Undefeated #9 WBA Heavyweight, Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson, 19-0-1 (6), stepped up his game on Friday night, scoring a unanimous 10 round decision, 97-93 (twice) and 96-94, over a very game and tough Terry Smith, 30-5-1 (18), telecast live on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, from the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma.
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing After a break of 14 months, Audley Harrison of London, made his return on Saturday night as he faced Jason Barnett of Florida at the Thomas and Mack Centre, Las Vegas, on the undercard of the Joe Calzaghe vs Bernard Hopkins main event. Under promoter Frank Warren again, Harrison…
It was ‘spot the celebrity’ on Saturday night as the stars came out for Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins as they battled for the Light Heavyweight Championship at the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas. Both men fly out of their corners for the first round but after only one minute – Hopkins lands…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night, in a Frank Maloney promoted fight night at the famous York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, Gary Woolcombe made his first defence of the British Middlweight Title against Ryan Rhodes. Taller, younger, ʽHot Stuffʼ Woolcombe of Kent faced the more experienced ʽSpice Boyʼ…
“Everyone was mentioned as Calzaghe’s potential next opponent but me – the true light heavy weight champion,” said IBF/IBO Light Heavyweight Champion Tarver following Joe Calzaghe’s defeat of Bernard Hopkins, who comprehensively beat Tarver in 2006, in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
On April 24, Sotheby’s and SCP Auctions will offer a fine selection of sports memorabilia and cards for auction. The April sale includes an outstanding offering of material that comes directly from Smokin’ Joe Frazier. Born in 1944, the 11th child of sharecroppers in South Carolina , Frazier took up boxing at the age of…
The much touted Fight of the Night candidate on the June 13th “Finally†pay-per-view event, airing live (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, is the 10-round co-feature for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) lightweight championship between WIBA featherweight champion Jeannine “G9†Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs) and WIBA & IBA…
Philadelphia’s rising star, junior welterweight Danny Garcia, improved to, 5-0 (5), by dismantling Guadalupe Diaz, 4-3-1 (1), at 1:53 of round one on the undercard of Calzaghe vs Hopkins. Garcia, known for his fast hands and powerful punch, hurt the Michoacan native early with a barrage of punches. Referee Tony Weeks was forced to stop…
A Worldwide Web replay of Saturday’s excellent showdown between undefeated Adrian Diaconu and Chris Henry will be available all this week at DonKingTV.com and can be accessed with a simple click. Diaconu won a close, unanimous decision to become the interim World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion in a match staged at the Sala Polivalenta…
On Friday night Carson Jones went from journeyman to prospect, with an impressive lopsided decision win over Jose Luis Gonzales on ESPN2’S “Friday Night Fights†telecast from the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, OK.
© Tom Hogan / Golden Boy Promotions Like all fights of latter period Bernard Hopkins, last night’s greatly anticipated showdown with Joe Calzaghe at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas was an ugly, untoward bout that proved difficult to score and generated a great deal of controversy as to who actually won. Hopkins…
Big time Continental action this weekend and we start off with bouts that carried world title implications! On a big card at Sala Polivalenta, in Bucharest, Romania, Montreal based Romanian Adrian Diaconu, 25-0 (15), had his hands full with previously undefeated American slugger Chris Henry, 21-1 (17), but won the Interim WBC Light Heavyweight title…