It wasn’t the busiest of Friday nights across the globe but there were a few good fights on tap and we begin in America where former IBF Lightweight Champion Paul Spadafora, 41-0-1 (16), started another comeback by winning every frame of an eight rounder against Shad Howard, 13-11-3 (6), at the Avalon Hotel in Erie,…
There is a big show at Freiberger Arena in Dresden, Germany tonight as WBO Light Heavyweight ruler Zsolt Erdei and WBO Light Middle kingpin Sergiy Dzinziruk put their title belts at risk on a Universum promotions bill. Hungarian Erdei, 28-0 (17), will look to make his tenth title defense after a close call against Panama’s…
There’s nothing more devastating in boxing that than a hot prospect’s first pro loss, especially for someone such as James McGirt, Jr., 18-1 (9), whose last name alone makes opponents perform better. McGirt suffered his first set-back April 11 when another son of a former world champion, Carlos “Baby Sugar†DeLeon, Jr, 20-2-2 (12), stopped…
WBO Junior Lightweight Champion Joan Guzman, 28-0 (17), has obtained a visa that will allow him to travel to Scotland to defend his title against interim champion and Scotland-native Alex Arthur. “This was the last hurdle that we needed to clear before we could make our title defense,†Guzman said. “Now we’re just waiting on…
The World Boxing Council and the NABF announced today that they are making voluntary, affordable health benefits available to the boxing community and their families. For the first time in history of the sport, everyone who applies will be covered. Neither the council nor any of their representatives are receiving any financial benefit from this…
In a match-up of top super middleweight prospects, undefeated 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Andre Dirrell, 14-0 (9), will take on once-beaten Anthony Hanshaw, 21-1-1 (14), in a 10-round showdown Next Friday! May 2, live on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation, 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. In the co-feature, the promising and once-beaten…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Tomorrow night, Saturday, April, 26, Steve Woods of VIP Boxing is staging what’s sure to be another action-packed night of boxing at the Robin Park, Wigan, England. The main event sees Lancashire boxer, Mark Thompson, face Polish man Maurycy Gojko in a ten round welterweight contest. But also on…
Interbox stages a show tonight at the Repentigny Arena in Repentigny, Quebec which sees middleweight Renan St. Juste, 16-1-1 (11), square off with Elkeana Ali Saunders, 8-1-1 (4), of The Bahamas over ten rounds. Also on the bill are Quebecois prospects Benoit Gaudet, and Sebastien Gauthier. Renan St. Juste: 160 lb Elkeana Ali Saunders: 158.6…
Contrary to information circulated on the internet, undefeated WBO Junior Lightweight Champion Joan Guzman, 28-0 (17), will travel to Scotland to defend his title against interim champion Alex Arthur. Inaccurate reports across the internet have stated that Guzman has pulled out of his title fight against Arthur, 26-1 (19), which is currently scheduled for Saturday,…
Nick Charles, who serves as host and play-by-play announcer for the critically acclaimed Showtime boxing series ShoBox: The New Generation, will receive the prestigious Sam Taub Award for excellence in broadcast journalism at the 83rd Annual Boxing Writers Association of America Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 1, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Double-barreled International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) world championship action heads East on Thursday, June 12 for a show airing on Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
It was the most emphatic statement Juan Urango could have possibly made to the junior welterweight division, and after his devastating fourth round knockout of Carlos Wilfredo Vilches Wednesday night at Hard Rock Live, “Iron Twin†made it abundantly clear that he is ready to once again reign over the 140-pound weight class.