Promoter Barry Hearn put on the second installment of his “Prizefighter” series last night as a round robin of heavyweights slugged it out at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and there was also a Glyn Rhodes promoted show at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield. The Prizefighter bill featured a mix of prospects and veterans fighting…
In preparation for tonight’s big boxing bill at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, top lightweights Joel Casamayor and Juan Manuel Marquez hit the scales yesterday in Las Vegas.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Ahead of their hotly anticpated showdown tonight at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS, Nate Campbell and Joan Guzman hit the scales yesterday with mixed results. Triple World Champion Campbell was bang on the mark at 135 lb while Guzman failed to do the same, tipping the beam at…
“Mini-Tyson†Selcuk Aydin strikes again! After only 32 seconds in the second round, the WBC International Champion stopped his challenger Marat Khuzeev with a stunning left uppercut last night at Kugelbake Halle in Cuxhaven, Germany. It took several minutes for the physicians to bring the Russian back to his feet. “Once more Selcuk proved that…
Fight fans around the country should not miss out on the only chance to see Saturday’s exciting world championship bout between Joel Casamayor and Juan Manuel Marquez as well as the world championship rematch between Sergio Mora and Vernon Forrest, as the pay-per-view broadcast will not air on tape-delay next weekend. The pay-per-view broadcast starts…
By Per Ake Persson OPI 2000 won today´s purse bids in Rome for the right to promote Paolo Vidoz vs Matt Skelton for the vacant European Heavyweight title. OPI 2000 bid 107,000 Euro. Site and date is to be announced. Former heavy champ Riddick Bowe didn´t show up in Budapest but his planned opponent, promoter,…
Tonight, September 12, 2008, Barry Hearn’s Prizefighter tournament will take off again. In the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England, eight heavyweight hopefuls will battle if out to win 25,000 pounds and become the new heavyweight prizefighter champion, succeeding the first champ, Martin Rogan, who won the initial tournament in April. Prizefighter’s catch line is…
Big surprise at the official weigh-in for Arena’s show in Cuxhaven tomorrow! Marat Khuzeev, official challenger of WBC international welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin, couldn’t make the weight-limit! two hours after his first try on the scale Khuzeev still weighed in at 150 lb. (68 kg).
Two world championships will be featured including International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Nate “Galaxxy Warrior†Campbell, 39-5-1 (25), defending his crowns against undefeated former two-time WBO champion Joan “Sycuan Warrior†Guzman, 28-0 (17), and World Boxing Council super lightweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley, 22-0 (11), will make…
Gavin Tait and Ryan Barrett join big punching heavyweight Scott Belshaw as veterans anchoring a show designed to help bring four promising professional debutantes to the public eye on Frank Maloney’s “Stars of the Future” bill this Saturday night at London’s historic York Hall. Light welterweight Tait can always be counted on to deliver gutsy,…
Former world title challenger Kingsley Ikeke faces Abdullah Ramadan in the September 23 co-feature on the “KnockOut Poverty” pro boxing card, presented by Bob Duffy’s Ring Promotions, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Ikeke, 24-3 (13), replaces Briamah Kamoka, who did not meet NYSAC requirements, against Sudan-native Ramadam ,15-8, (9), former IBF Interim…
Integrated Sports will distribute the much anticipated October 4 showdown between unbeaten International Boxing Federation middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham and top contender Raul “El Diamente” Marquez, in the United States and Canada, live from Germany.