A five star matchup in anyone’s eyes takes place tonight when Puerto Rican WBO welterweight champion defends his crown against multi-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. For Cotto, himself a two weight world champion, it’s the second defence of the title he won back when stopping Michael Jennings…
Boxing’s excellent year of 2009 heads for a potential zenith this weekend with the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight. Anyone who has even a passing interest in the sport should want to watch this match. The true measure of a fight is how many questions it raises when you try to analyze it. This fight has…
While Andy Lee’s bout with reigning French and European Union Middleweight Champ Affif Belghecham will be the main focus of attention on this Saturday’s Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena two other Limerick boxers will be looking to make it a memorable occasion for the cities fight fans. The World rated Lee headlines…
© Lawrence Lustig Colin Lynes may look a bit bleary-eyed in next month’s Prizefighter but he will have a good excuse. His wife Kelly is due to give birth just days before Colin will be taking part in Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event, the first ever light-welterweights competition.
After controversy, heated conversations and negotiations were settled, former three-time lightweight world champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and former junior welterweight world champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi met face-to-face yesterday to announce the December 12 rematch of their exciting August 22 bout. Diaz and Malignaggi will square off on neutral ground at the UIC Pavilion…
Former amateur standout Mondre “The General†Pope has signed an exclusive promotional contract with New Jersey based Pound For Pound Promotions, it was announced today by its President, John Lynch. The 20 year old junior lightweight prospect, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, is coming off a six round decision win over Gerardo Robles on October…
Top Rank has lined up some special activities in support of the Wounded Warrior Project in Las Vegas as part of the great battle between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.
By Per Ake Persson 24-year old German amateur star Jack Culcay, world champ 2009, has turned pro and signed a promotional deal with Universum, writes Bild. Culcay, who’s mother is from German and father from Ecuador, will campaign at junior middle.
I admit that I’m not the best reader in the world, but I agreed to review a new boxing book recently released by Hatherleigh Press entitled ‘Life In The Ring’. Written by John E. Oden, a white-collar boxing champion, this book is a compilation of the life-stories of boxing legends of yesteryear and present day….
Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward held a national conference call hyping the first Super Six World Boxing Classic in the United States on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. The matchup between WBA super middleweight champion Kessler and hometown…
The critically acclaimed reality series from Showtime Sports, “Fight Camp 360°: Inside The Super Six World Boxing Classic”, returns to with Episode #2, premiering Saturday, Nov. 14, at 10:40 p.m. ET/PT. The six-episode reality series takes viewers behind the scenes of the groundbreaking Super Six World Boxing Classic. From the conception of the tournament to…
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz is on a mission to bring the world title back to the United States next year and share the championship belt with his Latino fans once again.