Lee Samuels: This is a very, very exciting day for Top Rank. The champion is here with us, David Diaz, WBC Lightweight Champion, and he’s getting ready and set for “Lethal Combination,†Saturday June 28 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. He’s going to defend his title against Manny Pacquiao, the three-division World Champion,…
Wayne Elcock says there is no way he is taking challenger Darren McDermott lightly ahead of their British Middleweight Title showdown at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton on Friday, June 20. ‘The Battle of the Midlands’ is Elcock’s first title defence since beating Howard Eastman on points last year and Sky Sports will televise the action…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: “The WBC is extremely happy that our two newest rules – open scoring after the fourth and eighth rounds and the use of instant replay – have been used in the last few days and gotten a great response.
In the buildup to her husband Wayne’s fight with opponent Juan Ruiz, scheduled for this Friday, June 20 in the Cayman Islands, Cheryl McCullough is furious over comments supposedly made by Ruiz on boxing websites. Whether it was a misunderstanding or just plain hype, Cheryl McCullough, who also manages her former world champion/1992 Olympic Silver…
Recently it was my great pleasure to speak with former World Middleweight Champion Vito Antuofermo. Antuofermo was born in Italy, later moving to the United States. Antuofermo was a New York Golden Gloves Champion as an amateur, and won the World Middleweight Championship in 1979 over Hugo Corro. After a defense over Marvin Hagler in…
© Red Line Media Group Edison Miranda winds downs training for his important return fight against undefeated middleweight champion Arthur Abraham this Saturday, June 21, on Showtime.
Former IBO Middleweight Champion of the world Raymond Joval, 37-4 (16), will face off against rising prospect James “Buddy” McGirt Jr., 18-1 (9), on July 25 at the City Center in Saratoga Springs, NY in the 10-round main event. The fight which will be aired on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights,” will also mark the opening…
© Showtime Boxing Their first fight played out like a Hollywood script: rife with drama, incredible two-way exchanges, a broken jaw, multiple head butts, low blows and controversy.
Junior middleweight James Moore, 15-1 (10), a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, who fights out of Queens, New York, incurred his first defeat at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York, on June 4. Gabriel Rosado, 10-2 (6 ), of Philadelphia , won a unanimous eight round decision by scores of 77-74, 78-73 and…
Unbeaten Dominican middleweight sensation Giovanni “Chico Malo†Lorenzo has planned a breakout party Saturday night when he fights former world champion Raul “El Diamente†Marquez in the 12 round co-feature on Showtime Championship Boxing, live from Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
As part of Mexican beer manufacturer Cerveza Tecate’s continued efforts to bring the power of boxing to fans across the nation, “Solo Boxeo Tecate†will be broadcasting live from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago this week.
Bradford’s very own Nadeem “The Goldenboy” Siddique has promised to make it up to his fans when he finally gets in the ring with Canadian Julius Odion. Hennessy Sports in association with GoldenPalace.net regrettably announce that Julius Odion has been unable to obtain his visa in time to appear on the “Battle of the Midlands