Sensational junior welterweight prospect Ivan Popoca will face Canadian veteran Sebastien Hamel on April 24 at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion in a scheduled six round bout, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. The Popoca/Hamel bout is part of an ESPN2 Friday Night Fights card presented by Oscar de la Hoya’s…
The 2004 Olympic Games Gold Medallist, 2009 Prospect of the Year and WBA #3 contender, Yuriorkis Gamboa, 14-0 (12), of Miami by way of Cuba, will face second-ranked Jose “Cheo’’ Rojas, 25-6-1-1(17) of Caracas, Venezuela, for the interim WBA featherweight title tonight on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on…
Highly regarded featherweight prospect Abraham Lopez will return to action against Puerto Rican native Daniel Lorenzana, tonight, April 17, as one of the feature bouts at “Lopez vs. Lopez”, an evening of world class professional boxing presented by Thompson Boxing Promotions at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA.
Click for larger image © Lawrence Lustig Barry Hearn’s Prizefighter returns next month and the latest competition promises to be the best yet. Eight cruiserweights will be battling for the £25,000 top prize in the thrilling all-in-one-night tournament, which will be held at the Earls Court, London, on Tuesday, May 19. The contenders have between…
From WBC President José Sulaimán: “All of us at the World Boxing Council were saddened to hear about the recent passing away of Stanley Levin of Pensacola, Florida. Mr. Levin represented several boxers, including Roy Jones Jr., and was a respected and well-liked member of the boxing community for many years.
Russian middleweight Roman “Made In Hell†Karmazin will fight at home in Asia for the first time in seven years, May 9, on a show presented by KZ Event Productions, Inc., outdoors at Khadjimukan Stadium in Chimkent, Kazakhstan. World-rated light heavyweight contender Beibut Shumenov headlines the star-studded show in his hometown against former IBF super…
By Per Ake Persson Polish junior middle Damian Jonak goes for the vacant IBC title on May 9 in Gdynia and faces Venezuelan Carlos Donquiz, who is based in Spain, in the headliner of this Bullit Knockout promotion. Heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk defends the WBC Youth title in the co-feature.
Super Channel, Hennessy Sports, and Showtime Championship Boxing are proud to bring Canadian fight fans one of the most compelling match-ups of the year, as undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch makes the first defence of his title taking on former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain “Bad Intentions†Taylor, live from the MGM…
Frank Maloney believes Jason ‘2 Smooth’ Booth is ready to start winning British titles by going backwards! The Nottingham throwback leaps up to the super-bantamweight division at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England on Friday to challenge Mark Moran for the vacant British super bantam championship. Booth, 31, won his first British title almost…
Andre Ward, of Oakland, will fight for the first time as a pro in his hometown when he faces dangerous, hard-hitting Edison Miranda in the main event on Saturday, May 16, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. The 2004 Olympic Games Gold Medallist and the last boxer from the U.S. to bring home the…
Former world title challenger Peter Manfredo, Jr., free from his promotional contract ties with the Tournament of Contenders, has gone back to the future, hooking-up with his original promoter, Jimmy Burchfield, and fighting against Walid “Tempete de Sable†Smichet this Saturday afternoon at Montreal Casino. Manfredo, 31-6 (16), 28, faces Schmidt, 20-5-3 (14), in the10-round…
Jesus “Chuy†Rodriguez, a winner in 11 of his last 12 matches, signed a contract today to face undefeated WBC #1 light welter Devon Alexander “The Great†at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO on Friday, April 24 on Showtime. Alexander, 17-0 (10), is the Gateway City’s fastest-rising star, and Rodriguez, 19-3 (5), from…