WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz will hit the airwaves this weekend to discuss his upcoming showdown with “The Mexicutioner”, Manny Pacquiao set for Saturday, June 28 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Per Ake Persson WBA Intercontinental Welter Champ Vyacheslav Senchenko defends the title against Frenchman Frederik Klose July 8 in Donetsk, Ukraine. In the other main bouts, Oleg Yefimovich and Sergio Blanco fight for the vacant European Featherweight title.
Undefeated cruiserweight contender BJ Flores continues to expand his business interests beyond boxing and real estate in the Phoenix area, as he has taken on the role of advisor for explosive cruiserweight prospect Erick “Dynamite†Vega.
From the office of WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Gankor Promotions, Inc., represented by promoter Chris Ganescu, won the purse offer for the rights to promote the light heavyweight championship fight between WBC world champion Chad Dawson of the U.S.A. versus WBC interim champion Adrian Diaconu of Romania. Gankor bid $1,813,790.00 against Gary Shaw Promotions’ bid…
World ranked bantamweight contender Alex Valdez returns to Chicago next Friday night, June 20 to face Ghana-based veteran spoiler Anyetei Laryea in the ten round main event at “Fearless”, an outstanding evening of World Class Professional Boxing presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions.
This Sunday at the Suttons Leisure Centre in St.Helens, Merseyside, England, Steve Woods of VIP Boxing will be hosting another action-packed fight event. Billed as “HomeGrown” – the main event features local-boy Martin Murray, as he faces Belgian boxer Michael Recloux in a super middleweight contest. Murray hopes to add to his perfect record of…
After a massive media buildup, the “Finally” PPV bill at the Isleta Casino in Albuquerque, NM was fought last night amid great fanfare for Women’s Boxing. In the main event, IFBA Light Middleweight Champ Holly Holm, 22-1-2 (6), proved just too big and skilled for challenger Mary Joe Sanders, 25-1 (8), as Holm won nearly…
A superb clash of light heavyweight champions took place last night at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England as British titlist Tony Oakey and Commonwealth king Dean Francis went at it tooth and nail on a Frank Maloney promotion. Francis dominated the first round as he picked off the always come-forward Oakey but the local…
WBA Super Feather kingpin Edwin Valero and WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa were in action at the Nihon Budokan in Tokyo on Thursday night and both retained their titles. Valero, 24-0 (24), kept his magnificent knockout streak alive with a seventh round pasting of former Japanese Lightweight titlist Takehiro Shimada, 22-4-1 (15). Shimada used his…
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. On Saturday, June 21, undefeated middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, and the explosive, hard-hitting Edison Miranda will co-star in the emotionally charged sequel, live on Showtime Championship Boxing at 9 p.m….
Undefeated world middleweight contender “Ireland’s†John Duddy is training in Miami with his new trainer, Pat Burns, for his return to Boston on Saturday night, June 28 against Charles Howe, headlining “Hassle In The Castle†at The Castle in downtown Boston. “I’m looking forward to fighting again in Boston,†Duddy said from training camp. “I’ve…
© Gianluca “Rio” Di Caro Philadelphia’s middleweight battler Jamaal ‘Da Truth’ Davis was just 81 seconds from certain victory on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Times Square in New York when the referee stepped in to stop the fight with New Jersey’s Richard Pierson after a cut Davis received during an accidental clash of…