The almost 22 thousand people who witnessed the Ali-Frazier fight, on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York, the former Mecca of boxing, bought their tickets at the exorbitant price of $25, as well as the nearly 300 million people who watched it in theaters and on closed circuit TV, in addition…
Paulina Angel and Monica Henao will fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) female Fedelatin super lightweight belt on March 16 at the Elias Chegwin Coliseum in Barranquilla, Colombia. Both Colombian fighters will be the face of this event, which will have several bouts of the WBA Future of Colombian Boxing program and will give…
Two of the game’s most exciting sluggers will collide when Rolando “Rolly” Romero defends his WBA Super Lightweight Title against Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz Saturday, March 30, live from Las Vegas. It presents one of those treasures boxing fans crave. They can almost hear the punches before the fighters even put on their gloves. The marquee…
Christopher Diaz won the Continental Latin America super lightweight belt by knocking out Headley Scott in the second round on Saturday at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican got his technical knockout against the American in a fight in which he had dominance and superiority at all times….
Argentina’s Sol Cudos defeated Venezuela’s Roxana Colmenarez by wide unanimous decision to be crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin minimumweight champion this weekend at the F.A.B. Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The local fighter dominated the bout from start to finish to win by scorecards of 97-89, 97-90 and 97-90, which gave her the unanimous…
The bad news of the weekend was the cancellation of the featherweight world title fight between Amanda Serrano and Nina Meinke. An accident caused a chemical to enter Serrano’s eye and she was unable to step into the ring on Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The champion was returning home after three years without…
Raymond Ford became the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion of the world after defeating Otabek Kholmatov by technical knockout in the 12th round on Saturday night during one of the best fights of the year so far. The American was the star of the event held at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in…
Respected trainer Stephen “Breadman” Edwards breaks down the sweet science as he fields questions from fight fans. What’s up, Breadman? Thanks for your mailbag. I have a couple of mystical boxing clashes for your analysis: 1. Kostya Tszyu vs. Floyd Mayweather2. Manny Pacquiao vs. Gervonta “Tank†Davis3. Mike Tyson vs. Joe Frazier Have a great week….
January 18, 2024 (Saudi Arabia): H.E. Advisor Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), announced an agreement has been reached between world renowned boxing promoters Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions and Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing which will see the promotional outfits face-off in an historic five-versus-five fight…
Germany’s Abass Baraou defeated Sam Eggington by majority decision in their World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight eliminator fight on Friday in Telford, England. The visiting fighter dominated the bout on cards of 117-111, 117-112 and 114-114 against veteran Eggington in the biggest fight of his career. Baraou delivered a great fight in which he…
Friday’s event in Benghazi, Libya, was a success and ended on a high note with a technical knockout of local fighter Saad Fathi Saad over Ivorian Adame Kone to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) Gold Africa belt. Two other big stars of the evening, Morocco’s Khalil El Hadri and France’s Bilel Jkitou, also won…
The night of Friday, March 1 was magical for boxing fans in Benghazi, Libya, because from 1979 to 2011 professional boxing was banned and they had to wait until 2024 to experience an evening of this noble art in which three WBA Africa titles were at stake, under the watchful eye of Mike Tyson. The…