15,670 fans piled in Madison Square Garden on December 20 1946 to watch Youngstown, Ohio’s Tommy Bell face off against Ray Robinson for the welterweight title vacated by Marty Servo in September of the same year. Those in attendance and around the world had one question that night before the start of the bout; “Was…
Frenchman Brahim Asloum won the a world title in his third attempt, moving down to light fly, where he outscored Argentinian Juan Carlos Reveco this past weekend in Le Cannet. Asloum thus became the first Frenchman to both win an Olympic Gold and a World title in the pros.
Undefeated Brooklyn middleweight Peter “Kid Chocolate†Quillin closes out a perfect year with his eighth fight of 2007 on Thursday night’s (December 13) “Holiday Hits,†against tough Minnesota import Troy “TNT†Lowry (27-7, 16 KOs) in an eight-round Special Attraction, co-promoted by Ring Promotions and Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing, at The Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.
After being voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year and unifying the super-middleweight division, Joe Calzaghe’s year could get even better as hopes rise that he can finally nail down a fight against Bernard Hopkins. Frank Warren and Golden Boy Promotions, Hopkins handlers, are in on-going talks about staging the fight in 2008. It would…
In the tradition of the classic baseball movie, Field of Dreams, which states, “Build it, and they will come,†fans have responded to the February 23rd world heavyweight title unification bout between IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO champion Sultan Ibragimov by snapping up tickets for the bout – which will be held at Madison…
HBO Sports has begun production on “Joe Louis: America’s Hero…Betrayed”, a documentary on the legendary boxer and his tremendous impact on segregated America, it was announced by Ross Greenburg, president, HBO Sports. The special will reveal how the grandson of slaves became one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, served as an iconic figure…
Former amateur standout and Chicago fan favorite Frankie Tafoya will return to the professional boxing ring this Friday night, December 14 at “December Fury” another evening of world class professional boxing presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions. The 24 year old Tafoya, 5-0 with three knockouts, returns after a two year absence to face…
After the biggest year of his young career, highly-touted middleweight prospect “Mean†Joe Greene will look to finish up 2007 with another victory when he takes on veteran Patrick Thompson at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Thursday night. “Joe has been spectacular in 2007, and I think this fight will be a…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing The only title fight to go all twelve rounds this past Saturday on Frank Maloney and Steve Wood’s promotion in Wigan, England was also the most bitterly contested scrap at the Robin Park Centre. The battle featured two reigning English titlists, flyweight Chris Edwards and bantamweight Jamie…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing One of the four title fights on the Frank Maloney/Steve Wood shared promotion on Saturday at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England featured welterweight Ali Nuumbembe putting his Commonwealth crown on the line against hard punching Manchester southpaw Craig Watson. Watson came out first and was…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Bantamweights Jason Booth and Matthew Edmonds appeared on Saturday’s Maloney/Wood promotion at Wigan, England’s Robin Park Centre to argue the Commonwealth Bantamweight title that the undefeated South African Tshifhiwa Munyai recently vacated. Booth came into the bout the far more experienced campaigner, a pro since 1996 and…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented the seventh installment of the popular “Punchin At The Paradise” series at The Utopia Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, NY last night and in what has become a tradition of the Paradise shows, those in attendance were treated to a memorable night of boxing.