Tonight at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada, Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, 32-0 (26), defends his WBA Welterweight Championship against Mexican Antonio Margarito, 36-5 (26), who voluntarily gave up the IBF title to face Cotto. This 147 pound bout could go a long way to deciding who the premier welterweight is. Cotto, the…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Thursday night, at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, British Boxing Board of Control Chairman Charlie Giles presented Ron Gray with a ʽplaqueʼ bearing Gray’s name – identical to the plaque that is displayed on the wall for honorary members of the ʽBlack Country Wall of Fameʼ. The ʽwallʼ gives…
Leading up to tonight’s big showdown between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, there were a few good cards across the states last night and we start this report with the amazing comeback of Antonio Diaz, 43-5-1 (29), who came off a three year hiatus to overcome Felix Flores, 22-7 (16), by majority decision to annex…
Undefeated WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight Champion, Cedric Agnew, 8-0 (4), of Chicago Heights, IL has been added to the undercard of the August 8 edition of ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights†which will be broadcast from Chicago’s Aragon Entertainment Center.
Lightweight sensation Amir Khan has confirmed that Jorge Rubio has been appointed as his new trainer. The undefeated star of British boxing, currently world-rated No. 2 by the WBO and No. 4 by the WBC, recently went to America and met with a number of top trainers but gelled best with Rubio.
Bob Duffy’s “Ring Promotions” announced today that it has been hired to promote the inaugural “KnockOut Poverty” pro boxing show, featuring all African boxers, on Tuesday night, September 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
Boxing is a sport full of emotion; it can provide athletes and fans alike the opportunity to experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Unfortunately, on last week’s edition of ESPN Wednesday Night Fights, that’s exactly what happened when Delvin Rodriguez won the USBA Welterweight title and opponent Oscar Diaz collapsed in…
With the postponement of their scheduled September 20 clash announced earlier this week, due to a training injury to Joe Calzaghe’s hand, the contest between the Welsh Wizard and Roy Jones Jr will now take place in November at the original location of Madison Square Garden. Five years ago, this was a prospective fight that…
Two-division world champion Zab Judah, former world title challenger Joshua Clottey and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum will host a news conference luncheon for their upcoming IBF world welterweight title fight, tomorrow, Saturday, July 26 in Las Vegas, NV. The IBF’s top-rated contenders, Judah, 35-5 (25), from Brooklyn, and Clottey, 34-2 (20), a native…
Don’t expect to see middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr, 18-1 (9), betting horses at The Spa, the beautiful Saratoga Race Track, at least not until Saturday despite his spending several days this week in Saratoga Springs. McGirt, coming off his first pro loss in April to Carlos DeLeon, Jr., broke camp Wednesday in Vero Beach,…
By Per Ake Persson Karo Murat defends the European Super Middle title against Spaniard Gabriel Campbillo on September 20 in Germany. This is likely to be a supporting bout to Mikkel Kessler vs Danilo Haussler. Murat can already be found at # 9 in WBA ratings.
Golden Boy’s rising stars, twin featherweight sensations Carlos Ivan and Juan Carlos Velasquez, remain undefeated as they maintained their quest of becoming world champions by winning on a Wednesday night bill at Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California. Carlos Ivan continued to shine as he demolished David Vasquez via 2nd round TKO. In the opening round,…