Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a noisy excited atmosphere tonight at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois, France as French and British fans came together to witness the much-anticipated clash between WBC and WBA Champion Jean-Marc Mormeck of France and David “Hayemaker” Haye of England on a Don…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Froch Scythes Down “Reaper Man” Reid British Champion Carl Froch has often been the man calling out Joe Calzaghe and other world champions at super middleweight, but against former WBC titlist Robin Reid last night at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, Froch showed that…
Click for larger image © Teddy Blackburn / Golden Boy Promotions Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank announced today that Yahoo! Sports will exclusively stream live the non-pay-per-view bouts from the four-bout pay-per-view boxing extravaganza headlined by the Miguel Cotto-Sugar Shane Mosley world welterweight championship fight. Cotto vs. Mosley takes place today Saturday, November 10,…
Showtime is currently airing “Vargas vs. Mayorga: Countdown to The Brawlâ€â€” profiling two of boxing’s most colorful and explosive personalities. America ’s No. 1 Boxing Network will feature the documentary program at various times over a two-week period between Friday, Nov. 9, and Friday, Nov. 23 “Ferocious†Fernando Vargas and Ricardo “El Matador†Mayorga will…
NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato†Figueroa makes his first title defense Friday night, November 16 against fellow southpaw Noel Rodriguez at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee, Florida. Figueroa-Rodriguez will be the 12-round main event airing live on Telemundo.
Boxing professionals duke it out at Remington Park Casino on Sunday, November 18, 2007 and the main event promises to be an exciting match-up between heavyweights Ismeal Reyna and Will Cook. Reyna, from Kansas City, has won his last three fights and has a record of 4 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. A tough…
Undefeated NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey, rated No. 2 by the World Boxing Council, is positioned for a world title fight in 2008. The 26-year-old from Providence has some unfinished business, though, defending his title belt November 24 against outspoken Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing†Williams in the 12-round main event headlining “Pinnacle FiteNite: The…
A myriad of grand football names from the yesterday and today including three Super Bowl champion Giants – All Pro linebacker Carl Banks, punter Sean Landeta and tackle Karl Nelson – as well as New York Jets head coach Eric Mangiani and quarterback Chad Pennington, coaching icon Bill Parcells, New Jersey-born linebacker Al Singleton, former…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing In an potentially excellent bout, Puerto Rican icon Miguel Cotto makes the third defence of his WBA welterweight title against future hall of famer Sugar Shane Mosley at New York’s Madison Square Garden The fight to be held on November 10 has the potential to…
This Saturday Evening, Britain’s David Haye finally gets his opportunity to become a world champion when he fights the experienced Frenchman Jean Marc Mormeck for the WBA/WBC Cruiserweight championship. For the most part, Haye has looked “the part”. With 18 of his 19 wins coming by knockout, the challenger will certainly be bringing the big…
Two of the greatest boxers in history, Felix “Tito†Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr., have agreed to face each other in a battle of superstars at New York ’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, on HBO Pay-Per-View. Jones is an eight-time world champion, winning belts in the middleweight, super middleweight, light…
World middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik suffered minor injuries to his hands and forearms while repairing a broken window at his house on November 5, but the prognosis is excellent and his rematch against former world champion Jermain Taylor remains on schedule for February 16, 2008