Hawaii’s favorite son was in action last night at Blaisdell Centre in Honolulu as Brian Viloria came up with a decision over iron-chinned Mexican challenger Jesus Iribe in a firefight to retain the IBF light flyweight title. Iribe came into the bout as the reigning WBC fecombox titlist and had gone 12 rounds in a…
Tonight at Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, one of the biggest names on the German scene saw his popularity go through the roof as Marco Huck toppled WBO cruiserweight titlist Victor Emilio Ramirez. European champ Huck came out all guns blazing and put the normally aggressive Argentine in the unexpected position of having to go…
At Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany tonight, popular cruiserweight Marco Huck gets another crack at a world title as he challenges reigning WBO champ Victor Emilio Ramirez. 25 year old Ramirez, 15-1 (12), earned his nickname “El Tyson del Abasto” while coming up through the ranks in his native Argentina but the Buenos Aires…
One of boxing’s top super bantams, Celestino Caballero, sees action tonight at The Arena in Mexicali, Mexico, facing local man Francisco Leal. WBA and IBF champion Caballero, 32-2 (22), rides a five year win streak into Mexicali but is coming off a narrow split decision victory over motivated South African challenger Jeffrey Mathebula in April….
IBF light welter champ Juan Urango retained his belt while light heavy contender Tarvoris Cloud outpointed former champ Clinton Woods to capture the vacant IBF belt last night at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, FL. After a slow start, southpaw Urango, 22-2-1 (17), got down to business after getting nailed by a full-blooded right…
Tony Jeffries broke off from his holiday last week to spend a day under the watchful eyes of boxing’s most famous family, the Mayweathers. The Sunderland super middleweight has spent the last three weeks backpacking around Brazil and North America with fiancée Sara Kneeshaw.
Thursday night in Hagerstown, Maryland, fight fans were treated to two spectacular knockouts win by sensational prospects; junior welterweight Francisco Contreras and cruiserweight Andres Taylor. The 25 year old Contreras improved his perfect knockout record of 10-0-0 (10KO’s) by stopping Julian Rodriguez at the 1:35 mark of the second round under a hailstorm of power…
© 8 Count Productions Former WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz is busy preparing for his Chicago showdown with two-time world champion Jesus Chavez at JABB Boxing Gym on the near Northwest Side of Chicago.
Once-beaten heavyweight prospect “Gentleman†Chazz Witherspoon (25-1, 17 KOs), the 2004 National Golden Gloves champion, wants to match his cousin “Terrible†Tim Witherspoon’s major accomplishment as heavyweight champion of the world. Witherspoon, whose only loss in 26 pro fights was last year to world title challenger Chris Arreola. Chazz, battles heavyweight gatekeeper Stacy “Big Foot 
The bantamweight division has an upcoming force who proved to be competition on Wednesday night at DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing in New York City. Eddie Irizarry produced an exciting win over Felix Flores in a six rounder, setting his record to 7-1-(2). Flores was down in the first couple rounds, and Irrizary fought hard to…
Big show tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, FL with two IBF belts up for grabs. Colombian hard man Juan Urango, 21-2-1 (16), makes the first defense of his second reign as IBF light welter ruler when he takes on big punching veteran Randall Bailey, 39-6 (35). It’s hard to believe that…
Hatton Promotions presents “Euro Glory”, another exciting night of boxing at the Manchester Velodrome on September 25, 2009. The headliner sees Matthew Macklin squaring off with Amin Asikainen over 12 scheduled rounds for the vacant European middleweight title.