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…
© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Queens native Vincent “Vinnie†Maddalone, coming off a disputed decision loss to former cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck in Paris, France, overpowered “Diamond†Dominique Alexander of Topeka, Kansas, in seven lopsided rounds of a scheduled heavyweight ten rounder at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey,…
When Gentleman Jim Corbett, the father of modern boxing, dazzled John L. Sullivan with lightning fast foot speed in the face of the new Marquis of Queensberry boxing rules to win the heavyweight title, a confused public was aghast. When heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali knew how to “float like a butterfly and sting like a…
WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko defends his title against European Champion Albert Sosnowski from Poland at Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on May 29. “I am very happy to have my next fight in Germany again,” said Klitschko. “The arena in Gelsenkirchen and the fans there are very special. I experienced that last year when my brother…
Former heavyweight world champion Tommy “The Duke” Morrison has continued to train in Wichita, Kansas for his upcoming celebrity fundraising fight in Mexico. Morrison, who retired from boxing in 1996 after reportedly testing positive for HIV, returned to the sport in February, 2007, winning his comeback bout and a follow-up fight a year later by…