On Friday April 2nd, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returns to the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT with what promises to be yet another action packed night of boxing. The card, broadcast live on ESPN’s ever popular “Friday Night Fight” series, is headlined by an exciting and meaningful welterweight crossroads battle between current…
Top American heavyweight “Fast Eddie†Chambers (35-1, 18 KOs) is set to take on Ukrainian giant and WBO/IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir “Dr. Steelhammer†Klitschko (53-3, 47 KOs) on Saturday night, March 20, at the 51,000 seat Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany This will be the first world title opportunity for Chambers and his third time…
Heavyweight contender Mike Mollo returns to action in his hometown of Chicago for the first time in two and half years to battle veteran Billy Zumbrun in the main event at “Windy City Fight Night 9”, presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, on Friday, March 26th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion.
© Showtime Boxing On the 24th April, 2010 the second round of the super middleweight tournament continues with Carl Froch defending his WBC title against Mikkel Kessler. The fight is taking place in Herning, Denmark and it will see Froch defending his title for the third time, the second time on foreign soil. Ever since…
Unbeaten middleweight boxing sensation, “Chairman of the Board†Michael Oliveira (11-0, 9 KOs) has been officially selected as the winner of the Brazilian International Press Award’s 2009 Athlete of the Year Award. The 19-year-old Oliveira, living in Miami and attending Miami Dade Community College, is the heir apparent to retired Acelino “Popo†Freitas in Brazilian…
Today at The King of Prussia Convention Center, former lightweight world champion, Ray “Boom Boom†Mancini will be unveiling a new wine collection. Southpaw Wine is a Cabernet Sauvignon, which is part of the Luva Bella Winery and Juice Company.
Light heavyweight contender Chris “Hard Hittin†Henry has patiently waited an extra month to get a shot at former 2-time WBA light heavyweight champion Hugo Hernan “Pigu†Garay in their March 27th WBA Light Heavyweight eliminator. They were originally supposed to square-off February 27 but that show was cancelled, moving Garay-Henry back four weeks to…
Former WBC lightweight champion David Diaz broke camp in his hometown of Chicago today and headed to Dallas, Texas where he will take on WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto on Saturday, March 13th at Cowboys Stadium. Diaz boarded a plane late Tuesday afternoon at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport with his manager/trainer Jim Strickland and co-trainer…
Barry Hearn has tipped Poland’s Albert Sosnowski to ‘cause a big upset’ and beat WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko in May. Sosnowski hails from Warsaw but is now based in Brentwood, Essex and is managed by Hearn, who has co-promoted the majority of his fights. Klitschko will be favourite to beat Sosnowski when the pair meet…
Top bantamweight contender Abner Mares is closing in on a world title shot in 2010, but before he can challenge for a championship belt, he will have to get through another tough battle, this time against Colombian veteran Felipe Almanza in the ten-round main event of the March 25 edition of the hit series “Fight…
Unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, takes on Hector “The Hurricane†Munoz, of Albuquerque, NM, in the fifth defense of his NABA welterweight title in a scheduled 10-round contest on Saturday evening, April 17, at in the 10,000-seat Boardwalk Hall. In the scheduled 12-round main event, to be televised by HBO, Kelly Pavlik of Youngstown,…
© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing In a light heavyweight bout where even the overwhelming favorite admitted that the opponent’s record was highly deceiving, Chuck Mussachio of Wildwood, New Jersey, won a razor close unanimous hard fought decision over game Richmond Dalphone of Pensacola, Florida, in what evolved as a brutal give and take toe-to-toe…