Unbeaten prospect Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez steps up in class this weekend to headline “Saturday Afternoon Special†against veteran Darnell Boone in an 8-round super middleweight bout at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, R.I. The power-packed “Saturday Afternoon Special†card is a rare matinee show (2 PM/ET start), promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic…
Allan Green, coming off a dominating performance over Carlos De Leon, Jr., will face unbeaten “Marvelous†Tarvis Simms in a 10-round super middleweight affair this Friday, Oct. 2, live on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, from the First Council Casino in Newkirk, OK. The matchup…
Sometimes a fighter can find himself up against the ropes. That’s the feeling most people in the boxing community have about Jermain Taylor. He’s fighting an undefeated former champ in his hometown and he is the underdog. The pressure is on, but nothing could be further from Taylor’s mind as he prepares to face Arthur…
On Wednesday September 30th Star Boxing’s heavyweight contender, “Devastatin” Devin Vargas (17-1, 7KO) will look to get back into the win column when he takes on Terrell “Baby Bull” Nelson (8-8, 5KO) at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, NY. The bout is scheduled for eight rounds in the heavyweight division. Vargas recently took…
John Murray has been warned not to underestimate Jon Thaxton ahead of their British Lightweight title clash this weekend. The advice comes from Scott Lawton, the current English Lightweight Champ and a man in a good position to air his views on the fight given that he has shared the ring with both men in…
Not surprisingly, the aftermath of the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez match has produced some very simplistic commentaries about the commerce of the fight. The very good buy rate that topped 1 million has been viewed in a number of different ways. Many of them so absurdly one dimensional that it boggles my mind. The black…
Audley Harrison has threatened to inflict ‘a lot more punishment’ on Danny Williams in Friday’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III event. Harrison, 37, thinks victory in the eight-man, one-night tournament will see ‘the rebirth’ of his career and lead to him becoming World Champion inside two years. However, Williams, the current British Champion, potentially stands between Harrison…
Unbeaten Middleweight Fernando Guerrero will vie for his first title against ultra tough veteran Ossie Duran October 10 at Arthur W. Purdue Stadium in Salisbury, MD. Guerrero, 15-0 (13 KO’s), who scored an impressive stoppage over Chris Archer on August 29 in Mississippi, is returning to his hometown to fight in front of his adoring…
One of the top boxing prospects in the world, 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius “The Extinguisher†Andrade, returns home October 3 to fight for the third time as a professional on the stacked “Saturday Afternoon Special†card at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. “Saturday Afternoon Special†is a rare matinee show (2…
Veteran sportscaster Curt Menefee will join the ShoBox: The New Generation announce team, substituting for Nick Charles, the perennial host and play-by-play announcer who is currently battling bladder cancer. Menefee will anchor the remaining ShoBox telecasts in 2009, joining color analyst Steve Farhood, beginning Friday, Oct. 2, when top-ranked super middleweight contender Allan Green (28-1,…
© Showtime Boxing / Photo Wende Undefeated former IBF middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham (30-0, 24 KOs) worked out in Zinnowitz, Germany yesterday. Abraham is in preparation for his Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 1 bout against former undisputed 160-pound titleholder Jermain “Bad Intentions’’ Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KOs), of Little Rock, Ark., on…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Velodrome in Manchester, England, Hatton Promotions hosted their first televised fight-night. Billed as ‘Euro Glory’, the fight-card was headlined by the European title clash between Matthew Macklin and Amin Asikainen. Matthew Macklin (Birmingham) v Amin Asikainen (Finland) 12 x 3 Vacant European…