Through 17 professional fights, Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs has passed all of his tests with flying colors, winning each bout impressively against increasingly tougher opposition. On Saturday, August 22nd, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Jacobs will face his stiffest challenge to date when he battles veteran contender Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith in a…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The big fight this weekend sees Nate Campbell stepping up to light welter tonight for a crack at Timothy Bradley’s WBO belt at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA. At 37 years of age, Campbell, 33-5-1 (25), has had a long and winding career with many ups and…
Tonight at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, it’s a battle of the nearly men as Isaac Hlatshwayo and Delvin Rodriguez rematch for the vacant IBF welterweight title. The two clashed last November in Hlatshwayo’s homeland of South Africa in a draw and now things move to Connecticut resident Rodriguez’s territory. Both fighters have good…
Three good fight cards took place over the last few days and we kick things off with Thursday’s show at The Orion Function Centre in Campsie, NSW. Former two-time super middle world title challenger Sakio Bika, 28-3-2 (19), annihilated chinny Argentine import Nestor Fabian Casanova, 22-15 (9), in the first round to win his sixth…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In a tremendous all-action fight, underdog Tyrone Harris shocked talented, once-beaten lightweight prospect Marvin Quintero with a eighth round TKO victory Friday on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation. In the co-feature, bantamweight prospect Chris Avalos (11-0, 9 KOs) kept his unbeaten record intact with a second round TKO over…
Cruiserweight contender Andres Taylor returns tonight, August 1st at an action packed evening of world class boxing presented by Chet Koerner’s TKO Boxing Promotions at the Sovereign Bank Baseball Stadium in York, PA. Fighting out of Johnstown, PA, Taylor , 8-1-1 (4KO’s), will square off against Lake Charles, LA native Roy Ashworth, 5-4-0 (1KO) in…
Delvin Rodriguez, his opponent Isaac Hlatshwayo and the rest of the participants of the Star Boxing promoted card weighed-in yesterday at the Mohegan Sun. Rodriguez vs. Hlatshwayo is for the vacant IBF Welterweight Championship of the World, and is a much anticipated rematch of their highly entertaining bout that took place back in November of…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing All four fighters in Saturday’s Showtime world championship doubleheader made the 140-pound weight limit during Friday’s weigh-in at the Cahuilla Ballroom at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA.
Undefeated super middleweight Andre “S.O.G.†Ward will share the stage with his first Super Six World Boxing Classic opponent Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler on a special Saturday primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, on Showtime. Ward (19-0, 12 KOs) will tangle with Shelby Pudwill (22-3-1, 9 KOs) of McGlauglin, S.D., in a 10-round super…
Tonight, undefeated middleweight contender, “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms (24-0-1, 11KO) will look to take one step closer to a world title opportunity, when he takes on Marcus Upshaw (11-3-1, 5KO) on the undercard of the Delvin Rodriguez vs. Isaac Hlatswhayo battle for the IBF vacant welterweight championship of the world. The card is promoted by Joe…
TKO Boxing Promotions has announced details of an outstanding undercard set for tonight, August 1st at the Sovereign Bank Baseball Stadium, home of the York Revolution. Headlined by a terrific eight round featherweight matchup between York’s favorite son, Carney Bowman and hard hitting Dominican Delvin Placencia, undercard features seven action packed bouts featuring some of…
Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) has announced that it will promote three professional boxing cards, in three different states, within 10 days of each other in September. CES, in association with the State of New York, in conjunction with the International Boxing Hall of Fame, will run a show Wednesday, Sept. 2…