This weekend, I hosted a pay per view telecast headlined by the WBA Interim Super Flyweight title match, featuring Nonito Donaire vs. Rafael Concepcion. Everything that happened in the days before the match and in the first round suggested that Donaire, a rising star and potential superstar, was going to provide a dominant win that…
Matchroom Sport’s hugely successful Prizefighter returns in October with a new look and arguably the most exciting crop of British heavyweights ever assembled under one roof. Taking place at London’s iconic boxing venue, the York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Friday, October 2, Prizefighter – the Heavyweights III – features former British, Commonwealth and European…
Houston’s finest will be out in force at Toyota Center on the Saturday, August 22 HBO Boxing After Dark undercard, as unbeaten hometown rising stars Hylon Williams and Jermell Charlo will be featured on the hottest night of the boxing summer. Joining Williams and Charlo on this stacked card will be fellow Houstonians Marcus Johnson,…
Two-time world champion Jesus Chavez will return to action on Saturday, September 26th against former lightweight world champion David Diaz in the ten round main event at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions. “I’m very happy for this opportunity that Dominic has given me, it means a great deal for me…
Michael Katsidis “The Great†has arrived in Las Vegas in preparation for his quest to become a world champion again. Katsidis has signed on to face Vicente Escobedo on September 19 at the MGM Grand for the current WBO interim lightweight title.
TKO Boxing Promotions has signed Florida amateur standout Joseph Elegele, it was announced today by Chet Koerner, it’s President. “We’ve watched Joseph in the amateurs for a long time and he has all the skills to become a world champion. We’re very proud to add him to our growing team of international contenders and world…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Since the convincing victory over former WBC champ Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, at the IBF Cruiserweight title eliminator at Sunrise, Florida on the 11th July, there has been surprisingly little news coming out of Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham’s camp.
Fresh off a stunning first-round knockout of highly-regarded heavyweight Travis Walker, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada (28-4-1, 18 KOs) has climbed the ladder in the WBC rankings from last months #9 position to the #4 heavyweight contender. Quezada’s latest victory was the 17th straight for the 31-year-old, native of Wasco, CA, who was making the third…
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl Froch is expecting a full house at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham on October 17th when he kicks off his Super Six World Boxing Classic campaign against unbeaten American star Andre Dirrell. Tickets for the event promoted by Hennessy Sports and Gary Shaw Productions are on sale from 1pm…
The question of just who is the best light heavyweight in Florida was answered last night at the Gulf Coast Arena in Biloxi, MS as Roy Jones Jr and Jeff Lacy headlined the heavily-hyped “Hook City” fight card. In a sharp display of one-way traffic, Jones controlled the pace of the bout the entire duration,…
The world’s top flyweight is now in the running for that same position at super flyweight after Nonito Donaire handled the jump up to 115 pounds by outboxing Rafael Concepcion last night at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV. At stake was the Interim WBA super fly crown, which Concepcion held at one…
The upstart hero of Chimkent came up empty handed last night as would-be super prospect Beibut Shumenov failed to unseat reigning WBA light heavyweight champ Gabriel Campillo at the Daulet Sports Compex in Astana, Kazahkstan. But it wasn’t for a lack of effort or skill as 25 year old local man Shumenov had plenty of…