The new-look middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr., 19-1-1 (9), has developed an invaluable relationship, like a younger brother, with former world light heavyweight and current title challenger Glen Johnson as they’ve sparred together for their upcoming fights.
Rafael “El Torito“ Concepcion, 12-3, returns to the ring February 3 against former world champion Kermin Guardia, 37-8, in Brooklyn, New York. This will be Concepcion’s second fight back since his enthralling battle with Jorge Arce last September in Mexico and he has his sights firmly set on becoming world champion again.
Star Boxing’s fast rising light heavyweight prospect, Yathomas Riley, 4-0 (3), will return home to Florida when he fights on the undercard of the “Hard Knocks At The Hard Rock” show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, on Wednesday, January 14 against Evjeny Stardoubstev, who is making his pro-debut.
In a stunning upset, WBO Super Middle Champion Denis Inkin was outpointed on Saturday by undefeated challenger Karoly Balzsay at the Bordelandhalle in Madgeburg. Inkin had come into the bout fresh off a twelve round handling of Colombian knockout artist Fulgencio Zuniga last year for Joe Calzaghe’s old WBO title but the Hamburg based Russian…
Longtime WBO mandatory welterweight challenger Michael Jennings will finally get his shot at world honors when he faces deposed WBA titlist Miguel Cotto on Saturday, February 21 at Madison Square Garden in New York. It’s a massive opportunity for the 31 year old boxer from Chorley, England, fighting one of the top men in the…
Irish Olympic hero Darren Sutherland returned to the gym today to continue his assault on the world super middleweight title. Sutherland, 26, has his second professional at Robin Park Arena, Wigan on Friday, March 6 when he faces a selected opponent over six rounds. The Dubliner, who stopped Georgi Iliev on his debut last month,…
Chicago fan favorite Eric “El Loco” Estrada will battle Canadian prospect Steve Cannell in a six round super bantamweight bout on Friday, January 23 at Cicero Stadium, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. The Estrada/Cannell bout is part of “New Year’s Revolutionâ€, an outstanding evening of world class professional…
Unbeaten middleweight sensation Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, a former two-time national amateur champion, fights Saturday night, January 17 in his first scheduled eight round bout against Brad Austin on the off-televised HBO undercard, headlined by the Andre Berto vs. Luis Collazo WBC welterweight title fight at the Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Arena Box Promotion has won the purse bid for the WBC Cruiserweight Final Eliminator between Herbie Hide and Matt Godfrey. The fight will likely take place in late March or early April. The winner of the elimination bout will face the winner of the WBC Cruiserweight Championship between Giacobe Fragomeni and Krystzof Wlodarczyk.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow could keep the Pavlik Nation from the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown this morning to purchase tickets to World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik’s homecoming title defense against No. 1 contender Marco Antonio Rubio.
WBO Light Heavyweight title challenger Yuti Barashian, 25-4 (17), ruled out any chance he may have to win Zsolt Erdei’s title in their clash tonight at the Bordelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany as the 29 year old southpaw was unable to make the divisional weight limit of 175 pounds yesterday. The native born Armenian won the…
Arena CEO Ahmet Öner was very pleased with the spectacular performance of his rising Cuban stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights†last night in front of 3,500 spectators at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts in Primm, Nevada. “This was a great night of boxingâ€,…