Brian ‘Bionic Bull’ Cohen, 9-2, heads up an awesome 10 fight card when he faces Lafayette, Indiana’s Robbie ‘Taz Mexican Devil’ Tovar, 15-4-1, for the WBC Americas Light Heavyweight title at the Donna Cohen promoted ‘Brawl On Broad Street’ event at South Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia, PA on May 9. Cohen, who cuts an…
Jermain Taylor’s promoter, Lou DiBella, admits that this weekend’s world title showdown with Britain’s only reigning world champion, WBC Super Middleweight titlist Carl Froch, is a must win fight for the man known as “Bad Intentionsâ€. The former undisputed middleweight champ is aiming to become a two weight world title holder at the MGM Grand…
Former WBC Lightweight world champion, Jessica “The Ragin” Rakoczy, 29-3, returns to the ring April 23, 2009 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA, in a rematch against Belinda Laracuente, 23-24-3. Rakcozy took a year off to give birth to a healthy 7 lb 9 oz baby boy, whom she named Jesse Jr, on…
On Sunday at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, flyweight Nonito Donaire won his 20th straight bout by defending the IBF and IBO title belts with a fourth round stoppage of previously unbeaten Raul Martinez of America. Despite having previously won regional titles at as high as bantamweight, Martinez, 24-1 (14), was no match for Donaire,…
On Saturday night at North-West University Sports Complex in Mafikeng, South Africa, Malcolm Klassen regained his IBF Super Feather title with a seventh round stoppage of top rival Cassius Baloyi. No one could have predicted the dominant performance that Klassen, 24-4-2 (15), produced as the former titlist had Baloyi’s number the minute the bell rang…
On Sunday at Bussum, Netherlands, Nigerian born Amsterdam lightweight Innocent Anyanwu, 18-0-2 (11), saw the victory parade continue as the 26 year old BeNeLux Lightweight and Super Feather Champion dropped Belgium’s Herve De Luca, 14-4-1 (7), twice before finishing him off in the third. This isn’t the first time the pair have clashed as Anyanwu…
On Saturday night at Club Sarmiento in Pigue, Argentina, the continent’s top super feather prospect, Matias Daniel Ferreyra, once again failed to unseat South American Champion Roberto David Arrieta. 33 year old Arrieta, 33-14-4 (14), also the WBC Mundo Hispano Champ, decked Ferreyra twice before cruising to a wide points decision when the initially met…
Sensational super middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs will face Nicaraguan veteran Jose Varela in the co-main event on ESPN2’S Friday Night Fights Friday, April 24 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. The 22 year old Brooklyn, New York raised Jacobs has quickly made an impact as an outstanding prospect since turning professional in December 2007. With…
Former world title challenger Peter Manfredo, Jr. knocked out tough Tunisian veteran Walid “Tempete de Sable†Smichet in the seventh round of yesterday’s scheduled 10-round co-feature at Montreal Casino. The 28-year-old Manfredo, 32-6 (16), star of The Contender, Season I, got his career back on the right track with a strong performance.
Waiting on a massive line that was seemingly “a mile long,†according to Bernd Bönte, Managing Director of Klitschko Management Group, German fight fans purchased 30,000 tickets for the Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye world heavyweight championship fight on the first day of sales today.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by the British Super Bantamweight title clash between Jason Booth and Mark Moran. Booth was scheduled to fight Lee Haskins for the British super flyweight belt and while Moran was…
The biggest fight thus far this year in South Africa takes place tonight at North-West University Sports Complex in Mafikeng when IBF Super Feather Champ Cassius Baloyi faces the challenge of Malcolm Klassen. Baloyi, 36-3-1 (19), and Klassen, 23-4-2 (14), are the top two super feathers in the country and fans across South Africa have…