Click for larger image © Javiel Centeno for Fight Wire Images One night before the light heavyweight world championship doubleheader in on Showtime Championship Boxing, ShoBox: The New Generation showcased four legitimate prospects in two close and thrilling match-ups. In the main event, a determined Edgar Santana escaped with a close majority decision over fellow…
Boxing fans will be treated to back-to-back welterweight championship bouts when World Championship Boxing: Miguel Cotto vs. Alfonso Gomez and Kermit Cintron vs. Antonio Margarito is seen live Saturday, April 12 at10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The fight will be available in HDTV, as well as closed-captioned for the…
Boxing’s quickest and deadliest gunslinger, Joe Calzaghe, is not only boxing’s current longest-reigning world champion, he is also the only active fighter in the top-five of boxing’s all-time list for consecutive successful title defenses. There isn’t a professional fighter — dead or alive — that has ever left the ring from a Joe Calzaghe showdown…
Yusaf Mack, 24-2-2, returned in style to defeat a game Mexican opponent, Ernesto Zamora, 15-13, at The Odeum in Villa Park, IL last night. Yusaf showed a little bit of ring rust but made a decent opponent look slow as he picked him off with a number of decent power shots.
Barry Hearn of Matchroom Sports chaired the final press conference yesterday for the ‘PrizeFighter’ Boxing show which takes place at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, tonight. Eight British Heavyweight Boxers will be competing in 3-round contests, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final – all taking place in one exciting night of boxing. The ‘brainchild’ of Mr….
© Joe Esquivel Josesito Lopez and Edgar Santana tipped the scales at 140 pounds during Thursday’s weigh-in at the Miccosukee Casino in Miami, FL. James McGirt, Jr. weighed in at 166 ½ pounds while Carlos De Leon, Jr. measured 167 pounds.
The IBF has granted heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko an exception to fight Tony Thompson, 31-1 (19), the WBO mandatory challenger. The fight is expected to take place during July in Germany, on a date and site to be determined, it was announced today by K2 Promotions’ Tom Loeffler, and Klitschko Management Group’s managing director Bernd…
Click for larger image © Joel Zwink / Sycuan Ringside Promotions Sycuan Ringside Promotions of San Diego honored one of the greatest, most talented pound-for-pound and exciting fighters in the world, Israel Vazquez, at a victory celebration dinner at the Historic U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego on Wednesday for his legendary, instant-classic victories…
Click for larger image © Hogan Photos Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins opened the doors of his training camp in Pasadena, California today and showed the media a sample of his rigorous training schedule. Hopkins, who did a full workout, was in a terrific mood and had this to say to the members…
Boxing ring announcer, Michael Buffer, famous for the trademarked phrase, “Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!”, is currently recovering at his home in Los Angeles following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from the throat and neck. Buffer has issued the following statement:
NABF Cruiserweight Champion Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey, 16-1 (9), has been boxing professionally for four years, after a lengthy amateur career, but his ring education reached another level last month in Germany, albeit in defeat. As the No. 1 rated contender in the WBC, Godfrey was matched against No. 2 ranked Rudy Kraj in a…
“Ref Cams†Provide Viewers an Up-Close Look at All the Action CBS College Sports Network, in partnership with the National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA), will host the 2008 Collegiate Boxing Championships from the Downtown Reno Ballroom in Reno, NV. this Thursday, April 10 – Saturday, April 12. The Boxing Championships are part of the third…