In a hotly anticipated showdown between hard-nosed come-forward sluggers, lightweights Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis went to war last night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, and after the dust settled Diaz had pulled out a split decision victory to capture the vacant IBO title. For the first half of the bout, Diaz engaged…
Hot lightweight prospect Amir Khan tops the bill tonight at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England when he faces dangerous Colombian Breidis Prescott. At stake is the WBO Intercontinental Lightweight title, but more importantly both men’s unbeaten records are on the line. Khan, 21 from Bolton, England, is unbeaten in 18 bouts with…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On a night of sensational southpaw sluggers, Antonio DeMarco and Yonnhy Perez turned in thrilling performances and scored wins over Jose Reyes and David Martinez, respectively, Friday on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation. DeMarco, 20-1-1 (14), of Los Mochis, Mexico, recorded his third ShoBox victory…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returned to Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ last night and put on yet another fantastic show in front of a near capacity audience. The Pride of Greece, “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis, 20-2-2 (10), knocked his opponent Nasser Athumani, 20-7-2 (16), out cold in the third round of their scheduled…
Fighting words were flying at today’s final press conference for the highly anticipated doubleheader featuring Houston’s former Three Time World Champion, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz against Australian warrior Michael “The Great” Katsidis and Houston native and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Rocky Juarez against former Junior Lightweight World Champion Jorge “La Hiena” Barrios. Rocky Juarez:…
After the weigh-in for Star Boxing’s Friday night card at Bally’s in Atlantic City, NJ Joe DeGuardia CEO of Star Boxing had a special surprise presentation for “Mighty” Mike and the “Kingpin”. Both fighters will be celebrating their 29th birthday’s this weekend, Mike on Saturday and Kevin on Sunday so DeGuardia presented the two Star…
Greg Kielsa, 7-0 (3), will be a busy man over the next couple of months. Not only is the undefeated heavyweight returning to his hometown of Bialystok, Poland for a short vacation, but he’ll be coming back to Canada ten days later to a schedule that you don’t usually see in this cautious day and…
Unbeaten prospects Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin and Ronald “The Chosen One” Hearns will be showcased in separate bouts September 17, topping “The Maul In Manchester in the 7th annual Fight To Educate charity event, at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. Special guests will include boxing stars Tommy “Hit Man” Hearns, the 6-time…
By Per Ake Persson Former heavyweight champ “Merciless” Ray Mercer had enough left to beat “the Dutch Sonny Liston” Richel Hersisia on a majority decision over six two minute rounds. It was scored 59-55 for Mercer from two Swedish judges while Belgian Daniel Van de Wiele came up with 57-57. Mercer controlled the action behind…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday, at the smart Gateway Hotel in Nottingham, England, promoter Frank Maloney hosted the weighin ahead of the Friday Fightnight at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham. Billed as ’Working Class Hero’ the fight night boasts three title fights. Top of the ’bill’ boxing binman, Rendall Munroe, defends…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In the 10-round main event, exciting ShoBox alum Antonio DeMarco, 19-1-1 (14) will attempt to secure his third ShoBox victory in one year when he takes on World Boxing Organization Latin American Lightweight Champion Jose Reyes, 23-4 (8), Friday tonight on ShoBox: The New Generation,…
David Martinez has replaced Tomas Rojas as the opponent for Yonnhy Perez in the 10-round bantamweight co feature on this Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation telecast on Showtime at11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. Rojas was forced to withdraw when he encountered visa problems and was unable to leave his native Mexico in…