Terrance “The Heat” Cauthen, 32-4 (9), looks to get back on track and put himself back into world title contention when he takes on the dangerous up and coming knockout artist Alexis Camacho, 16-0 (15), on July 16 from the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX. The Cauthen v Camacho fight will be the ESPN2’s…
What are the odds that defending WBO junior welterweight champion Ricardo Torres will successfully defend his title twice against top-rated contender Kendall Holt According to David Snook, Supervisor of Race & Sports at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, not very good.
Tickets are now on sale for an evening of world class professional boxing as Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions presents “Chicago’s Pride” on Friday, July 25 at the Aragon Ballroom headlined by local fan favorite Francisco “El Nino Azteca†Rodriguez squaring off against El Paso slugger Alex “El Diablo†Becerra in a ten round bantamweight…
Harry Joe Yorgey was declared the winner on Friday, June 13, 2008, in an arbitration case over his manager James E. Deoria. Both parties were in a dispute over the boxer-manager contract that was signed between them on February 9, 2006. At the age of 30, Harry is a five-year pro. A veteran boxer at…
By Per Ake Persson French TV network Canal+ paid light flyweight Brahim Asloum 750,000 Euros when he challenged then WBA champ Juan Carlos Reveco, plus a bonus of 150,000 Euros in case of victory. Asloum won and was all set to defend the title July 26 against Giovanni Segura. However, Canal+ will now pay the…
HBO Sports will present two exclusive prime time replays of Diaz vs.Pacquiao this week. The first showing is this Thursday, July 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT and the second and final showing will be broadcast this Saturday, July 5 at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT on HBO. The HBO Sports team, which was ringside for the live…
This past Thursday night, Don Juan Futrell, 21-3-2 (10), fought Lowell Brownfield, 10-4-1 (3), in the main event at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA. On the line was Futrell’s WBC USNBC light welterweight title. The action started off slow, but heated up in the second round when Brownfield dropped Futrell with a powerful…
This past Friday at the Morongo Resort and Casino, in Cabazon, CA, Golden Boy Promotions undefeated young gun, Juan Carlos Velasquez, improved to, 8-0 (4), with another impressive victory. The Puerto Rican native decisively defeated Missael Nunez, 4-7-2 (0), enroute to a unanimous decision and continued his undefeated record. Score cards read 60-54 twice, while…
In a blistering display of skill and power, Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao won a world title in his fourth weight class by belting out WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz in the ninth round of a one-sided mismatch last night at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV. It was clear from the start that…
Aside from the big Pacquiao vs. Diaz card in Las Vegas, there was some good action in America this weekend starting off with the latest bout of Irish sensation John Duddy, who outpointed Charlie Howe at The Castle in Boston, MA. Duddy, 25-0 (17), was coming off a horrific performance against Montreal based Tunisian fighter…
There were two good cards in République française over the weekend and we start on Saturday’s action at Salle L’Albanais in Rumilly where local man Sebastien Madani upset reigning French Light Middleweight Champion Alban Mothie over twelve rounds. Madani followed up his WBC Mediterranean title winning effort in December with his 18th consecutive victory in…
© Chris Farina – Top Rank Ten months after a wildly controversial ending to their first fight, Ricardo Torres will defend his WBO Junior Welterweight title against No. 1 contender Kendall Holt in a rematch on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on Saturday, July 5, 2008, live on Showtime at 11 p.m….