Hall of Fame-bound Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield added the World Boxing Federation heavyweight title belt to his overcrowded trophy case, stopping defending champion Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha in the eighth round last night in the main event on “The Legend Returns†card, promoted by Crown Boxing, at the Thomas & Mack Center in…
Good weekend on the Continent, highlighted by several big fights including two world title bouts. IBF welterweight champ Jan Zaveck made his first defense a good one, outboxing challenger Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez before stopping the Argentine in the 12th and final round at Tivoli Sports Hall on Friday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Martinez, 36-4-1 (13), had…
There were a few surprises in the ring this past week as several big names suffered unexpected losses. The biggest shocker occurred when former world middleweight title challenger Jamie Pittman was dramatically sent down and out by hard-fisted Ghana born Joseph Kwadjo at Le Montage in Lilyfield on Thursday. At stake was the vacant IBF…
Arena’s Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis advances to the no. 1 spot in the new WBC rankings. Originally “La Sombra“ was scheduled to fight Ray Austin in a final elimination bout but Austin declared to be unavailable due to legal problems. Therefore Solis took Austin’s spot in the rankings. “This is a great honour for…
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…