Former IBF No. 1-ranked welterweight Cosme “Chino†Rivera, 31-11-2 (23), has agreed to step in on five days notice to face undefeated WBC No. 3-ranked super welterweight Alfredo “Perro†Angulo, 14-0 (11), on Don King’s “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre†boxing card on Saturday at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL. Mercurial former three-time world champion Ricardo…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Wolverhampton boxing veteran Carl Allen faced Staffords’ Rob Hunt at the Aston Events Centre in Birmingham, England on Friday night in what would be Allen’s 100th contest. Tough fighter Allen lost out on points to Hunt but it was all smiles afterward as he was presented with a special…
Darren Sutherland has promised his growing army of fans a treat when he makes his second professional appearance. Ireland’s Olympic Bronze Medallist was in explosive form on his professional debut in home city Dublin in December, dispatching Georgi Iliev in the first round. And the 26 year old insists he will deliver an even better…
Tecate Beer announced today plans to launch a regional marketing campaign designed to bring boxing fans in Houston closer to the Feb. 28 encounter between former World Feather and Junior Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez, 49-4-1 (36), and the current three-time winner of the lightweight title, Juan Diaz, 34-1 (17).
On Friday February 13, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will put on NYC’s first compelling night of fights for the new year at New York’s famed Roseland Ballroom, broadcasted live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”, featuring some of boxing’s brightest stars and headlined by a fantastic welterweight showdown between Star Boxing’s Alexis Camacho, 17-1 (16), and…
Click for larger image © ARENA Box-Promotion Bad news for Herbie Hide: The WBC Cruiserweight Final Eliminator between the “Dancing Destroyer†and Matt Godfrey originally scheduled to take place on March 6 in Cuxhaven, Germany, has been postponed for at least eight weeks because Godfrey suffered a hand injury while preparing for the fight. Nonetheless,…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Former cruiserweight king Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham is close to securing Guyana’s Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite as a comeback opponent in his quest to regain the IBF crown he lost to Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek last December.
Super middleweights Jesse Brinkley and Joey Gilbert broke camp on Sunday in anticipation of their long awaited showdown this Saturday night, February 14, at The Reno Events Center in Reno, NV. Both fighters will appear at open workouts for fans and media on Tuesday, February 10 at the Fourth Street Gym in Reno. Brinkley will…
Heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury has called Frank Maloney’s bluff after the promoter challenged him to fight his prospect, Larry Olubamiwo. The 6 foot 9 inch Fury has won his two professional contests to date with impressive stoppages against European opposition and faces Russian Daniel Peret next time out in Norwich on February 28, live on…
Bermondsey middleweight Matthew Thirlwall returns to the ring at the Norfolk Showground, Norwich on February 28, live on ITV4 to kick off what he hopes is going to be a big 2009. By his own admission, Thirlwall has yet to translate the undoubted potential he showed in the amateurs as an ABA Champion and regular…
Right hooks, combinations, and the alphabet soup of boxing terminology heralds a new feast of professional boxing events for Atlanta. Silverback Entertainment rolls out the red carpet as they make plans to bring professional title fights with well know names to the City of Atlanta.
Five of Mexico’s biggest names in boxing converge for the first time, headlining the same boxing card! Top Rank presents “Latin Fury 8: Tijuana Thunder,†broadcast live on Pay-Per-View from Tijuana, Mexico on March 28. The five-bout pay-per-view extravaganza will feature undefeated super welterweight sensation Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto,…