Final Round Promotions enters the sport with inaugural card tonight Newly formed Final Round Promotions, based out of Poughkeepsie, NY and headed up by CEO Brian Burke, will have its first show tonight at the Mid Hudson Civic Center. While the card is not full of big time established stars, it does consist of many…
Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela hosts the WBA bantamweight title clash between Anselmo Moreno and Nehomar Cermeno. Panamanian southpaw Moreno, 28-1-1 (10), has held the crown since dethroning Wladimir Sidorenko two years ago and will be making his sixth defense but this could be his toughest test to date. Venezuela’s Cermeno, 19-0…
One of the most exciting fighters in the sport today sees action again tonight as Yuriorkis Gamboa returns to Germany following an 11 bout schedule in America over the last three years. Gamboa, 17-0 (15), comes back as the reigning WBA featherweight champ and the 28 year old Cuban has electrified the division with his…
Steve Molitor and Takalani Ndlovu go at it again tonight at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario with the vacant IBF super bantam title on offer to the winner. The first match between the two fighters took place at the same venue in July, 2007 with Molitor defending his IBF belt for the first time by…
Marcos Rene Maidana defends his Interim WBA super lightweight belt against challenger Victor Cayo tonight at The Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, while Ali Funeka meets Joan Guzman in a rematch for the vacant IBF lightweight title. As Guzman came in at an amazing nine pounds over the 135 pound weight limit, only…
The World Boxing Association has rejected a request for a rematch made on behalf of former champion, Gabriel Campillo, who lost his WBA light heavyweight title to Beibut Shumenov by a 12-round majority decision this past January 29. Shumenov will next fight official challenger Vyacheslav Uzelkov.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell squared off after their official weigh-in yesterday at the MGM Grand in Detroit for their Group Stage 2 bout in the Super Six World Boxing Classic tonight live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, at the Joe Louis Arena….
Former multi-weight champion Erik Morales ends over two years of inactivity tonight in Monterrey, Mexico when he meets ex-WBA lightweight titlist Jose Alfaro at welterweight. Erik Morales, who scaled 146.8 lb, said, “I want to thank everyone who has supported us for this fight. I’m ready. I had a lot of preparation and I’m ready…
Undefeated Uzbekistan prospects, light heavyweight Gayrat Ahmedov and welterweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov, will both be in action Saturday night (Mar. 27) on a Don Chargin Productions/Jorge Marron Productions card at the Karma Club in Victorville, California. Ahmedov (13-0-1, 9 KOs), a four-time Uzbekistan National Amateur Champion, and Hudaynazarov (10-0, 7 KOs), a 2007 World Military Games…
In an IBF eliminator bout held at Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, on Friday, March 19, the IBF number two welterweight contender, Randall ‘The Knockout King’ Bailey, won another title shot with a devastating first round knockout over Jackson Osei ‘Sugar Jackson’ Bonsu. A Bailey combination sent Bonsu down early in the bout, but the…
With the twelfth round knockout of ‘Fast Eddie’ Chambers by Wladimir Klitschko in Germany the heavyweight picture has become clearer in terms of who the remaining talent is, and who is left to fight whom. The question is, will these bouts happen in the future? Vitali Klitschko’s upcoming bout against the newly crowned European heavyweight…
This Saturday, March 27, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, “King†Arthur Abraham and Andre “The Matrix†Dirrell begin what will be an excellent series of Group Stage 2 bouts in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Showtime. The undefeated Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs), of Armenia, and the…