An press release was issued yesterday by Thompson Boxing Promotions that contained Light Welter Champion Timothy Bradley’s dropping of the WBC title. Don Jose: It has been a privilege representing the World Boxing Council as its super lightweight champion for the past 12 months and no one was more proud to wear that illustrious green…
Terry Dunstan’s return to the square ring continues with a spot on the much coveted Prizefighter Series. On May 19, Dunstan, 20-2 (12), will join Matchroom Sports and a host of seasoned cruiserweight veterans, including Dean Francis, Bruce Scott and John Keaton, to fight for the Prizefighter title at Earls Court in London. With a…
Carl Froch, the undefeate WBC super middleweight champion from Nottingham, England, came to America determined to make a lasting impression on U.S. fight fans. And that, to say the least, he did last Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing when he rallied in the later rounds to register a dramatic, come-from-behind 12th round knockout over…
Tony Jeffries is out to show that absence has made the punches get harder when he returns home to Sunderland on Saturday. Britain’s Beijing bronze medallist, 1-0, has his second professional fight when he faces German Roy Meissner, 2-9, in a super middleweight four rounder on Frank Maloney’s the triple title bill at Crowtree Leisure…
The knockout is always in the back of Carlos Abregu’s mind, and with an 80 percent KO track record, he knows he is more than capable of producing one. Abregu will put his stellar, unblemished 26-0 record, with 21 knockouts, on the line Friday, May 1, on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11…
All participants for Star Boxing’s “VIP Boxing” show weighed-in yesterday at the NYS Commission’s office. Below are the listed weights for tonight’s show, which will take place at the elegant Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, NY. Heavyweights, 8 rounds Vinny Madalone: 233 lb Benji Baker: 232.5 lb
Cerveza Tecate invites adult consumers in Las Vegas to be a part of the excitement surrounding the bout between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand on May 2, 2009. Fans will have a chance to meet-and-greet Golden Boy Promotions champions, Juan Manuel Marquez and Vicente Escobedo, who will be creating buzz and…
World famous women’s boxing champion Mia St. John has fought professionally for more than a decade and recently won the WBC Lightweight Championship. Now, in her new book “The Knockout Workout: 3 Winning Steps to Improve Your Body and Your Life” (Wiley, May 2009, $24.95 Cloth), she shows how to work your body into knockout…
One of boxing’s hottest prospects and rising middleweight star, Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs, has been added to the much anticipated May 2nd pay-per-view undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton: “The Battle of East and West” at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The highly touted prospect will be featured in the third of four…
Tickets are now available for Kell Brook’s bid to win a Lonsdale belt outright against Young Mutley on May 22. The British welterweight title fight – Brook’s third defence of his title – takes place at historic York Hall, in London’s Bethnal Green. Also on the card is a British super featherweight title eliminator between…
Less than two months after winning the European title, English light middleweight Jamie Moore will be back in action this Saturday, headlining the biggest show this year in Britain. The 30 year old southpaw, 31-3 (22), makes the first defense of his crown against challenger Roman Dzuman, 23-6-1 (10), at Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland,…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On Saturday, April 25 at the MGM Grand Ballroom in Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT, WBC Super Middleweight titlist Carl “The Cobra” Froch made the first defense of his belt when he faced off against former undisputed Middleweight Champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor. Froch, who had fought all…