When former IBF 154-pound world champion Roman “Made in Hell†Karmazin, steps in the ring on January 19 at Madison Square Garden to defend his WBA Intercontinental super welterweight championship, he will be fighting for much more than himself. The Russian-born immigrant from St. Petersburg , who came to the United States to pursue his…
Highly touted Chicago boxing prospects Tavoris Cloud, Francisco Rodriguez and Victor Polyakov put on outstanding performances at the last 8 Count Productions event, “December Fury” on December 14 at Cicero Stadium. Fight fans can now view their bouts in their entirety on YouTube.com. All three bouts can be viewed here: 8 Count Productions Fight Streams.
VIP Boxing’s first event of the New Year is scheduled to take place at Circus Arena inside the famous Blackpool Tower on Wednesday, February 16, 2008 Steve Wood of VIP Boxing is expecting a sell-out crowd for the fight night, billed as “Power at the Tower” which will show eight contests. Homeboy Brian Rose tops…
Five Big Fights To Look Forward To This Year Our number one heavyweight Matt Skelton will fight for the WBA Championship on 19 January against the undefeated giant conqueror Ruslan Chagaev in Germany. Skelton is most certainly the underdog and some expect him to be made to look silly when he steps into the ring…
HBO Sports is presenting a thirty- minute special analyzing the upcoming HBO Pay-Per-View showdown fight between future Hall of Fame prizefighters Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad. The intriguing 170-pound bout between two of boxing’s most compelling superstars of the past decade is set for Saturday, Jan. 19 New York’s Madison Square Garden. The special…
John Thaxton would just like to make it clear that tomorrow’s purse bid has now been made for both the British and Commonwealth titles. John goes on to explain: “Where I’m British Champion, I’m also mandatory for Khan’s Commonwealth title, so the board and commonwealth council have been really fare and made this a 50/50…
The Northwest Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship belt is on the line for Eric “Night Train†Boose, who hails from Puyallup, WA with a twelve win two loss record. The 27 year old Boose, a former Boise State football player, will face Chauncy “Hillyard Hammer†Welliver who has 32 wins and only four losses.
During every New Years celebration, the saying goes, “Out with the old, in with the new,†as well as “The more things change, the more they stay the same.†Neither could be more true concerning the mindset of Jermain Taylor as he starts the New Year with training camp in Las Vegas for his rematch…
By Per Ake Persson Luan Krasniqi and Aleksander Dimitrenko, both Universum fighters, are likely to clash for the vacant European Heavyweight title March 8 in what is a geunine crossroads fight.
It wasn’t the busiest weekend of the new year in The Sport of Kings but there was a bit of action across the globe aside from the big fights that we’ve already covered on the site and this week, we’ll tackle the task alphabetically! In Argentina on Saturday, the top super middle in the country…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Brooklyn’s own charismatic and flashy world champion Paulie Malignaggi won a closely fought junior welterweight bout over Cameroon’s Herman Ngoudjo at Bally’s Atlantic City by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 117-111, 116-113 and 115-113.
Last night at the Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma, local hero Allan Green boxed his way to a ten round decision over ex-world title challenger Rubin Williams and lightweight contender Zahir Raheem scored a first round KO in his bout with Ricardo Dominquez. Green, 26-1 (18), worked behind a superb jab to win…