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.
Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr will make their grand arrival to Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon, April 27 at the lobby of MGM Grand casino. Mosley arrives first at 2pm while Mayweather Jr follows at 2:30pm. MGM Grand is located at 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89109.
Last week Nirmal Lorick, manager and trainer of WBC #2 rated welterweight Luis Collazo ,has publicly pulled out of the scheduled June 5th WBC Silver Championship against hard-hitting Selcuk Aydin. Lorick said that his fighter was not able to make the weight after a long lay-off and in addition to that had no interest in…
Cestus Management’s 168 pound contender Don “Da Bomb†George is slated to throw out the honorary first pitch, as Chicago’s beloved Cubs begin a home stand against the Washington Nationals at the famed Wrigley Field.
Click the image to view all photos from this Event Friday night, at the SkyDome in Coventry, England, Frank Maloney hosted an all-action fightcard which headlined the Super Bantamweight Title Eliminator between Rendall Munroe of Leicester and Victor Terrazas of Mexico. Munroe enters the ring to ‘My Old Mans a Dustman!’ followed by the Bob…
Schwerin based southpaw Juergen Braehmer was back in action last night in defense of his WBO light heavyweight belt at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The 31 year old handily met the challenge of Argentine champion Miariano Nicolas Plotinsky, dispatching the Buenos Aires man at 2:36 of the fifth round. It was never a competitive contest,…
Tomasz Adamek’s Cinderella run through the heavyweight division continued last night at Citizen’s Bank Arena in Ontario, CA as the IBF International strapholder found a way to beat former world title challenger Chris Arreola via majority decision. Ex-cruiserweight and light heavy champion Adamek was, as expected, the quicker man of both hand and foot but…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The Super Six Tournament finally produced a thrilling clash as Mikkel Kessler dethroned super middle titlist WBC Carl Froch last night at MCH Center in Herning, Denmark. Despite coming off a WBA title loss to Andre Ward in his most recent outing, Kessler came into the bout confident and…
Nottingham’s Carl Froch has the opportunity to put himself firmly in the driving seat of the Super Six Tournament when he makes the third defence of his WBC Super Middleweight Championship against former WBA Champion Mikkel Kessler in Denmark tonight.With rivals Andre Direll, Athur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler having already suffered defeats, this is a…
Former WBC light heavyweight and IBF cruiser champ Tomasz Adamek continues his heavyweight excursion tonight at the Citizen’s Bank Arena in Ontario, CA, where he’ll meet local hero Chris Arreola in defense of the IBF International crown. Adamek, 40-1 (27), will have the edge in experience this evening as the native Pole has previously fought…