It was standing room only Tuesday night for Star Boxing’s Bourbon Street boxing event in Chicago. The crowd was up on their feet the entire night with the room filled with enthusiastic fight fans. The night got off to an exciting start when undefeated Jr. Welterweight prospect “The New” Ray Robinson (5- 0) set the…
It is just a couple of weeks before Oliver McCall before his long-awaited rematch with Juan Carlos Gomez on Friday, October 19 at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin, Germany. The former World Heavyweight Champion and current WBC International Heavyweight Champion Oliver “The Atomic Bull†McCall is gearing up to not only put on the…
Exciting world rated super middleweight Allan “Sweetness” Green returns to the ring for the first time since undergoing major abdominal surgery to battle three-time title challenger Sherwin Davis on October 19th at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, OK. Green is coming off an impressive first round knockout victory over former champion Darrel Woods in…
After a long and highly decorated amateur career, former Captain of the England team Steven Bell turned pro as a super featherweight in May of 2003, but ran headlong into a roadblock on his maiden voyage by drawing with rough and tumble journeyman Jus Wallie at the Kingsway Lesiure Centre in Widnes, England. Undaunted, the…
One night before Samuel Peter defends his WBC interim heavyweight title against Jameel McCline on Showtime, talented, unbeaten Yonnhy Perez (13-0, 10 KOs) will collide with Alexander Fedorov (18-3-1, 10 KOs) in the 10-round main event on ShoBox: The New Generation, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT delayed on the West Coast. In the…
Heavyweight legend Mike Tyson said it best when he called boxing a “hurt businessâ€. But unfortunately for fight fans who once considered the heavyweight division to be the sport’s glamour division, the boxers who are supposed to represent the best of the class are too busy nursing various aches and pains to actually get into…
The latest comeback of Michael Gomez has spanned a mere six rounds over two fights. Now, the original sombrero wielding Mancunian Mexican, faces Carl “Ingemar” Johanneson on October 19. The fight, at Doncaster Dome, will be contested over twelve rounds for the British title. A title Gomez claims is his property.
When 31 year old Scott Lawton steps onto the national stage on Saturday he will be cheered on by almost 2000 fans as he strives to become the first man to beat Amir Khan in the professional ring. Thousands more Potters will be glued to TV sets in pubs throughout the city or at home…
Irish heavyweight champion Kevin “The Clones Colossus†McBride has broken his Vero Beach (FL) training camp and arrived today (Monday, Oct. 1) in New York City for his crossroads fight Saturday night against Andrew Golota at Madison Square Garden.
KO King Wilson willing to step in and face WBO Boss Cruiserweight knockout artist Darnell “Ding-a-Ling Man†Wilson (22-5, 19 KOs) is publicly inviting WBO Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli to prove to the world he is truly “in it for the glory†by facing him. Maccarinelli (27-1, 20 KOs) is reportedly looking for an opponent…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was a terrific atmosphere at the FM Hallam Arena, Sheffield, England on Saturday night as Dennis Hobson and Fight Academy presented a fight night billed as “He’s Backâ€, featuring Sheffield’s Man of Steel, Clinton Woods, defending his IBF Light Heavyweight title against Mexican brawler…
Ex-championship prizefighter Oscar De La Hoya, now an established promoter and businessman, has given boxing aficionados around the world ample reason to lament following his curious and highly controversial acquisition of the sport’s last remaining link to legitimacy. For those of us who still give a damn, and who, for reasons perhaps unknown even to…