**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, in West Midlands, England, First Team Promotions (PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson) staged another entertaining night of boxing. First to fight were likeable Keiron Gray from the Wednesbury Boxing Academy against late opponent – Davey Jones of Shinfield’s Gym in a…
© Tom Hogan / Golden Boy Promotions Reversing his shocking loss to Sergio Mora this past June, Vernon Forrest regained the WBC Light Middleweight title in the rematch, decisioning the former Contender star to take a wide points verdict while Juan Manuel Marquez made the transition to lightweight by stopping Joel Casamayor in the 11th…
Citing dehydration, Joan Guzman pulled out of his challenge to triple world lightweight champion Nate Cambell, but the show still went on at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS. Upgraded to the headlining bout, light welter Timothy Bradley, 23-0 (11), didn’t disappoint, pounding out a big win against Edner Cherry, 24-6-2 (12), to retain the…
It took Andreas Kotelnik almost eight years to win a world title and the 30 year old showed that he isn’t ready to part with it yet, outpointing southpaw challenger and longtime Japanese Light Welter titlist Norio Kimura in dominating fashion at the Sportspalace in Lviv, Ukraine last night. Hometoen hero Kotelnik won on wide…
IBF Super Featherweight Champion Cassius Baloyi made the first defense of his crown a successful one as he snuffed out the aspirations of Argentine visitor Javier Osvaldo Alvarez in the third round of their scheduled twelve round title fight last night at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park. Baloyi outgunned the challenger from the first bell…
© Tom Hogan / Golden Boy Promotions Fans may call it “Manchester Muscle vs. New York Flash,” “England vs. The United States,” or “Brawler vs. Boxer.” Regardless of how it is described, the Junior Welterweight World Championship bout between England’s Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton and New York’s Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi on Saturday, Nov….
This Sunday, September 14, Steve Wood of VIP Boxing hosts a full afternoon of exciting fights as he presents “Matt Attack” at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England. The bill is headlined by Alex Matvienko as he faces Lee Edwards of Sheffield for the vacant British Masters Light Middleweight title. Popular Matvienko – “Bolton’s…
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…