The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) has spoken, and the verdict is that the February 28, 2009 battle between Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz is the winner of the 2009 Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier award for Fight of The Year. “This is a great honor and receiving this award is one…
Showtime will present a fight card from Mexico for the first time in nearly 12 years when devastating, undefeated knockout artist and two-time world champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), of Las Vegas, Nev., by way of Merida, Venezuela, defends his WBC lightweight crown against streaking, once-beaten WBC 135-pound interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17…
International Boxing Organization lightweight champion Mlungisi Dlamini died on Friday, Jan. 29, after an automobile accident in his native South Africa. He was 27 years old. A 5-foot-10 right-hander nicknamed “Killer Shark,†Dlamini became an IBO world champion in what turned out to be his final fight – stopping countryman Zolani Marali in three rounds…
Prizefighter returns later this month with the first ever light-middleweights competition. The event, which will be staged at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London, will be held on Friday, February 26. The eight-man line-up includes the usual mix of talented, undefeated prospects and former champions including Ex-Commonwealth Champion Bradley Pryce and former British…
Jason Booth has been given the chance to realise his European title dreams – but must face close mate Rendall Munroe. The EBU have made the Nottingham star (34-5) mandatory contender for Munroe’s European super-bantamweight championship. Before setting his sights higher Booth must defend his British crown against Matthew Marsh (13-1) in his hometown at…
Highly-regarded lightweight prospect, Bayan “The Mongolian Mongoose†Jargal (14-0-2, 9 KOs) of Arlington, VA, will face ring veteran Louie Leija (21-14-1, 15 KOs) of San Antonio, TX as the eight-round Co-Main event on the March 6 boxing card at the Patriot Center Ice Promotions officials announced today.
On Saturday February 6th, heavyweight fan favorite, Vinny Maddalone (32-6, 23) will get the weekend fireworks started early when he takes on Dominique Alexander (19-7-1, 9KO) in an eight round heavyweight match-up at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. The show, promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, and broadcast live on GoFightLive.tv,…
Welterweight Scott ‘The Gent’ Woolford will face his sternest test of his career when he faces former WBF Light Welterweight and British Welterweight Champion Young Mutley at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham this coming Friday, the 5th February. Woolford’s career seemed to go in to free fall following his loss to Ricky Hatton’s…
In a highly anticipated super-middleweight showdown on Friday night in Reno, Jesse Brinkley beat, and beat-up, Curtis “Showtime” Stevens. Yerington, Nevada’s Brinkley (35-5, 22 KOs) earned the #2 mandatory position in the IBF by out boxing and out punching Brooklyn’s Stevens (21-3, 15 KOs) in a thrilling twelve-round bout.
Last Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois, fight fans were treated to another great night of boxing as Chicago’s native son, Cestus Management Fighter Donovan George, scored another jaw dropping win. George (19-0-0 w/17 Kos) completely dominated and destroyed Phil “The Drill†Williams knocking him out in 2:43 of the 3rd round….
It was a jubuilant scene last night at Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City as favorite son Jorge Arce delivered a good performance to capture the vacant WBO super flyweight title. 30 year old Los Mochis resident Arce engaged in a toe to toe slugfest with Indonesia’s Angky Angkota and not surprisingly was dominating the action…
IBF middleweight boss Sebastian Sylvester kept his title last night against late replacement opponent Billy Lyell at Jahnsportforum in Neubradenburg, Germany. American veteran Lyell, 21-8 (4), used his experience to get into the later rounds against the stocky, volume punching champion but Sylvester, 33-3 (16), maintained a pace that proved too much for the challenger….