It was a good Saturday night across Asia and we’ll kick things off Down Under in Melbourne, Australia where there was a superb bill at The Peninsula. PABA Light Heavyweight Champ Daniel “Porky” Lovett, 17-3 (10), was in action in a non-title affair with former Australian titlist Jamie Guy, 9-9-1 (7) that went the distance….
There weren’t any big shows this weekend but there was a good bit of action strung out across Central and South America and going alphabetically, we begin in Argentina. On Saturday at Club Atletico Adelante in Sante Fe, Alejandro Daniel Gomez, 9-16-3 (2), reversed last December’s loss to crosstown local rival Oscar Jesus Pereyra, 14-1…
Hard-punching welterweight prospect “Jesse” James Kimori had to settle for a unanimous decision victory on Saturday at the WAB Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, when he dominated and floored, but ultimately couldn’t finish, the extremely game Ken Oyolo in a fight made at light middleweight. With the victory, Kimori moved his record to 9-0 (5), while…
On Monday, two-time world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will host an open media workout in Montebello, CA, before breaking camp and heading to Las Vegas, NV. Margarito is in his final days of preparation for “The Battle!â€, the four-bout pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by Margarito’s world title rumble with WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto, in a…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, Danny Williams made his first defence of the British Heavyweight title against John McDermott at a packed, and very warm, Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England. In his words – promoter Frank Maloney brought us ‘517 lbs of Raw Power on a Collision Course’. Williams,…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing As well as the main bout between Danny Williams and John McDermott at Dagenham last night, there was also a full bill of undercard contests. Featherweight Akaash ʽKash the Bashʼ Bhatia, 12-0 (3), of Harrow scored a third round stoppage over Somerset’s John Vanemmenis, 1-4-1 (0), in…
I’m amazed. After Wladimir Klitschko’s KO victory over Tony Thompson in Hamburg, Germany, a week ago, he should have risen in the esteem of boxing fans. Thompson was a credible threat whose only other loss occurred eight years ago. In a bout where Klitschko showed his ability to control an opponent, dictate a pace and…
There were a few good cards across America last night, with Cuban superstar in waiting, Yuriorkis Gamboa, winning his first fight at featherweight in thrilling fashion at Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena in Primm, Nevada. Former WBO Super Bantam title challenger Al Seeger, 27-4 (21), was put into the ring with Gamboa but the Savannah, Georgia…
Once more, Cuban phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa backed up all experts who see him as one of the up and coming superstars in boxing. At the “Star of the Desert†Arena at Terrible’s Casino Resort in Primm, Nevada, the 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist destroyed former world title contender Al Seeger in only 2:30 minutes in the…
This week’s ESPN2 “Wednesday Night Fights,” took place at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX. The card, which was promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, featured Delvin Rodriguez taking on hometown fan favorite Oscar Diaz for the USBA welterweight championship, a belt Rodriguez had once held, and as he stated prior to the fight,…
IBF Junior Bantamweight Champion Dimitri “The Baby†Kirilov, 29-3-1 (9), will defend his title against former IBF Flyweight Champion and knockout artist Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan, 29-1-1 (23), Saturday, August 2, live on Showtime Championship Boxing at 9 p.m. ET/PT and delayed on the West Coast.
ShoBox: The New Generation returns to New York City for the first time in four years with New Jersey’s own Pawel “Raging Bull†Wolak, 21-0 (14), as he puts his undefeated record on the line against ShoBox veteran Ishe “Sugar Shay†Smith, 19-3 (9), in a 10 round junior middleweight bout, Friday, Aug. 1, live…