As reported, WBA Champion Andre Ward has suffered an injury and is unable to fight Allan Green on April 24. The scheduled Group Stage 2 tournament matchup between WBC champion Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler will take place as planned on Saturday, April 24, from Herning Denmark, airing on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT as…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Sunday afternoon, VIP Boxing / Steve Wood promoted an eleven-bout fight-card which would headline Alex Matvienko’s defence of his British Masters Light-Middleweight Title. Held at the DeVere Whites Hotel – Reebok Stadium, Bolton, there was a ‘lively’ crowd awaiting the all-action bill. Alex Matvienko v Geraint Harvey…
Their war of words has captivated the boxing world, but on Saturday, May 15, the time for talk will be over when two of the brightest stars in the super lightweight division – WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan and former world title holder Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi – finally settle their score…
#1 WBO rated American heavyweight “Fast Eddie†Chambers and WBO/IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko convened yesterday for a press conference in Dusseldorf, Germany just five days before their scheduled World Championship bout. Klitschko is consodered to be, along with his brother, WBC Champion Vitali, to be the top heavyweight in the world. Chambers will be…
It was a marquee win for boxing’s ‘king of the world’. By the numbers, Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao’s 51-3-2 (38) unanimous decision victory over Joshua Clottey 35-4 (20) would not seem to be much of a fight. With Pacquiao throwing over 1,100 punches to Clottey’s 140, it would seem to be a mismatch on paper. As…
Friday night live on ESPN2 from the Gaylord Texan Hotel, Grapevine, Texas, Top Rank promoted an IBF heavyweight eliminator. Former WBC champion Samuel ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Peter 33-3 (26) scored a second round stoppage of Nagy ‘Dominican Dynamite’ Aguilera 15-2 (10) hailing from Newburgh, New York. The short bout demonstrated the difference between an ‘A’…
In preparation for his April 24 fight against Chris Arreola, (28-1, 25 KOs ). Tomasz Adamek, (40-1, 27 KO’s), is in Houston, training with Ronnie Shields. Shields, no stranger to making cruiserweights into heavyweight champions, was a key part of the training staff that guided Evander Holyfield to his heavyweight titles. Shields had this to…
American heavyweight “Fast Eddie†Chambers – rated #1 in the WBO – arrives in Dusseldorf, Germany with his team a week before his scheduled World Championship bout against WBO/IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. “I am on a mission to beat Wladimir Klitschko and bring those titles back home to the United States. This is serious…
Fan favorite Tony “TNT†Grano gained revenge for his only loss as a pro, winning a unanimous 10-round decision last night against Mark “Oak Tree†Brown in the main event on the “Brace For Impact†card, promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc., (CES), in a sold-out Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik returns to his old haunt, Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, on Saturday, April 17, to defend his titles against WBC super welterweight champion Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars Atlantic City, Pavlik vs. Martinez will be broadcast live on HBO World…
Bob Arum’s Top Rank Incorporated in association with Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions will present the Chicago debut of “Top Rank Liveâ€, the critically acclaimed boxing series on Saturday, May 29th at the UIC Pavilion. Said Bob Arum, “Top Rank has been promoting shows in Chicago since the 70’s and we’re thrilled to bring this…
In front of over 50,000 fans at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao retained his title with a decision against Joshua Clottey last night. But it wasn’t an easy task as the defensively excellent former IBF welter king Clottey largely prevented the southpaw champion from launching the type of sustained attacks…