Last night at the Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, Giovanni Segura and Miguel Acosta won WBA title contests by stopping their opponents within the distance. Segura, 21-1-1 (17), retained his WBA light flyweight strap for the first time by finishing off seasoned Filipino southpaw Juanito Rubillar, 46-13-7 (22), in the sixth round. Rubillar, who…
4,000 rabid fans packed the Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia to see hometown hero Paulus Moses retain his WBA lightweight title for the first time. The local stylist had things generally go his way after challenger Takehero Shimada of Japan slipped to the canvas and injured a leg in the second round. The 37…
Cestus Management’s 140 pound destroyer Robert Luna Jr. thrilled the live crowed at the Don Haskins Convention Center in El Paso, Texas, on Friday by brutally stopping the game and vastly experienced Tomondre King in the forth round. Luna Jr’s fight was part of the undercard that featured world ranked Antonio Escalante against Cornilius Locke…
Huge boxing gala tonight at the Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta with the WBA light flyweight and Interim WBA lightweight titles on offer. California’s big punching Giovanni Segura, 20-1-1 (16), won the Interim WBA light fly belt in March by stopping Cesar Canchilla in a rematch and will meet Filipino campaigner and three-time world title…
The biggest show to hit Namibia in years takes place tonight at the Country Club Resort in Windoek as WBA Lightweight Champ Paulus Moses makes the first defense of the belt he won in January. The last two bouts of Moses, 24-0 (17), took place in Japan and the theme continues in his hometown tonight…
The top spot in the British lightweight rankings was up for grabs at the Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales last night and it was Gary Buckland who emerged the victor. The Cardiff based “Dynamo” squared off with surging Salisbury hard man Henry Castle, who rode a six bout winning streak in the contest, and a…
It will be a homecoming to remember on Saturday, August 8th, when former Junior Lightweight World Champion Jorge Rodrigo “La Hiena” Barrios returns to Argentina to face Nicaragua’s Moises Castro in the 12 round WBO Latino Lightweight title bout. In the co-featured bout, Buenos Aires’ Israel “Cachito” Perez will look to extend his 13-fight winning…
On August 1st, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presents a packed undercard in support of the Delvin Rodriguez vs. Isaac Hlatshwayo IBF welter title headliner at Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT. Undefeated middleweight contender, Norwalk, Connecticut’s own “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms (24-0-1, 11KO) makes his anticipated Star Boxing return when he takes on an…
On August 1st, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing brings world championship boxing back to the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT when Star Boxing’s Delvin Rodriguez (24-2-2, 14KO) takes on Isaac Hlatshwayo (28-1-1, 10KO) for the vacant IBF Welterweight championship of the world.
The fight between WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko and Briton David Haye has been canceled. It was scheduled for September, 12, in the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. “First of all, I feel sorry for the team of the Commerzbank-Arena and for the boxing fans in the Frankfurt region,” said Bernd Böente, Managing Director of the…
Unbeaten WBO140-pound champion Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley (24-0, 11 KOs) and challenger and former unified lightweight belt-holder Nate “The Galaxxy Warrior†Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KOs) participated in a spirited conference call on Thursday to discuss their eagerly awaited showdown on Saturday, Aug. 1, live on Showtime (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). The…
© Bob Barton Undefeated WBC No.1-ranked super lightweight and mandatory challenger Devon Alexander “The Great†opened his final workout today to the media in his hometown Marquette Gym in St. Louis prior to departing for Rancho Mirage, CA, to make his first appearance in a world championship boxing match.