Tonight at the Sears Center in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, IL, Don King Productions puts on a big bill headlined by WBA/WBO Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz clashing with IBF Champion Julio Diaz. It’s an exciting fight that has been brewing for years as Julio has fought through large measures of hard luck to…
Last night at the Panthers Club in the Sydney, Australia suburb of Penrith, IBO Welterweight kingpin Isaac Hlatschwayo, 27-1 (9), retained his title for the first time with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Oakdale man Robert Medley, 18-1 (12). Hlatschwayo, of Soweto, a former longtime South African and IBO Lightweight Champion,…
On Matchroom promotion last night at the Leisure Centre in Peterlee, England, super bantam Anyetei “The Chameleon” Laryea, 17-3 (8), of Ghana upset reigning Commonwealth Champion Isaac Ward, 15-2-2 (2), who was not let out for the fifth round by his corner. Ward came out the aggressor, but by the second round it was clear…
There was a spate of action last night in America and Puerto Rico and we start with Rolando Reyes’, 29-4-2 (19), eleven round dismantling of former WBC Lightweight Champ Stevie Johnston, 41-5-1 (18), at Coeur d’Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho to take the IBA title of “Lil But Bad”. 35 year old southpaw Johnston tried…
Settles Entertainment regretfully announces the cancellation of the October 13 Tyrone Brunson fight card, due to unforseen circumstances, that was to be held at Chez Paree Club in Carter Lake, Iowa. Ticket holders should contact www.ticketalternative.com or their point of purchase provider, if different from www.ticktealternative.com, for refund details. Details on the next Settles Entertainment…
Don King Productions in association with Sears Centre puts on the “El Dia de los Diaz” fight card at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL tonight featuring the lightweight world championship pitting undefeated WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz against two-time and current IBF lightweight champion Julio ‘The Kidd’ Diaz.
Golden Boy Promotions, one of the world’s premier boxing promotional companies, today announced the addition of former boxing manager and advisor, Robert Diaz as a full time matchmaker. Diaz, a San Francisco native of Mexican decent and the former advisor to three-time World Champion Marco Antonio Barrera and former manager to fighters such as the…
White Collar Boxing Hits The Road! The next White Collar Boxing Show in London, England will be a Black Tie Society Dinner Show on December 11 at Porchester Hall, a stunning example of Victorian architecture located in the Bayswater section of the British Capital. The evening will include the following:
Spotlight Boxing and ProSieben again join forces and promote a show in Hamburg on December 7 with WBA female fly champ Susianna Kentikian on top. Also on the bill are middleweight Gennadyi Golovkin, super middle Dmitri Sartison, junior light Vitaly Tajbert, middleweight Sebastian Zbik and heavyweight Sebastian Koeber.
Just a day past his tenth anniversary of winning the WBO Super Middleweight title against Chris Eubank in 1997, the world’s longest reigning world champion is also the biggest ticket seller on the planet. Fresh off a three round dismantling of America’s Peter Manfredo, masterful southpaw Calzaghe is facing the biggest challenge of his highly…
In what is surely his last chance at a world title belt, the amazing Evander Holyfield, 42-8-2 (27), will be in action tonight at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia mounting a challenge to WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, 21-0-1 (17). Six days shy of his 45th birthday, Holyfield brings along a mountain of…
Click for larger image© Jim Everett Saddo Boxing Chicagoland’s new Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL will hold their first boxing match in style with a compelling Lightweight World Title Unification Match between undefeated WBA and WBO champion Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz, 32-0 (16) and IBF champion Julio “The Kidd†Diaz 34-3 (25). The bout…