Just two cards of note happened this weekend in Asia and on Saturday, the focus was on Archaic Hall in Amagasaki, Japan which featured a good contest for the Japanese light middleweight title. After a nine year career filled with ups and downs, Amagasaki southpaw Yuki Nonaka, 17-7-2 (6), finally hit paydirt in September by…
There were three good cards taking place this weekend in Europe and we start out at Padiglione Conza in Lugano, Switzerland where there was a clash of undefeated welterweights fighting over the IBC belt. Reigning titlist Roberto Belge, 21-0-0 (4), kept his crown but it wasn’t easy as “Rubi” was canvassed in the sixth by…
Last night at Club Argentino in Marcos Juarez, Argentina, the vacant WBA Fedebol Cruiserweight crown was contested by undefeated 23 year old Buenos Aires based Colombian slugger Santander Silgado and Rio Segundo veteran Sergio Martin Baez over nine rounds. A former South American Light Heavyweight Champ, 35 year old Baez ran his career record to…
One of the top names in Women’s boxing was in action last night as Jisselle Salandy outpointed Yahaira Hernandez over ten rounds at Jean Pierre Sports Complex in Port-of-Spain on the Southern Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. 21 year old light middleweight phenom Salandy thrilled her hometown audience with the form that has…
© Sportnews.Mn Reno’s Let’s Get It On Promotions has announced the signing of undefeated lightweight prospect Bayan Jargal of Arlington, Virginia.
For the first time in over four years, world class professional boxing will return to the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV on Friday, January 23, it was jointly announced today by TKO Boxing Promotions and Reno’s “Let’s Get It On†Promotions. “We’re looking to make ‘Fight Night At The Plaza’ a bi-monthly…
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The WBC has announced its year end awards. To no one’s surprise, it selected the third fight between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez in March as its “Fight of the Year†for 2008. Vazquez showed tremendous courage and pride by rallying from a fourth round knockdown to come back and floor Marquez in the twelfth…
Team McGirt has reevaluated middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr., 19-1-1 (9), and, after considerable soul searching, has collectively decided that the 26 year old southpaw will return to old-school training and incorporate a more aggressive attack in order to take better advantage of his hand speed, as well as to avoid his frustrating “fight to…
As a spectacular 2008 boxing campaign comes to an end, Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to congratulate three of its top fighters on the awards they received from the world-renowned and respected Sports Illustrated. Named on Sports Illustrated 2008 Boxing Awards list were future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins, whose stirring victory over Kelly Pavlik…
At 32 years of age, Wladimir Klitschko has gone through almost every stage a fighter can as a professional. At one time, he was known in almost an Ivan Drago-like manner, a huge European with massive power but robotic movement. After his loss to Corrie Sanders in 2003 and another at the hands of Lamon…
World ranked cruiserweight BJ Flores is preparing for a busy 2009 as he looks toward battles against either world champion Tomasz Adamek or former champion Wayne Braithwaite. “Right now we’re in the negotiating stage for two possible fights,” said Flores. “Either I go straight to fighting the newly crowned champion Tomasz Adamek for an optional…