© Aidan Walsh Reigning European Middleweight Champion Matthew Macklin knows that a win over Uruguayan Champion Rafa Sosa Pintos at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight will take him another step closer to his dream of becoming World Champion in 2010. The combatants weighed in yesterday with Macklin scaling 161.7 pounds and Pintos one pound…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In two contrasting fights, “Kid†Carson Jones dealt Tyrone “The One†Brunson the first loss of his career in the main event while former WBO junior lightweight world champion Mike Anchondo won an eight-round split decision over previously undefeated Mauricio “El Maestro†Herrera in the co-feature on an exciting…
Promoter Gary Shaw formally offered to promote the rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones, Jr. – on the undercard of undefeated two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson’s next fight. Shaw faxed the offer letter to Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Boy Promotions, Hopkins’ promoter, earlier today. HBO is holding an April 2010…
World champions Juan Manuel Lopez, Steven Luevano and Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Top-10 contender Rogers Mtagwa will kickoff the new decade in separate world featherweight title fights, Saturday, January 23, in the WaMu Theater in the “Mecca of Boxing,†Madison Square Garden.
Goossen-Tutor puts on a fight card this evening at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. 12 rounds, middleweights Sergio Martinez: 159 lb Paul Williams: 157 lb
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing hosted a live fight card televised on the Versus Network last night at the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom in New York City. Headlining the event was “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis who lost a controversial twelve-round split decision against Tim Coleman for the vacant USBA…
Jean Pascal is set to fight Adrian Diaconu in a rematch bout on December 11, 2009. In their last meeting, Pascal won by unanimous decision which also provided him with Diaconu’s WBC World Light Heavyweight belt. There is no doubt that Jean Pascal is the favourite to win once again. For Pascal and his promotional…
Former WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (36-6, 27 KO’s) will headline an NESportsTV.com boxing PPV against the Texas based Nagy Aguilera (14-2, 9 KO’s) on Friday December 11th live from Sacramento, CA. The bout will mark Maskaev’s first fight in the United States in over three years. His last appearance stateside was when he scored…
Bradley, (24-0-1 NC, 11 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif., and Peterson (27-0, 13 KOs), of Washington, D.C., participated in a national media conference call to discuss their upcoming world title mega-matchup on Saturday, Dec. 12 live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). In an excellent battle of unbeatens, Bradley will…
Integrated Sports Media, North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events, delivered 15 action-packed events this year from around the globe to sports fans in the United States and Canada. “With cutbacks in boxing coverage by cable networks and the disappearance of boxing from broadcast television,†Integrated Sports Media President Doug…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Playing the role of the experienced, veteran boxer, “Kid†Carson Jones said moments after he weighed in at 154 ¼ pounds that it was his plan to start to talking in Tyrone “The One†Brunson’s ear as soon as he saw him on Thursday.
Following In The Footsteps Of Past Greats? Lucian Bute knew exactly what he exactly what he had to do this previous Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Quebec. He had seen his idol Lennox Lewis do it previously to Hasim Rahman, and he told the crowd afterward that that was the result he was…