Forget the cold weather and the snow in Chicago. Skip the holidays. Junior welterweight prospect Ivan Popoca is too focused on the task at hand to pay much attention to either. Preparing for his next fight on Friday, January 23, the undefeated junior welterweight hasn’t stopped training through the holidays. Fighting five times in 2008,…
© Peter Frutkoff A capacity crowd turned out for the annual Ring 8 holiday party and awards dinner December 21 at Tony Mazzarellaʼs Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City, New York.
Former Kazakhstan Olympian Beibut Shumenov, 7-0 (5), fresh off of his impressive 10 round decision victory against Columbian knockout artist Epifanio “Diamente†Mendoza, is arguably is the most ambitious, fastest-rising prospect in boxing.
© Haitian Sensation Promotions Daniel Edouard, 21-2-2 (12), like every fighter, wants to be a world champion, middleweight champion of the world to be exact, and so far, he has had an impressive start towards his goal. In just under six years as a professional, Edouard has captured a fair share of minor titles including…
2004 US Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada, arguably one of the most decorated amateur boxers of the 21st century, is in many ways the United States’ top heavyweight hope to bring home a world title belt. Estrada possesses the quickest hands and feet in the heavyweight division, along with solid “whiskers,†and he has also…
Featherweight Paul Truscott of Middlesbrough, England enjoyed a sterling amateur career before joining the pro ranks in 2006 after just turning 20 years of age. After winning ten bouts against the usual suspects on the British scene, Truscott captured the vacant Commonwealth belt in just his eleventh start by outfighting durable Ghanaian “Golden Boy” Osumanu…
On December 11, 2008, one of the fights of the decade took place in Newark, New Jersey between the then reigning IBF Cruiserweight king Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham from Philadelphia, PA and Polish born expat, Tomasz ‘Goarl’ Adamek, from Jersey City, NJ. After 12 action packed rounds, which saw Cunningham put on the canvas three times…
Gary Shaw Productions and Top Rank announced today that the championship doubleheader featuring the rumble between World Super Flyweight Champion Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan and WBA interim super flyweight champion Jorge “Travieso†Arce, and the NABO lightweight championship battle between top contenders Antonio DeMarco and Almazbek “Kid Diamond†Raiymkulov, will take place Saturday, February 7…
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…