Sensational junior featherweight prospect Ronny Rios continues to impress Southern California fight fans as he won a four round unanimous decision over Frank Gutierrez on Thursday night at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in San Diego. Fighting in front of a huge crowd, many of whom had made the trip down from Santa Ana to…
There’s a good fight card tonight at Plaza De Toros right across the US/Mexico border in Tijuana as the WBO Bantam and WBC Super Feather belts will be up for grabs. In the main event, longtime WBO Super Flyweight Champ Fernando Montiel, 38-2-1 (28), will try again to make the move up to bantam and…
The big action last night was the ten round heavyweight showdown between former WBC Champion Samuel Peter and USBA titlist Eddie Chambers at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Coming into the bout a career heavy 265 pounds, Peter obviously wasn’t there to try and outbox the far quicker Chambers and early on the…
Two shows last night in the UK with the bigger bill taking place at the Bellahouston Sports Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Local hero Ricky Burns was in action as the Commonwealth Super Feather Champ put his title belt at risk against former British Champion Michael Gomez in what had turned into a grudge match complete…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Undefeated super middleweight Andre “The Matrix’’ Dirrell faces Derrick “Superman’’ Findley and Ronald “The Chosen One†Hearns meets “Lightning†Harry Joe Yorgey in a battle of unbeaten junior middleweights in the 10-round co-features tomorrow/Saturday, March 28, on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation…
If it’s a fight night at Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona, you can almost guarantee that David “The Destroyer” Lopez will be on hand to thrill his legion of loyal fans. On Friday, April 10, Lopez will fight at his home away from home for the 12th time when he takes on veteran Ossie…
Newly crowned WBA Super Bantamweight champ will celebrate the one week anniversary of his sensational world title triumph on “Tubridy Tonight†on RTÉ One this Saturday night at 9:35pm.. Dunne was a guest on the popular chat show last month and he promised to return with the WBA belt so he will fulfill that promise…
Recent fights have had me thinking that the definition of an ‘old’ fighter needs revising. A fighter in his 30’s no longer seems to be all that old. Rob Norton at 37 handed David Dolan the second defeat of his career for the British Cruiserweight title in what proved to be a thrilling and tight…
Ahead of their clash tonight at thw Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, the principal fighters all weighed in for the “Nokia Knockout” Card. Heavyweights, 10 rounds Sam Peter: 265 lb Eddie Chambers: 223 lb
Rogers Mtagwa, coming off a match which was a candidate for Fight of the Year worldwide, and Ricardo Medina, who last year was involved in Philadelphia’s Fight of the Year, will collide in a battle of veteran war horses when they go at it for 10 rounds or less in the super featherweight main event…
2004 US Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada held an open media workout today at his â€Big Six Academy†in Providence before he departs Sunday for Germany to fight Alexander Povetkin, 2004 Olympic gold medalist and the IBF’s No. 1 contender, April 4 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Estrada, 15-1 (3), and Povetkin, 16-0 (12), nearly fought several…
Ronald Hearns loves March and all the madness that goes with it. The son of legendary eight-time world champion Thomas “Hit Man†Hearns, Ronald earned his college degree in criminal justice from American University in Washington D.C. While in college, Hearns played for the basketball team. This year American University’s basketball team won the Patriot…