A few months ago I did a commentary on my boxing channel (also seen on this website) that lambasted the mainstream media for poor coverage of boxing. In that commentary I pointed out that boxing’s product was back to being as good as anytime in it’s history. What boxing really needs, I said, is to…
Lee Haskins has been told that his double title battle with Commonwealth super-flyweight champion Don Broadhurst will define his career. The Bristol southpaw’s British title will also be on the line the pair clash at Newport Leisure Centre on Friday night. Manager Chris Sanigar said: “If Lee wins this fight it will open up a…
WBA heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has told fellow titleholder Vitali Klitschko to ditch the voluntary contenders and unify the sport’s marquee division. The elder Klitschko brother puts his WBC belt on the line against American Kevin Johnson in Berne, Switzerland this coming Saturday (December 12) and Haye, fresh off his own title triumph,…
“Ahmet Öner and Arena have led me to position #3 in the WBC ratings. I am very happy with our collaboration and I’m looking forward to another three successful yearsâ€, said heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis after renewing his promotional contract with ARENA for another three years. The three time world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic…
It’s the last major boxing event of 2009 and on Saturday, December 12th, Golden Boy Promotions and DiBella Entertainment are pulling out all the stops to deliver the biggest and best fight card top to bottom of the year. Headlining this stacked 12 fight card is an HBO “Boxing After Dark” doubleheader featuring the NABO…
TKO Boxing Promotions produced not only the sizzle but the steak at a news conference luncheon today at Gallagher’s Steak House in midtown Manhattan. Partners Chet Koerner and Chris Middendorf, President and CEO of TKO Boxing Promotions, respectively, announced the signing of amateur welterweight standout Mikael Zewski who will be making his professional debut in…
By Per Ake Persson Arena Box Promotion returns to the Kugelbake-Hall in Cuxhaven January 23 with a big show headlined by middleweight Mahir Oral, heavyweight Konstantin Airich and super middle Christian Pawlak.
Last Friday in the main event of a nice combined boxing and mixed martial arts card promoted by Marshall Kauffman the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, Julio Cesar Matthews won the biggest fight of his career by defeating Harvey ‘Candy Man’ Jolly. Matthews, 9-0 (5), a southpaw from Reading, Pennsylvania, stalked Jolly, 10-12-1 (5), of…
Unbeaten middleweight prospect “Chairman of the Board†Michael Oliveira (10-0, 8 KOs), the heir apparent to revered Acelino “Popo†Freitas, is the hottest thing to come out of Brazil since super model Gisele Bundchen. There has been a noticeable void in Brazilian boxing since the wildly popular Freitas, 4-time world champion, hung-up his gloves for…
On November 27th Delvin Rodriguez took on Rafel Jackiewicz in an official welterweight IBF Title Eliminator. Going in, Rodriguez knew he would have to put on a dominating performance to win a decision, being the fight was taking place in Jackiewicz home country of Poland. Rodriguez stated prior to the fight that he was going…
Recently crowned WBA heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye will be boxing’s sole representative when he battles it out with nine other British sports stars for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday, December 13. The 29-year-old Londoner lifted the world heavyweight title on November 14, the night he stunned 7-feet-2-inch Russian…
Unbeaten Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley will make another defense of his WBO Jr. Welterweight title in his California desert hometown when he takes on undefeated Lamont Peterson, Saturday, Dec. 12 live on Showtime at 9p ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. The scheduled 12-round world title fight will emanate from The Show at Agua Caliente…