Duva Boxing will swing into 2008 with a hard hitting card on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights headlined by the sensational knockout artist Darnell Wilson defending his USBA Cruiserweight championship against undefeated B.J. Flores on Friday night, February 8, at Dover Downs Racetrack and Casino, it was announced today by Duva …
Read More »Risum Boxing: 2007 In Review!
If success is only measured in winning titles, then 2007 was not the best of its kind for Risum Boxing. But thankfully that’s not the essence of the company, and once again I feel grateful for a good year. We were literally involved in hundreds of fights all over the …
Read More »Boxing Update: Jesse Brinkley Signs New Promotional Contract
Let’s Get It On Promotions and season-one Contender semifinalist Jesse Brinkley have entered an exclusive promotional agreement. Brinkley is on a three-win winning streak, all of which have come by way of knockout.
Read More »Second Boxing Episode of Outside The Ring: Trinidad Vs. Jones Documentary
As Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. inch closer to their mid-January showdown, the legendary fighters travel to Florida military bases and Puerto Rico, while Don King visits Iraq in the second of a three-part documentary debuting Saturday, Jan. 5, at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT on Cox Sports …
Read More »Showtime Rings In New Year With Malignaggi vs. Ngoudjo
Showtime Championship Boxing will set the stage for another fantastic year of world-class boxing when flashy, charismatic Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi defends his International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior welterweight title against mandatory challenger and IBF No. 1 contender, Herman “The Black Panther” Ngoudjo, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, live …
Read More »Boxing Info: Bernard Hopkins stops by Sultan Ibragimov’s Gym
Member of Team Ibragimov were treated to a meeting of boxing minds Wednesday when middleweight legend and current light heavyweight champion Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins stopped by the Sultan’s gym to speak with the WBO Heavyweight Champion, who is preparing for his February 23rd unification bout with IBF champion Wladimir …
Read More »SaddoBoxing 2007 Fighter Of The Year: Floyd Mayweather Jr
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing I guess this was no real surprise. Mayweather seems to have these departments locked up as of late, my assumption that being the pound for pound number one ranked fighter wasn’t already enough for him? Floyd not only took part …
Read More »Cunningham Stops Huck In Final Round To Retain IBF Title
By Per Ake Persson IBF cruiser champ Steve Cunningham stopped brave German challenger Marco Huck in the 12th and final round of this Sauerland Event promotion last night at Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, Germany. Huck was trailing on points going into the last round, took a lot of chances and walked …
Read More »Green and Williams both predict early night!
If pre-fight comments serve as any indication as to the action that will take place in the ring on January 4th at the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino, than the action should be fierce when world rated super middleweight Allen Green battles former world title challenger Rubin Williams as both …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Cunningham Faces Huck In Germany
America’s IBF Cruiserweight Champion Steve Cunningham has fought most of his career on the road away from his hometown of Philadelphia and will have to do it one more time when he faces challenger Marco Huck tonight at the Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld, Germany. Cunningham, 20-1 (10), tipped the scales …
Read More »Boxing Result: Guinn Loses To Hawkins In Canada
There wasn’t a great deal of action last night across the globe but fans in attendance at the River Rock Casino in the Canadian city of Richmond saw what could have been the final nail driven into the career coffin of heavyweight Dominic Guinn. The 32 year old Texan was …
Read More »Roy Jones Dusts Off Basketball Shoes To Practice With The Knicks
Eight-time boxing world champion Roy Jones Jr. planned to visit with New York Knicks players after they finished practice at the Madison Square Garden Training Center in Tarrytown, N.Y., today but was surprised when Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas waved him over to take part in a full-court, three-man weave …
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