From the office of WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Results of yesterday’s WBC Purse Offers: Heavyweight: Vladimir Virchis vs. Juan Carlos Gomez, final elimination. Universum Box Promotion won the bid with an offer of $411,980.00, outbidding Arena Promotions’ offer of $400,000. Light heavyweight: Chad Dawson vs. Adrian Diaconu, mandatory defense.
Strengthened by his devastating knockout of James Northey last October, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada (10-1, 2 KOs) plans to knock his next opponent, former world heavyweight title contender Charles Shufford, into retirement after their January 25th 10-round, co-main event on “Champions of Tomorrow†at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Yusaf Mack, former super middleweight, is ready to replace Jeff Lacy, who pulled out of the scheduled April 12 clash clash with current IBO champion, Antonio Tarver at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
The purse bid ceremony scheduled today to determine the promoter of the WBC Light Heavyweight title bout between Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu and Chad Dawson has been postponed. American Promoter Don King Productions contacted the WBC to inform them that it was still considering to promote the Diaconu/Dawson fight.
By Per Ake Persson European junior welter champ Colin Lynes will defend the title against Juho Tolppola from Finland on January 25 in Dagenham, England. Russian heavy Alexander Povetkin is sparring with Larry Donald and Michael Sprott in Berlin. German middle Mahir Oral is out of the IBF eliminator against Fulgencio Zuniga due to a…
Two of the greatest boxers in history, Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr., will face each other in a battle boxing fans have been waiting for years to see at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday (Jan. 19) and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. Tickets for this event…
At the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, European Welterweight Champion Jackson “Sugar The Ball Brains” Osei Bonsu retained his belt with a twelve round decision over French titlist Brice Faradji, via scores of 118-109, 116-111 and 115-113. Bonsu, 27-1 (23), has the reputation as one of the biggest pound for pound punchers in the game…
Unbeaten world middleweight title contender “Ireland’s†John Duddy has returned from his native Emerald Isle to his adopted Big Apple home in Queens to fight in New York City for the first time since last May, taking on Walid “Temperate de Sable†Smichet (17-3-1, 13 KOs) in the 10-round, off-TV co-feature February 23 on the…
“In the spirit of keeping a great fight alive for traditional belts, Hennessy Sports have raised their original offer to Amir Khan,†said British Lightweight Champion Jon Thaxton’s promoter Mick Hennessy. “Thursday afternoon, this week we sent a fax to Sports Network along with a copy to Asif Vali offering Amir £400,000 sterling to fight…
When Risum Boxing’s David “Silent Danger†Kiilu (27-8-2, 14 KOs) fought former European champion Cyril Thomas for the WBF super featherweight title back in April 2007, it was a close, entertaining and very competitive fight. Both boxers had their moments, and the crowd of around 5000 spectators got their moneys worth at the Palais Des…
Boxing is still in a post-holiday slump this weekend but there were a few good matchups last night in America with a lot of ladies lacing ’em up along with an important show in Florida. At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the sunshine state, ex-IBF Middleweight title challenger Edison Miranda, 30-2 (26),…
IBF World Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute, 21-0 (17), is set to defend his world crown for the first time against a very interesting and decorated challenger in three time world champion William Joppy, 39-4-1 (30), on Friday, February 29, 2008 at the Montreal Bell Centre. The bout will be promoted by InterBox in association…