Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) continues its expansion outside of New England, presenting “Fight Night At The Fair,†in association with the New York State Fair and International Boxing Hall of Fame, Wednesday night, Sept. 2 at the Mohegan Sun Grandstand in Syracuse, N.Y. Women’s boxing trailblazer, Christy “Coalminer’s Daughter†Martin (48-5-3,…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night, at the Velodrome in Manchester, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fight night which would prove to be an all-action bill culminating in another war from returning Mancunian, Michael Brodie. Billed as ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’, the fight card consisted of seven contests. Encircled…
Last night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, light welterweights Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi engaged in a spirited give and take contest that went all 12 scheduled rounds for the NABO title. Former IBF titlist Malignaggi had managed to keep the fight largely on the outside for at least half the contest, where…
WBO super middle titlist Karoly Balzsay was well on his way to outboxing challenger Robert Stieglitz last night at Syma Sport and Leisure Center in Budapest, Hungary when disaster struck. That unlucky occurrence took the form of a bad laceration on the champion’s forehead in the early part of the ninth frame, changing the entire…
Andy Lee, Irish middleweight boxer, chalked up the 19th win of his career yesterday evening in a thrilling bout against a game Anthony Shuler at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Lee put on a class performance using his superior technical boxing ability and punching power to dispose of Shuler by KO in the eighth…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Headlining a big show tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX is former lightweight champion Juan Diaz’s move up to light welter to face Paulie Malignaggi in a 12 rounder. Diaz, 34-2 (17), barely broke the lightweight limit during the weigh-in yesterday and former IBF…
WBO super middle champ Karoly Balzsay makes the second defense of his title when he faces off against Robert Stieglitz at the Syma Sport Centre in Budapest, Hungary. Hamburg based Hungarian Balzsay, 21-0 (15), won the WBO belt with a surprising unanimous decision over favored opponent Denis Inkin in January and KO’d aging but still…
The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN saw Irish middleweight star Andy Lee, 18-1 (13), return to an American ring for the first time in over a year following his shocking loss to Brian Vera. The lanky southpaw came into his bout with Anthony Shuler, 20-7-1 (14), as a super middle and stopped the Indianapolis man…
There were two fight cards in the UK last night with former world champions Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe as promoters. Hatton’s bill took place at the Velodrome in his hometown of Manchester and featured a brace of six and four rounders. The big name on the bill was that of ex-European, Commonwealth and British…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Ahead of the Golden Boy Promotions fight card tonight at Toyota Center in Houston, TX, the principal boxers have been weighed. NABO junior welter championship, 12 rounds Juan Diaz: 137.75 lb Paulie Malignaggi: 138.25 lb
© Aaron Sprecher Former Three-Time Lightweight World Champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz will take on former Junior Welterweight World Champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi in a 12 round junior welterweight bout this Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. The co-main event will feature a world title showdown between IBF Junior Lightweight World Champion…
One of the Washington, D.C. area’s all-time great boxers will return to the local scene for the first time in nearly five years when DeMarcus “Chop Chop†Corley (35-11-1, 21 KOs) battles Detroit’s Damian Fuller (30-6-1, 14 KOs) in an explosive, eight-round Co-Main Event on the Jimmy Lange vs. Jonathan Reid-headlining card on Saturday, September…