is one of eight men competing in Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event – Cruiserweights II – at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London. A former WBO heavyweight champion, Hide is clear…
Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr made their Grand Arrivals to Las Vegas yesterday and fielded questions from the media. Floyd Mayweather: “When I beat him [Mosley], they are going to say he is old. All these fighters get the belts that I gave up. When you are bigger than the sport, belts don’t mean…
With the Mayweather vs. Mosley: “Who R U Picking?” mega-fight this Saturday, fans now have something extra to look forward to on fight night, as a free undercard preview will be broadcast by several satellite and cable providers, including DirecTV, Dish Network, InDemand and TVN.
Top Rank will present its most ambitious and compelling Latin Fury card in its 15-event history. Latin Fury 15: La Furia de México will feature undefeated WBC No. 1 super welterweight contender and son of the living legend, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., in rumble against Top-10 middleweight contender “Ireland’s†John Duddy for the WBC Middleweight…
Mark Krence believes winning Friday’s Prizefighter Cruiserweights II will catapult him to a third shot at a British title. Chesterfield-based Krence, 33, has fought twice for the British Heavyweight Championship and is desperate to compete for the Lonsdale belt at cruiserweight level.
So what do several of the world’s best super middleweights think of the up-and-coming crop of fighters in boxing’s best and deepest division? “The future of the super middleweight division is very bright, especially here in the U.S.,†said Andre Dirrell, who trails Arthur Abraham in the Super Six World Boxing Classic standings with two…
Keith Holmes (41-5, 25 KOs) will get his hands full on May 29 at the DC Armory in Washington D.C., as Titanium Promotions has confirmed that the former WBC champion will take on former IBF champion Kassim “The Dream†Ouma (26-7-1, 16 KOs). The two will clash for the vacant UBO International Middleweight championship as…
They’ve been waiting and watching. Now six young and hungry super middleweights with a combined record of 109-3 will get their chance to showcase their talent Friday, April 30 on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) live on Showtime. Unbeaten Marcus “Too Much†Johnson (18-0, 14 KOs) battles…
Tuesday sees a big fight card at Yubileiny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg featuring three title bouts. It will be a battle of big punchers at cruiserweight as prospect Alexander Kotlobay, 18-1-1 (12), goes for the vacant European crown against former WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli, 31-4 (24). This will be a big step up for…
After a professional career spanning 18 years, highlighted by becoming the first and only Heavyweight World Champion of Latino heritage, two-time world champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz today announced his retirement from the ring. Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs) defeated three world champions – Evander Holyfield, Hasim Rahman and Tony Tucker – as well as top…
Hot, unbeaten super middleweight prospect Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, coming off of his nationally televised destruction of veteran George “The Rooster†Armenta with a lethal left hook to the body at 47 seconds of the opening round, takes another progressive step April 30, when he takes on rugged Kevin Engel in an 8-round bout April…
© Lawrence Lustig Herbie Hide will begin his quest for Prizefighter glory with a fight with Welshman Wayne Brooks. Hide, 38, is the favourite to win Prizefighter Cruiserweights II, which will be held on Friday at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, East London.