Trainer of the Year Enzo Calzaghe has once again rapped the knuckles of Jack Loew, the trainer of undefeated world middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik. Calzaghe is incensed that Loew is dismissing Gary “The Rocket” Lockett, Pavlik’s No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger, by looking ahead at a showdown against his son Joe, the…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Sweet Science Events hosted a great evening of boxing at Monticello Raceway, in Monticello, New York, on Friday night entitled “Catch a Rising Fistâ€. In the main event, Darrel “King David†Madison took a big step up in competition and defeated Zuri Lawrence for the vacant New…
The luck of Wladimir Sidorenko finally ran out last night at Burg-Waechter Castello in Dusseldorf as the WBA Bantamweight Champion was outpointed by Panama’s Anselmo Moreno after twelve rounds. Moreno, 22-1-1 (8), leveraged a sizable height advantage and southpaw stance to keep the normally hyper-busy Sidorenko, 21-1-2 (7), off his game and take a shocking…
WBO Super Flyweight kingpin Fernando Montiel, 37-2-1 (28), led the way on a good bill from Plaza De Toros in San Luis Potosi with a third round put-out of Jalisco slugger Luis Maldonado, 37-3-1 (28). The skills of Montiel, who has only ever lost in world title fights, proved more than Maldonado, who has also…
It was a four title fight night at the Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park last evening with two IBO and two South African crowns on the line. It was hard to call the action between IBO Super Flyweight Champ Masibulele “Hawk” Makepula, 28-5 (18), of East London and his local rival, Zolile “Bonecrusher” Mbityi, 32-13-3…
Today we go on a small hall whirlwind tour to report the numerous results that happened this busy past Saturday night in Republique Francaise! We get things rockin’ at the Salle Jean Francois Lamour in Arles where French Welterweight Champion Frank Harroche Horta needed only one round to bang out overmatched Slovakian visitor Marian Tomcany,…
There were two good cards north of the border this weekend and we get the show on the road at the Convention Centre in Winnipeg where light middle Larry “Razor” Sharpe stopped Mexican veteran Mauro Lucero in the fourth frame on Friday night. Sharpe, 22-4 (10), a former Canadian Middleweight Champion who unsuccessfully challenged Englishman…
Tonight at the Burg-Waechter Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany, WBA Bantam ruler Wladimir Sidorenko puts his title on the line against Panamanian southpaw Anselmo Moreno on the top of a very big bill. Sidorenko, 21-0-2 (7), won the WBA belt in early 2005 with a unanimous decision over Mexico’s Julio Zarate and to date has retained…
There was a good bill last night at the Central Coast Leagues Club in Gosford, NSW last night featuring the much anticipated return of the country’s hottest prospect, lightweight William Kickett. Returning after four months out due to falling through a window and injuring his right hand, 21 year old “Cool Willie” battered Filipino Jurland…
After a dramatic ring battle in Bilbao, Spain, German interim heavyweight champion Konstantin Airich showed a great fight against odds-on favourite Danny Williams but he couldn’t beat the British titleholder in front of 2,000 Spanish fans at the Pabellon deportivo Asesarre.
IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man†Malignaggi, 25-1 (5), successfully underwent hand surgery this past Wednesday, May 28, to repair a fractured metacarpal bone of the middle finger on his right hand, suffered during his title-defense win by 12 round decision against Lovemore N’dou last Saturday in Manchester, England. Renowned boxing hand specialist…
Bootsy Collins busts out his bass to set the mood for documentary-style boxing video game 2K Sports announced today the artists featured in the soundtrack and ring walk music for the highly anticipated boxing video game, Don King Presents: Prizefighter. To accurately capture different eras of boxing atmosphere, Venom Games compiled more than 70 songs…