Chicago’s 8 Count Productions has announced details of three terrific evenings of world class professional boxing at Cicero Stadium over the next 45 days. These shows will also feature the debut of the 8 Count dancers along with a night club atmosphere similar to the David Diaz/Erik Morales lightweight world championship event at the Allstate…
Undefeated Mike Jones, fresh off his eleventh consecutive knockout, takes on former world title challenger Israel “Pito†Cardona in the 8-round welterweight main event Friday evening, Nov. 9, at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at 7.30 p.m. CN8 will televise the Jones-Cardona bout as well as the heavyweight semifinal between…
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (41-7-1, 28 KOs) has signed a contract to fight former WBO title-holder Serguei “White Wolf†Liakhovich (23-2, 14 KOs) on October 13 in Chicago. Ruiz and Liakhovich are rated No. 2 and No. 3 in the WBA, respectively. “I’ve been in Puerto Rico training for a fight…
In less than three weeks, nearly 10,000 closed circuit tickets for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton welterweight championship fight Saturday, Dec. 8 in Las Vegas, have been sold at MGM Grand. The mega-bout, whose 16,000-seat live gate sold out in less than one hour, will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and…
Promising light middleweight Tony Hirsch has been added to the Settles Entertainment fight card headlined by Tyrone Brunson’s attempt to break the world first round KO record this Saturday, October 13 at Chez Paree Club in Carter Lake, Iowa. Hailing from the mean streets of Oakland, CA, Hirsch has won both of his professional contests…
It’s the most important heavyweight fight of 2007, and perhaps one of the most historic ever, as the legendary Evander Holyfield attempts to win a record fifth world heavyweight title when he squares off against WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov on Saturday, October 13 in Moscow, Russia.
In a superb battle for the British Lightweight title, Jon Thaxton outlasted and eventually overwhelmed Dave Stewart in the twelvfth and final round to keep a dream fight with Amir Khan alive. It was a gallant effort from Stewart, who more than proved he belonged at this level. He gave the champion all the trouble…
Last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, super featherweight Marco Antonio Barrera fought to overcome nemesis Manny Pacquiao in a rematch, but the 33 year old Mexican also found himself contending with the withering effects of an eighteen year career and dropped a unanimous decision to the celebrated Filipino southpaw. In the early…
Samuel Peter, 29-1 (22): When you were down did you think you were done? “No, no. I am the champion and I needed to defend my belt. When I went down I knew I had to stand up. I broke my left hand during training camp and both of my hands were hurting me tonight….
Last night on a big Don King promotion at Madison Square Garden, Jameel McCline almost erased his nearly man status by dropping WBC Interim Champion Samuel Peter in the second and then twice more in the third but the towering New Yorker couldn’t finish off the Nigerian Nightmare. Peter, 29-1 (22), recovered to cautiously box…
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions has announced further details of “Bad Blood”, an evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, October 19 at Cicero Stadium. Headlining “Bad Blood” is a lightweight Mexican showdown between Chicago native, Jaime “Superfly†Sandoval and Juan Carlos “El Pez†Martinez of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Last night at the Lucky Eagel Casino in Rochester, WA, Jonathan “Too Sweet†Williams, 7-5 (6), defeated Eric “The Night Train†Boose, 12-2-1 (7), in a controversial TKO 2:39 seconds into the second round to take the NWBA Heavyweight title. The punches hit like thunder and lightning as the fighters collided in the ring. Much…