© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Now that IBF titlist Wladimir Klitschko cruised by the highly touted yet mediocre Sultan Ibragimov, lifting the WBO strap, he’s got an open dance card and a few people who’d be likely opponents in his next match. Alexander Povetkin won the IBF eliminator last month and is the current…
Could it be déjà vu all over again? It appears that the scales of justice may be unbalanced for the upcoming World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight title elimination bout between undefeated No. 1 contender TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY and No. 2 rated JOSE LUIS CASTILLO, the former two-time WBC lightweight champion. Bradley (21-0, 11…
By Per Ake Persson Arena Box Promotion won today´s purse bids at the EBU office in Rome for the right to stage the fight for the vacant European Heavyweight title between Sinan Samil Sam and Matt Skelton with an offer for 147,250 Euro. Sports Network put in 143,500 Euro. Date and site is to be…
Six world class fighters, with a combined record of 155-10-4 (81 KOs), and a winning percentage of 92%, in three compelling rumbles, highlight the highly anticipated pay-per-view card headlined by the Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao world title rematch.
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (42-7-1, 29 KOs), rated No. 3 by the WBA and No. 5 by the WBC, fights veteran Jameel “Big Time†McCline this Saturday night on the Oleg Maskaev-Samuel Peter card in Cancun, Mexico. Ruiz, who broke Las Vegas-based training camp Sunday and flew to Cancun with his…
Aldo Valtierra, of Mexico City, Mexico, who thought he lost a razor-thin 12-round split decision to Rogers Mtagwa, of Philadelphia, PA, for the vacant NABF featherweight title last summer, gets a rematch over 10 rounds Friday evening, March 7, at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia.
NABF junior welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato†Figueroa is a promotional free agent after his deal with Seeno Group recently concluded. Figueroa’s manager, Sal LoNano, is entertaining offers from numerous promoters.
Sycuan Ringside Promotions announced today that World Boxing Organization (WBO) 130-Pound Champion Joán Guzman has signed a contract to defend his title against interim champion Alex Arthur on April 26, 2008. Promoted by Frank Warren of Sports Network, the fight will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, at a venue to be determined. “I am tired…
Promoter Don King is pulling out the stops on Saturday to make sure the first heavyweight championship ever staged in Mexico is a star-studded affair. He announced today that boxing legends Larry “The Easton Assassin†Holmes, Ken Norton, Gerry Cooney, Thomas “Hitman†Hearns, Roberto “Hands of Stone†Duran and Saoul Mamby will all join him…
Rendall Munroe, “The Fighting Dustman”, who challenges Kiko Martinez for his European super bantamweight title on March 7 at Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, has finished his hard training with four competitive sparring rounds with British super featherweight champion Carl Johanneson, who is also finishing up his own training ahead of his eagerly anticipated…
Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. president Jimmy Burchfield has formally announced unbeaten world heavyweight challenger “Baby†Joe Mesi’s returns to the ring on April 4 against Terry “Hurricane†Smith, headlining an ESPN2 Friday Night Fights pro boxing show in the 10-round main event, at Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In the third and possibly final bout of their now legendary rivalry, Israel Vazquez, 43-4 (32), held on to the WBC Super Bantamweight title through a grueling twelve round split decision over Rafael Marquez, 37-5 (33). The back and fourth action saw the greatest bout of the trilogy and…