Golden Boy Promotions’ undefeated heavyweight prospect, Ashanti “The Boss” Jordan, 7-0 (6), is scheduled to return to the ring March 7, 2009 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose CA, on the HBO Boxing After Dark triple header, featuring Robert Guerrero, James Kirkland and Victor Ortiz.
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl “The Cobra†Froch says he’s delighted to hear that Jermain “No Intentions†Taylor is alive and well after all. The former world middleweight champ and mandatory challenger for Froch’s title has been mysteriously quiet of late but he finally surfaced at the weekend.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Aston Sports Centre in Birmingham, England, Matchroom Sports and First Team Promotions hosted a fight night, headlined by Rob Norton vs. David Dolan, which also saw an action-packed undercard. Wolverhampton boxer Dean Harrison enjoyed big support when he faced late opponent Laszlo Komjathi…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Aside from world super flyweight kingpin Vic Darchinyan’s masterful dismantling of Jorge Arce in Anaheim and Andre Ward’s victory over Henry Buchanan in Lemoore, there were two good bills in the states and we kick off this report at the Activity Center in Maywood, CA where welterweight Jesus Soto…
In just his second bout since 2002, 40 year old heavyweight Francois Botha won the WBF title with a 12 round unanimous decision over American journeyman Ron Guerrero at Tlokwe Banquet Hall in Potchefstroom, South Africa on Friday. Botha, who now resides in California, weighed in at the heaviest of his career, 268 pounds and…
Last night in front of 5,000 fans at Nuevo Palacio Aurinegro in Puerto Madryn, South America’s top boxer was in fine form as WBO Flyweight Champion Omar Andres Narvaez stopped the challenge of top American Raytona Whitfield. It was a clash of two undefeated men with the taller Whitfield towering over the smaller southpaw champion…
Last night at Stadhalle in Rostock, Germany, WBA Champions Ruslan Chagaev and Andriy Kotelnik retained their title belts at heavyweight and light welter, respectively. Chagaev, 25-0-1 (17), technically a “champion in recess”, handled the challenge of previously undefeated Costa Rican Carl Davis Drumond, 26-1 (20), well, outboxing his rival until suffering a bad cut above…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Vic Darchinyan picked up one of the best wins in his career by besting Mexico’s Jorge Arce in a barn burner to retain the WBC, WBA and IBF Super Flyweight titles at The Pond in Anaheim, CA. The war of words between the pair had…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Aston Sports Centre in Birmingham, England, Matchroom Sports and First Team Promotions hosted a fight night headlined by the cruiserweight clash between Rob Norton of Stourbridge and David Dolan of Sunderland. This will be Norton’s first defence of the British Cruiserweight title after…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Bad Blood? Yes! Brawling Styles? Yes! An early candidate for Fight of the Year? You bet! There is the very strong possibility of all three of the above happening when Australian based Armenian Vic Darchinyan defends three versions of his super flyweight title against Mexican Jorge Arce at the…
Click for larger image © Jan Sanders / Showtime Boxing Undefeated Andre Ward, 18-0 (12), pitched a 12-round shutout over outclassed Henry Buchanan, 17-2 (12), to capture the vacant NABF and NABO Super Middleweight titles Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing IBF, WBC and WBA Super Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan and WBA Interim Champ Jorge Arce both tipped the scales at the 115-pound limit during Friday’s weigh in at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA.