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…
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).