2009 Brazilian Athlete of the Year, unbeaten middleweight prospect “Chairman of the Board†Michael Oliveira, returns to the ring April 30 to fight for the first time this year in a six-round bout against 28-fight veteran Jessie Davis at Miccosukee Resort in Miami. Oliveira (11-0, 8 KOs), who only turns 20 next Monday, is the…
John Anthony has vowed to upset the form book and beat the odds to win Prizefighter Cruiserweights II. Doncaster-based Anthony, 35, is one of eight men in Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter tournament, to be staged at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London on Friday, April 30. Anthony, who has won seven out of…
IBF International Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KOs) from Zywiec, Poland and hometown favorite and top rated contender Cristobal Arreola (28-1, 25 KOs) from Riverside, CA, weighed in today for the clash tomorrow. IBF International Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Tomasz Adamek: 217 lb Chris Arreola: 250.5 lb
The four entrants not fighting this weekend have weighed in with predictions for this weekend’s Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 2 matchup between undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KOs) and Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KOs). Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, and Arthur Abraham predict a victory for the hometown fighter,…
Former World Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes graced Gallagher’s Steak House in midtown Manhattan with his enormous presence the other day as the guest of honor at the Gallo’s Geezer luncheon. The “Easton Assassin,” rated as one of the greatest of all time, defeated Muhammad Ali in October of 1980.
WBC featherweight champion Elio “The Kid†Rojas (22-1, 13 KOs) has called out his WBA counterpart, undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa (18-0, 15 KOs), demanding a world championship unification match. “I see where people have said Gamboa may face Celestino Caballero, but Gamboa himself said he wasn’t impressed with Gamboa’s last fight,†Rojas said. “My response to…
Click the image to view all photos from the press conference Yesterday, at the ‘G-Casino’ at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England, Frank Maloney hosted a press conference ahead of Friday night’s WBC Super Bantamweight Title Eliminator between Rendall Munroe of Leicester and Victor Terrazas of Mexico. Despite a gruelling journey to get to the…
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino will broadcast the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley clash on Saturday, May 1 on a 60’ larger than life screen for only $10 a ticket. The Welterweight Fight of the Year in Las Vegas has been likened it to Ali vs. Foreman or one of numerous Sugar Ray Leonard classics.
Golden Boy promotes the latest edition of their “Fight Night Club” series tonight at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA. Headlining the fight card is an eight round super middleweight clash between Enrique Ornelas and Julius Fogle. Super middleweights, 8 rounds Enrique Ornelas: 171.6 lb Julius Fogle: 166.4 lb
CES promotes the “Spring Fever†fight card at Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, RI on Friday night, May 7. The bill is headlined by a the NABA light welter title fight between Jason Pires and Michael Clark. Jason Pires: “There’s a lot of talent on this card. It’s going to be a great show. May…
Highly regarded Los Angeles prospects Deon Elam and Khabir Suleymanov will defend their home turf at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia on Thursday, April 22, as they take on Andre Hemphill and Benji Garcia, respectively, in featured six round bouts on the latest edition of the boxing’s hardest-hitting monthly series, “Fight Night Club”. In the main…
Check your almanac: On the night of September 16, 1981, time stopped for one hour while welterweight champions Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns traded punches in Las Vegas. That’s how big a fight it was. On May 1, welterweights Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley will clash in the biggest bout of 2010….