Guerrero Destroys Honorio on Undercard Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In front of a sold out crowd at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona, WBC Super Featherweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez, 48-3-1 (35), systematically destroyed the #4 contender Rocky Juarez, 27-4 (19), in a twelve round unanimous decision. It…
Shattering his own European indoor record by drawing 50,000 fans to Cardiff’s Millennium Dome, WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe annexed the WBC and WBA titles of Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler last night with a dominating performance. The southpaw employed superior movement early on to keep Kessler from unleashing his full arsenal and by the time…
World rated light heavyweight contender and NABF titlist Matt Godfrey faces his toughest test on November 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center when he squares off with former WBO Heavyweight title challenger Jeremy Williams on a CES promotion. Matt Godfrey: “The other night at the gym I was telling John (Godfrey’s new head trainer, John…
By Per Ake Persson Finn Amin Asikainen has relinquished his position as mandatory challenger for the European Union middleweight title. Amin is expected to be named mandatory challenger for the European title held by Sebastian Sylvester, who is 1-1 against Asikainen, as Javier Castillejo, the current official contender, figures in a WBA eliminator against Mariano…
KEA Boxing is turning up the heat as they head into their 10th show on Saturday November 10th. After a very successful “Brawls at the Birchwood III” featuring light heavyweight prospect, Chucky “The Professor” Mussachio, 10-0, 5 KO’s, KEA is taking the show into Mussachio’s backyard. Mussachio will be facing Bronx, New York product Victor…
Munguia Hands “The Pit Bull” Diaz First Career Loss On Undercard In a major upset, Saul Roman, 24-4 (20), won a difficult split decision over former IBF Junior Middleweight Champion Kassim “The Dream” Ouma, 25-4-1 (15). In what was apparently supposed to be a stay busy fight for Ouma after his bout with Sergio Mora…
November 3, 2007 – If opponents of Edison Miranda thought that they had enough problems to deal with before, after “Pantera’s surgical destruction of veteran contender Henry Porras on October 30th, they now know that they’re dealing with a bigger, stronger, faster, and more dangerous fighter than ever before. That’s a frightening thought for Miranda’s…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The culmination of the massive media build-up of Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler came to a head yesterday at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff as the two super middleweight champions weighed in in front of a large crowd of photographers, TV cameramen and journalists from…
Will “The Cobra” Be Ready If He Beats Reid? With 21 wins, 17 by knockout, no losses and constantly calling out Joe Calzaghe, it is no surprise that British Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch is gaining the boxing media attention that so many other boxers could only dream of. On ninth of November, the WBC…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing All Four Make Weight And Ready For Action Juan Manuel Marquez will defend his WBC Super Featherweight title against Ricardo Rocky Juarez live on Showtime Championship Boxing beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, tonight from the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson,…
Going into Friday’s 100th telecast of ShoBox: The New Generation, there had been 22 boxers who’d appeared during the popular series’ distinguished six-year history that went on to capture world titles. That’s better than one every five shows. Two more victories and “Fast’’ Eddie Chambers could become the 23rd.
Storm clouds are gathering in the south of Johannesburg again, as Branco Sports Productions (BSP) is set to stage a major boxing extravaganza at the Wembley Indoor Arena on Friday 9 November. Teaming up yet again with the Gauteng Province, the “Home of Championsâ€, multiple award-winning promoters BSP have put together a six-fight card which…