World super flyweight champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan is ready to give WBA interim super flyweight champion Jorge Arce, 51-4-1 (38) a shot at his titles. Darchinyan, 31-1-1 (25), from Sydney, Australia by way of his native Vanadzok, Armenia, responded to the challenge Arce made to him today.
Undefeated junior welterweight Jason Cintron, of Reading, PA, will box lefty Pascali Adorno, of Corozal, Puerto Rico, in an eight-r ound contest Friday evening, Dec. 5, at the The Reading Eagle Theater at the Sovereign Events Center. Topping the seven-fight card is a scheduled 10-round welterweight contest between unbeaten puncher Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA,…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was a good crowd at the Heritage Hotel in Derby, England on Sunday as Clifton Mitchell hosted an afternoon of boxing billed as ’50/50′. Originally an all-ladies boxing event – the usual difficulties in getting ‘match-ups’ in the UK meant that there would now be three…
Welterweights Delvin Rodriguez, 23-2-2 (14), and Isaac Hlatshwayo, 28-1-1 (10), battled to a 12 round draw on Monday night in Hlatshwayo’s home country of South Africa. At stake in the bout was an IBF #1 ranking and future date with IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. From the opening bell it was an entertaining fight as…
Mahir Oral and Alexander Sipos both weighed in at exactly 160 lb for their WBC Mediterranean middleweight championship clash today in Cuxhaven, Germany. It is the second time Oral and Sipos meet in 2008. On May 30, “Lion†Mahir won a close unanimous decision in Bilbao, Spain. Now Sipos is seeking revenge.
Click for larger image © Przemek Garczarczyk When heavyweight Andrew Golota decided to pull out of his fight with Ray “The Rainman” Austin after the first round on November 7 in Chengdu, China, some were quick to question his decision.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green in London, Frank Maloney Promotions staged another action-packed night of boxing. The main event of the night was the scheduled ten round contest for the vacant Southern Area Welterweight title between Scott Woolford of Ramsgate, Kent and Tom Glover…
Bernard Dunne and his manager Brian Peters are delighted to hear that European Super Bantamweight Champ Rendall Munroe is due in Dublin tomorrow morning for a press conference. Perhaps Munroe is ready to accept Peters latest offer of £60,000 to defend his title against Dunne…or maybe he’ll try to explain why he’s defending his title…
Undefeated Espinoza Boxing Club prospects Manny “Suavecito†Roman and Jesus “Pollo†Hernandez return to the ring in the feature bouts this Friday night, November 21 at “Battle Of The Rising Stars†presented by All Star Boxing at the Quiet Cannon Ballroom in Montebello, California.
With less than three weeks to go unti Manny Pacquiao’s ring war with Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao’s gym general, the world famous trainer Freddie Roach, has cried fowl! “I’m glad to hear that Oscar’s diet has made him skinny,” said Roach, from his Hollywood-based Wild Card Boxing Club. “The photos of him at his…
Former WBC World Champion Genaro Hernandez is facing the fight of his life. Diagnosed with a rare cancer, his insurance will not cover his full treatment. The World Boxing Council, and our President Jose Sulaiman, urges you to join us in Genaro’s corner. Here’s how you can help: Donations: Mark them “Genaro” and payable to…
Last night at London’s 02 Arena, former world cruiserweight champion David Haye backed up his boasts by knocking out nearly man Monte Barrett in five rounds to make a successful entry into the world of bigtime heavyweight boxing. Haye gave Barrett problems with handspeed and of course, the vaunted “Hayemaker” power but the London slugger…