Up until this past Monday, unbeaten WBC Youth Featherweight title-holder Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard, 14-0 (7), was scheduled to fight WBC Continental Americas Featherweight Champion Adalberto “Terrible” Borquez, 18-6 (17) on August 29 in “Title Wave,” live on ESPN Friday Night Fights from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Remillard, …
Read More »Don King Boxing: Campbell vs. Guzman Lands At Beau Rivage
Flashy boxer Nate “The Galaxxy Warrior” Campbell will make the first defense of his IBF, WBO and WBA Lightweight titles against undefeated two-division world champion Joan “Sycuan Warrior” Guzman on Saturday, September 13 at the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi, Miss. Campbell, 32-5-1 (25), from Jacksonville, FL., picked up his …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: In Defense Of Zab Judah
I hated writing the words that make up the title to this piece, but after seeing a replay of Cotto vs. Judah last week, I had to admit that Zab doesn’t get due credit for something boxing fans find pretty important: fighting dangerous opponents. Sure, he loses to them more …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Ailing Sweet Science Can Be Cured
America has become too fixated on the fights that generate the most money. This acts as a force that steers the attention of fans and the media onto a mere fragment of the boxing world, rather than the whole. The history, the amateurs, the professionals–famous, unrecognized, or in need of …
Read More »Olympic Boxing: Cuban Team Finally Loses A Bout In Beijing
While Cuba’s Olympic boxing team continues to perform head and shoulders above everyone else at Worker’s Gymnasium, the first crack has surfaced in the seemingly invincible cadre of boxers operating out of Havana. The first loss to be suffered by the Cubans came when 2008 Pan American Featherweight Champ Idel …
Read More »Boxing Update: Banner/Golden Gloves Win IBF Title Fight Purse Bid
Banner Promotions president Art Pelullo and Golden Gloves president Rodney Berman won the purse bid for the vacant IBF Featherweight world championship fight between Cristobal Cruz and Orlando Salido. Cristobal Cruz of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, has a professional record of 36-11-1 with 23 knockouts. He is ranked number three …
Read More »Olympic Boxing: U.S. Boxing Team: And Then There Was One
On Sunday, August 17, 2008, the last two U.S. boxers competed in the Quarterfinals with only one moving forward to the medal rounds and the other suffering a discouraging loss, frustrated with the judges and the scoring system. Welterweight Demetrius Andrade, arguably the most talented athlete on the U.S. boxing …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: No National Broadcast In Canada?
This past Friday, August 15, 2008, a boxing gala took place on the grounds of River Cree Resort and Casino in Canada. What was so special about the boxing event held in the Edmonton suburb of Enoch, Alberta? It was the first time that a pay-per view service provider broadcasted …
Read More »Let’s Get It On Boxing: August 29 Fallon Card Shaping Up
With less than two weeks to go, the principals for “History In The Making: Fallon Night Of Fights” are lining up. Tyler Hinkey, 4-0-1 (3), who is coming off of an explosive first-round knockout victory in Reno this past June, will face Christopher “Da Future” Green, 4-3-1 (3), from Denver, …
Read More »Former World Champion Eric Lucas Considers Boxing Comeback
After a long reflection and several discussions with business partner Mr. Jean Bedard and trainer Stephan Larouche, former WBC World champion and InterBox President Eric Lucas, 38-7-3 (14), is considering a return to the ring. Eric Lucas has the best intentions in mind, but is fully aware that he has …
Read More »Kofi Jantuah Promotes First Boxing Show
Last Saturday, Kofi Jantuah and his newly founded promotion “Prize Fight Entertainment” held their first own show in Kumasi, Ghana, labeled as “Rumble in the Garden City”. Although it started to rain, there was an audience of 6,000 people watching at the outdoor Baba Yara Stadium when former world title …
Read More »Olympic Boxing: U.S. Boxing Team Down to Last Two Fighters
Saturday August 16, 2008 was a big day for the U.S. as Michael Phelps made history by winning his unprecedented eighth Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympics, but for the eight members of the U.S. boxing team, their story has not been as fruitful. Middleweight Shawn Estrada and light flyweight …
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