Frank Maloney Promotions continues its meteoric rise with the announcement of a triple-header of title fights at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on 8 December, 2007. The top-flight card is headed by European light middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov, who makes the first defence of his title against hard man Jamie Moore.
Slowly but surely, fight by fight, unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) is breaking from the long shadow cast by his father/trainer, former two-time world champion and 2002 Trainer of the Year James “Buddy†McGirt, and establishing his own identity in the ring.
British Super-Bantamweight Champion Esham Pickering has set his sights on a showdown with European champion Kiko Martinez and Michael Hunter. Pickering hopes to face both next year after he has taken care of Sean Hughes (Pontefract) on the under card of Carl Froch’s British Super-Middleweight Title clash with Robin Reid on a Hennessy Sports show…
Impact Boxing’s young duo of Jimmy Doherty and Scott Miller have declared their desire to follow the examples set by the camp’s senior professionals and to challenge for major honours in the next two years. Tunstall based welterweight Doherty now unbeaten in his first six pro starts has already announced his intention to challenge for…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, today unveiled the undercard for their popular sixth installment of “Punchin’ at the Paradise”, from The Utopia Paradise Theater in the Bronx and it’s hotter than Tabasco! America’s number one Hispanic fight network Telefutura will broadcast the event live. As always Star Boxing prides itself on showcasing local New York talent…
Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen Boxing is a sport in which one saying always applies, “Make or Break. The sport has a habit of making some of the biggest sports stars to this day, be it from Mike Tyson to Oscar De la Hoya and all fighters who wish to make their mark on…
In every sport that’s played, the participants will always carry the hopes of their nation in their selected sport. It has been proven at times that nothing can be more daunting that getting involved in an already tough test whilst you carry the hopes of the entire nation, and what can be more daunting whilst…
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…