August 21, 2009 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas , Nevada, The Boxing Capital of The World, will be the sight for the IBA Continental Heavyweight Championship. The newly Crowned Champion 44 year old, Oliver McCall, 52-9-0 (37 KO’s) and four time Champion, will defend his IBA Heavyweight Title against former IBA…
Two of the hardest-hitting boxers in the world will meet when International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko defends his crown against two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan. The clash takes place at BankAtlantic Center on Saturday, July 11 and on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The…
Tachi Palace’s own Manuel Quezada said he was ready to make his move in the Heavyweight division after winning his 16th straight fight in April of this year. On Thursday, July 16 at Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California, Quezada will get his wish when he will be testing his World Championship aspirations…
John Murray says he’s ready, willing and able to step into Andreas Kotelnik’s boxing boots should the German based Ukrainian’s suffer any further injury problems ahead of his rescheduled world title clash with Amir Khan at the MEN Arena in Manchester on July 18th. The undefeated Murray improved his perfect record to 27 and 0…
© Mark De Mori The heavyweights were once the glamour division of boxing but in recent years has come under harsh criticism for lack of talent, excitement and a true unified champion. Eastern European heavyweights currently dominate the division and the U.S. are pushing their best candidates forward with Eddie Chambers and Chris Arreola hoping…
“Fast†Eddie Chambers has been training relentlessly for his July 4th showdown with undefeated Alexander Dimitrenko which will take place in Hamburg, Germany. Chambers has been training at the Fernwood Resort in Bushkill, Pennsylvania which is up in the Pocono Mountains.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday, at Real Hypermarkert in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Media gathered for the official press conference between Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev ahead of their clash at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday for the IBF, IBO, and WBO Heavyweight titles. The press area was a cordoned off…
World boxing’s top prospects Tony Jeffries and Darren ‘Dazzler’ Sutherland will get an eyeful of each other on Friday July 10. The Beijing bronze medallists, who are on a collision course to eventually meet, both face European opposition in super-middleweight six rounders at Sunderland’s Seaburn Centre.
WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John visited the Indonesian Consulate in Los Angeles, California where John met with fans from the local Indonesian community.
With less than one month until his showdown with IBF and Ring Magazine Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek, Bobby “The Celtic Warrior†Gunn is in fight mode. With two major titles at stake, the tall task of dethroning the world’s best Cruiserweight and an abundance of critics to silence July 11, Gunn has taken the intensity…
Cestus Management has a busy summer planned for its young talent laden stable of prospects which will see its fighters engage in action through the months of June, July and August. The summer program kicked off in brutal fashion as this past Friday, June 12, 2009 , the “Barbarian†Jairo Martinez entertained the sold-out crowd…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England, PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions hosted a fight night headlined by a female title bout. The night should have been headlined by local-man Steve Savilles’ defence of the Midlands Lightweight title against Stoke’s Gary…