El Paso’s Antonio Escalante stood toe-to-toe with Juarez’ Mickey Roman, on February 26 at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center in what many are calling — the 2010 “Fight Of The Year.” Escalante won a hard fought decision and left his legion followers craving more of the non-stop action he has come to be known for. The…
In a time when you might be forgiven for thinking you are in a timewarp, Evander Holyfield takes on South African Francois Botha for the lightly regarded WBF Heavyweight title this evening.Originally intended for Uganda in January, the fight now moves to the more familiar surroundings of Las Vegas. Holyfield, now 47, is a guaranteed…
Tonight at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, Andre Berto defends his WBC welterweight title against Carlos Quintana while WBA/IBF super bantam king Celestino Caballero moves up to featherweight to face Daud Cino Yordan for the Interim WBA crown. Berto, 25-0 (19), is making the fourth defense of the belt he won against Miguel Angel Rodriquez…
Ahead of their clash tonight for the WBF heavyweight title at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, Francois Botha and Evander Holyfield hit the scales yesterday. WBF Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Francois Botha: 250 lb Evander Holyfield: 220 lb
Only two weeks after his comeback-win against Alex Mazikin in Hamburg former cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez returned to the ring with a one-sided unanimous decision win over German contender Alexander Kahl in front of 1,500 fans at the Neue Arena in Schwerin. The Black Panther looked good after losing 13 pounds in the last…
By Per Ake Persson WBC junior light champ Vitaly Tajbert makes the first defence of the title May 22 in Rostock in the co-feature to Ruslan Chagaev vs Kali Meehan in a WBA heavyweight eliminator. Opponent is to be announced. Both Tajbert and Chagaev are trained by Magomed Schaburow. Bild writes today that Arthur Abraham…
From the office of WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Due to the unavailability of Ray Austin, as declared in testimony given under oath in a court of law, and based in an overwhelming majority vote of the WBC Board of Governors, the WBC is ordering a final elimination fight between the two highest available contenders in…
In a professional career that has had more letdowns than achievements, 2000 Olympic Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist Audley Harrison takes on Michael Sprott for the vacant European title tonight at Alexandra Palace in London, England.There’s unfinished business in this one for “A Force”. Seemingly back on the rise in his pro career, he faced Sprott…
Tony Jeffries wants to land his first professional title by the end of the year. The Olympic bronze medallist has fully recovered from a spate of injuries and returns to action at Coventry Skydome on Friday April 23. ‘Jaffa’, 25, will be bidding to stretch his unbeaten record to six when he tackles tough Welshman…
Ricky Hatton believes Denton Vassell is following him all the way to world title glory. The undefeated Mancunian takes a big step towards emulating ‘The Hitman’ on Hatton Promotions bumper show at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Friday 16th April. That’s when Vassell challenges Colchester’s Lee Purdy for the vacant Commonwealth welterweight crown in a…
From The Desk Of: Jeff Grmoja, Vice President On behalf of me and staff we send our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to Don Chargin and his family on the loss of our beloved Lorraine. I met the Chargins in San Jose, CA in 1982 and have been blessed with their friendship. Lorraine left us as…
Former world cruiserweight champion and world heavyweight title contender Juan Carlos Gomez is clearly not in the shape of his lifetime these days but slowly on the way back to his old physique. For tonight’s fight against Alexander Kahl in Schwerin, shown live on Eurosport from 9.00pm German time, Gomez weighed in at 110,0 kg…