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…
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck returned to action last night and crushed his challenger at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin. Huck, 28-1 (21), got down to business right away against American visitor Adam Richards, 23-3 (15), a former heavyweight who had never previously faced world class opposition. The third round proved to be the last…
Okay, so its not the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr super fight we all wanted. However a potentially tough matchup is in store for the Filipino when he takes on the rugged Joshua Clottey tonight in Dallas, Texas.Clottey, from Ghana but based in the Bronx, has only three defeats in 38 which have all…
© Philip Sharkey Yesterday, at London’s Leicester Square, media gathered for a press conference which officially announced Amir Khan’s defence of his WBA Light-Welterweight Title against New Yorker – Paulie ‘Magic Man’ Malignaggi. Khan – who will be under new trainer Freddy Roach and new management – Golden Boy Promotions, will make his American debut…
Last night at the Liverpool Echo Arena, British super middleweight ruled Paul Smith retained his belt in a hard fought battle while British welterweight champion Kell Brook added the WBO Intercontinental strap to his trophy cabinet, while becoming the mandatory challenger for the WBO title, currently held by Manny Pacquiao. Smith squared off against former…