Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Thursday night on a Star Boxing promotion at the Manhattan Center in New York City, heavyweight Vinny Maddalone improved his record to 28-4 (19) with a DQ win over Jason Barnett who drops to 9-6 (4). Although it was a win for Maddalone, what was…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing At a packed Doncaster Dome last night, Frank Maloney, in association with John Rushton Promotions, staged the much anticipated fightnight, billed as “Nowhere to Run! Nowhere to Hide’. Michael Gomez and Carl Johanneson were the headliners but first up was an equally exciting match-up between…
Berlin’s Estrel Convention Centre was the site of a major European boxing card last night with former world cruiserweight champion turned heavyweight Juan Carlos Gomez handling ex-WBC Heavyweight champ Oliver McCall over twelve rounds in the main event. The pair had met two years before in a contest that German based Cuban Gomez had won…
The Montreal boxing fraternity celebrated at that city’s Bell Center last night after challenger Lucian Bute delivered another razor sharp performance to annex the IBF Super Middleweight title from Colombia’s Alejandro Berrio by eleventh round stoppage. It was sheer punching power which had taken the 31 year old Berrio to the top of the heap…
Tonight at Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany, WBA Middleweight titlist Felix Sturm puts his belt at risk for the second time when he faces America’s Randy Griffin over twelve scheduled rounds. Sturm, 28-2 (12), is over three years removed from his stellar performance against Oscar De La Hoya in which the newly minted WBO…
Brian Peters puts on a superb bill tonight at National Stadium in Dublin with two middleweights possibly heading for a massive showdown leading the way. Continuing his triumphant return home after a solid career start in America, John Duddy, 21-0 (16), faces a towering 19 year old, 6 foot 3 inch middleweight from Droylesden, England…
Promoter Chris Sanigar puts on a full night of boxing at Guild Hall in Plymouth, England on Friday, November 9 with light middleweights John Harrison and Gatis Skuja scheduled over ten rounds for the International Masters title. Harrison, 9-13-1 (0), has been away from the ring since September of 2006 when the Plymouth man lost…
Talk about saving the best for last! Showtime Championship Boxing will present a world title tripleheader as its season finale featuring light heavyweight champion Antonio “Magic Man†Tarver, super welterweight champion Vernon “The Viper†Forrest and flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, on Saturday, December 1. Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, the Tarver-Forrest-Donaire world title extravaganza will…
Let’s Get It On Promotions releases the final card and weights from yesterday’s weigh in. The main event features super middle Jessie Brinkley, 29-5 (19), going against Isaiah Henderson, 11-6 (7). Chief support is light heavyweight Joey Spina, 19-1-1 (14), facing Shannon Miller, 23-37-8 (17). Jesse Brinkley 167 Isaiah Henderson 166
It was over almost before it started. In a stunning upset, T.J. Wilson captured the International Boxing Association (IBA) Continental Americas heavyweight title with an unpopular, controversial 15-second, first-round knockout over previously undefeated Travis Walker Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation. The amazing run of streaking, vastly improved Jesus “Chuy†Rodriguez…
Mexican beer giant Tecate sponsors another night of great boxing on tonight’s Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo” program from the Feather Falls Casino in Oroville, CA, starting at 8PM, 7PM Central. The main event features what is sure to be another amazing fight between battle hardened super lightweights Rogelio Castaneda, 23-13-3 (8), and Ubaldo Hernandez, 22-18-2 (10),…
8 Count Productions presents a full card of boxing this evening at Cicero Stadium, located at 1909 S. Laramie in Chicago. Weights: Jaime Sandoval: 129 lb Juan Carlos Martinez: 129 lb