Spanish veteran Javier Castillejo knocked out Mariano Carrera in last night’s WBA middleweight eliminator in Goppingen, Germany. This will probably make Felix Sturm vs Castillejo III and remove “El Lince” as mandatory challenger for the European title – which should pave the way for Finn Amin Asikainen and a third fight against Sebastian Sylvester.
Championship pro boxing returns to Hartford on Saturday night, November 24, as CES presents “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartfordâ€, featuring NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey defending his title belt against former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing†Williams, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
Click for larger image © Teddy B. Blackburn / Golden Boy Promotions After nearly one year of inactivity, WBO junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman (27-0, 17 KOs) makes his highly anticipated return to the ring when he battles the veteran Humberto Soto (43-5-2, 27 KOs) on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Borgata Hotel Casino &…
Carl Froch has been given a final eliminator for the WBC super-middleweight title against Denis Inkin after being confirmed by the world governing body he is number one in their ratings. The unbeaten British champion, who won his 22nd fight by forcing former world champion Robin Reid into retirement on Friday, will face Inkin (31-0,…
The 2007 WBC Convention in Manila continues the meet with great success and today all the ratings in each weight class were discussed with open discourse for all promoters and managers. During the afternoon session, the mandatory defenses and final elimination bouts were voted by the WBC Board of Governors.
Castries, St. Lucia (November 14, 2007) – There were two common themes conveyed by the bevy of boxers seated at the dais at today’s final press conference leading up to Friday night’s debut of world class professional boxing on the SIMPLY beautiful Caribbean Island of St. Lucia: All of the fighters expressed their gratitude to…
NYSAC votes to retract six-month term and place promoter on probation. Promoter Dino Duva of Duva Boxing is happy to announce that after a hearing on the matter, the suspension he received in October has been retracted by the New York State Athletic Commission.
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, has announced final details of “Latin Thunder” , an outstanding evening of world class championship boxing set for this Friday night, November 16 at Cicero Stadium. Headlining “Latin Thunder” is an outstanding ten round middleweight battle between Nogales, Mexico native David “The Destroyer†Lopez, sporting a record of 32-12 with…
Former two time NBA Heavyweight Champion China “The Dragon†Smith 33-4 (26) has plans to make his much anticipated return to the ring shortly. Smith, at age 29 is hoping to become a fixture in the wide open heavyweight division.
Former world heavyweight contender Lou Savarese has become a partner in New York City-based Ring Promotions, joining former New York boxing commissioners, Bob Duffy and Tony Mazzarella.
Benoit Gaudet (13-1-0 6 K.-O.) is set to lace up the gloves in his hometown of Drummondville, Canada on Friday, November 30, 2007 at the Centre Marcel Dionne Arena. Benoit will dispute his first 12-round fight against dangerous puncher Alberto Garza (14-3-1, 10 K-O) from Mexico with the NABA 130-pound title on the line. With…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today at Billy ‘The Preacher’ Graham’s Phoenix Camp Gym in Manchester, England, members of the media gathered for the final attended training and interview session before Team Hatton fly out to Las Vegas next week ahead of the much anticipated fightnight billed as ‘Undefeated’ where…