An international mix of talent from the United States, Mexico, Scotland and Australia will step into the ring on Saturday, June 27th to compete on the action-packed undercard of the Victor Ortiz vs. Marcos Maidana WBA Interim Super Lightweight Championship bout at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Featured on the undercard will be Scotland’s Craig McEwan,…
IBF champion “King’’ Arthur Abraham will put his undefeated record and middleweight title on the line against world-ranked Mahir “Lion†Oral this Saturday in a special primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, on June 27, 2009, on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, same day, tape delay. With just two days to go until the…
IBF super feather champion Malcolm Klassen will defend his crown against former IBF featherweight titlist Robert Guerrero on August 1 at the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas. Klassen, 24-4-2 (15), is a two time beltholder of the IBF strap, most recently winning the honor by putting the first stoppage on domestic South African rival Cassius…
Steve O’Meara admits he’s tickled pink at the thought of getting himself into title contention. The unbeaten Londoner has become easily identifiable to fight fans courtesy of his pink boxing shorts and a string of impressive performances that have seen him record 8 straight wins. O’Meara will have his ninth pro fight at the York…
EA Sports had their “Fight Night Round 4” employee release party yesterday. President of EA Sports Peter Moore introduced former two-time world champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, former WBC light middleweight champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora and current WBC welterweight champion, Andre Berto as special guests, all of whom will be featured in the…
The nominees for The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer global fan vote were announced today by Greatest Ever Enterprises. On-line voting at www.GreatestEver.com will allow boxing fans from around the world to select the greatest boxer in each of the original eight weight classes, Heavyweight, Light heavyweight, Middleweight, Welterweight, Lightweight, Bantamweight, Featherweight and Flyweight, highlighted by…
In preparation for his next fight in two weeks time in Sunderland, Olympic boxer Tony Jeffries is preparing for his third professional fight this weekend and raising vital funds to build a new hospice for children in the region. A boxing ring will be erected in the central mall of the Bridges shopping centre in…
22-year-old Danish lightweight prospect Kim Poulsen improved his record to 12-1 (3) on Friday night in Horsens, Denmark when he annihilated experienced Tanzanian puncher Obote â€The Thunder†Ameme (36-18-2, 29 KOs) in two rounds. Poulsen took charge from the start, controlled the action with his left jab and fired off impressive combinations to body and…
Popular Heavyweight Martin Rogan is set for another crack at Sam Sexton and the Commonwealth Heavyweight title, after the British Board of Boxing Control put the bout out for purse bids. The 38-year old Irish taxi driver was seen by many to have been dealt an injustice in the pair’s first fight. In the sixth…
For eight weeks Arena’s promising heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann and IBF middleweight championship contender Mahir Oral have been in training camp together with coach Hans-Jürgen Witte. After a stay at famous “Sportschule Hennef†near Cologne and another three weeks of sparring in Hamburg the team has hit Berlin last weekend for their final preparations.
Two major bouts have been added to the already packed July 10th show at The Arena in Philadelphia which will now be seen all over the country on ESPN 2. In the new main event, Matt Godfrey will take on the undefeated Shawn Hawk for the NABF Cruiserweight championship.
© Chris Miller In an unusual twist of events, two world title belts – one currently owned by Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley and one he recently relinquished – will be on the line during a unique world championship doubleheader featuring four of the most talented 140-pounders in the world on Saturday, Aug. 1, live on…