**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing By Jim Everett & David Reid Jed Weinstein Presents hosted BOX NYC on Thursday night at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The evening was headlined by local undefeated prospect Will Rosinsky against Ariel Espinal and also featured the elegance of a supper club, a charity…
Kelly Pavlik puts his WBC and WBO middleweight title belts at risk tonight against Sergio Martinez at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Pavlik, 36-1 (32), is making his third appearance since going up to super middle and getting schooled by ageless modern day great Bernard Hopkins and it will be interesting to see if…
We kick things off in America, where heavyweight Tony Thompson, 34-2 (22), and lightweight Hank Lundy, 18-0-1 (10), cruised to victory last night at the Omni New Daisy Theatre in Memphis, having easier than expected bouts. Thompson stopped fellow former world title challenger Owen Beck, 29-5 (20), in the fourth of a scheduled ten rounder…
Undefeated middleweight prospect and hometown favorite Fernando Guerrero earned an impressive second round TKO victory over Chicago’s Michael Walker in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation Friday night on Showtime from the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, Md. Unbeaten prospect Shawn Porter dominated Colombian Raul Pinzon, scoring a first round TKO…
In a yet another historic event for the boxing world, members of the Boxing Promoters Association met with the four major sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO) today in Atlantic City, NJ, to discuss the current state of Boxing and to continue to develop ways to better the sport. Significant progress for the future of…
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will hold an open workout for fans and media on Tuesday, April 20 at San Jose Boxing and Fitness 3469 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127 at 11:00 A.M PT Guerrero will prepare for his battle against Roberto Arrieta on the return of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” boxing series scheduled for…
Ahead of their IBF super middle title clash tonight at Montreal’s Bell Centre, Lucian Bute and Edison Miranda hit the scales yesterday. IBF super middleweight championship, 12 rounds Lucian Bute:167.2 lb Edison Miranda: 167 lb
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who now works as a TV host for Danish pay-per-view giant Viasat, admitted he is impressed by Carl Froch´s fitness level ahead of the WBC Champion´s meeting with Danish hero Mikkel Kessler on April 24. Schmeichel paid a visit to the Cobra´s home base in Nottingham last weekend to…
Undefeated middleweight prospect and hometown favorite Fernando Guerrero weighed in at 160 pounds and Chicago’s Michael Walker tipped the scales at 161 during Thursday’s weigh in at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, Md. Guerrero (17-0, 14 KOs) will put his undefeated record on the line against Walker (19-3, 12 KOs) in a…
A scheduled April 24 bout which has fans of heavyweight boxing buzzing for months will now have added significance with the unfortunate tragedy which befell the home country of one of its competitors. Poland’s Tomasz “Goral†Adamek, who will be defending his IBF International Heavyweight Title against the heavy-handed, top-rated contender and local hero Cristobal…
Boxing superstar and six-time World Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr and welterweight mega-star, five-time World Champion and current WBA Welterweight Champion Shane Mosley, are set to meet on Saturday, May 1 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Floyd Mayweather Jr: “I think Shane is acting out of character. Why would someone wait until they were 38…
Kalle Sauerland has confirmed that the Super Six World Boxing Classic Clash between WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl Froch and Danish hero Mikkel Kessler on April 24 will go ahead as planned despite multiple airspace closures throughout Europe. The “Cobra†was scheduled to fly from Great Britain to Denmark tomorrow, but with most of the European…