Headlined by the sensational pro debuts of outstanding Russian amateurs stars Dmitry and Fedor Chudinov, TKO Boxing prospects shined on Friday night at the Reno Events on the undercard of an outstanding evening of professional boxing which featured the ten round decision win by Yerington’s Jesse Brinkley over Mike Paschall of Baltimore, MD.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was some great support action at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England on the Frank Maloney promotion headlined by Lee Haskins’ British super flyweight title defense against Ross Burkinshaw on Friday. On the undercard, local man Trevor Crewe faced Bulgarian-born Danny Dontchev in a four round…
In a year wracked by countless deaths of public figures, boxing has tragically lost one of it’s all-time warriors as former two-weight world champion Arturo Gatti has died in Brazil. Authorities found the body of 37 year old New Jersey resident Gatti in a vacation apartment he shared with his 23 year old wife, Amanda…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by Bristol-man Lee Haskins’ first defence of the British super flyweight title against active duty British Army soldier Ross Burkinshaw of Sheffield. Ross ‘The Boss’ enters the ring to a fanfare…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Gone last night at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL were former fly and super flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan’s usual advantages of height, strength and power as the Aussie hard man moved up to bantam to challenge IBF titlist Joseph Agbeko. Filling the void was the taller, stronger and…
WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm once again had a subpar performance in a title defense and was lucky to walk out of Nuerburgring Race Track with his world title still intact after a clash with Khoren Gevor. Gevor worked his strength advantage over the taller Sturm as soon as the bout commenced as the former…
IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek handled the challenge of opponent Bobby Gunn with little difficulty last night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, as expected. 35 year old former light middleweight Gunn had no shortage of heart going into the bout but had only ever competed against lower level competition aside from a first…
© Vedat Alyaz / ARENA In a true ring battle Selcuk “Mini-Tyson” Aydin stopped “Sugar†Jackson Bonsu in the ninth to become the new European welterweight champion and mandatory challenger for WBC world champion Andre Berto.
Star Boxing’s Curtis “Showtime” Stevens (21-2, 15) showed why he is one of the most feared super middleweights in the world, with a sensational third round TKO over previously unbeaten Piotr Wilczewski (22-1, 7KO). Stevens came out in the first round firing, eventually dropping Wilczewski hard with a right uppercut. Luckily for Wilczewski, the end…
IBF featherweight titlist Cristobal Cruz squares off with challenger Jorge Solis tonight at Palenque de Gallos in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. The resurgent Cruz, 38-11-1 (23), has won four straight since losing to Zahir Raheem two years ago and during that time picked up the IBF crown against Orlando Salido as well as defending the…
Tonight at Nuerburgring race track, in Nuerburg, Germany, WBA middleweight champ Felix Sturm puts his belt at risk for the 7th time when he meets former IBF title challenger Khoren Gevor. Sturm, 32-2-1 (14), is coming off a seventh round stoppage over Japan’s Koji Sato in April and this contest against Gevor fits the reoccurring…
The European welterweight championship and WBC final elimination bout between WBC #2 “Mini-Tyson†Selcuk Aydin and #3 “Sugar†Jackson Bonsu will be streamed live on the internet!