On a night of scintillating southpaw sluggers on Showtime, lightweight Antonio Demarco and undefeated junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo took the next step toward a world ranking with impressive victories Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†In his 10-round debut, DeMarco (16-1-1, 12 KOs), recorded a unanimous decision over game warrior Nick Casal (16-2-1, 1 NC,…
Due to an injury suffered in training camp by WBC Super Featherweight World Champion Juan Manuel Marquez, the September 15 “Fireworks” Pay-Per-View show promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and scheduled for MGM Grand in Las Vegas has been cancelled. Marquez, who was scheduled to fight Rocky Juarez in the evening’s main event, suffered a cut…
Ticket Allocation There has been much speculation in the media regarding ticket prices and ticket allocation for the widely anticipated Ricky Hatton –v- Floyd Mayweather Jnr. Fight on the 8th December 2007 It has been widely reported and indeed Ray Hatton, Ricky’s manager, and father, has himself confirmed that there will only be 3,900 tickets…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This past week in New York City, promoter Frank Warren held a press conference to announce the world title unification fight between undefeated Super Middleweight Champions Joe Calzaghe, 43-0 (32), from Newbridge, Wales and Mikkel Kessler, 39-0 (29), from Copenhagen, Denmark. The highly anticipated match-up…
The last time that Lee Haskins fought at London’s famed York Hall, the 23 year old southpaw engaged in fierce firefights with Commonwealth bantam champion Tshifhiwa Munyai, but the Bristol man gave up a full seven inches in height and was unable to overcome the outrageously talented, six foot tall “Atomic Spider” of South Africa…
So far this year, fight fans have seen the “new generation” boxing stars from Hamburg’s spotlight boxing team in three stellar cards in different cities. The next stop is tonight, September 7 at the Burg-Wächter Castello in Düsseldorf with eight interesting fights on the program. The “ProSieben Fight Night” headliners will be fan favorite Susi…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, at Hellaby Hall Hotel, Hellaby near Rotherham, England, WBC Light Welter Champion Junior Witter weighed in at a 139 and a half pounds ahead of tomorrow nights’ Hennessy Sports promoted fightnight. Smiling, Witter looked relaxed as he took time out to meet fans that…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Tonight from the Chumash Casino and Resort in Santa Ynez, CA, it’s hard hitting lightweight action topping the bill for this week’s installment of ShoBox: The New Generation. Antonio DeMarco, 15-1-1 (12), tipped the scales at 136 lb while opponent Nick Casal, 16-1-1 (12), weighed…
Unbeaten Jimmy “The Whirlwind’ Doherty will top Impact Boxing’s next bill which is to be held at Fenton Manor Sports Complex on 29th September. 22 year-old Doherty is now undefeated in his first six professional starts and now steps up to contest an eight round bout for the first time. Jimmy is scheduled to meet…
Tonight, Golden Boy Promotions in conjunction with Desert Diamond Casino is giving Southern Arizona boxing fans another taste of elite boxing. The scheduled six bout fight card includes the NABO Bantamweight Championship bout where former Olympian Abner Mares takes on fellow Mexican, Isidro Garcia. As an added bonus, former world champion Roberto Duran will be…
WBC CABOFE middleweight champion, Miguel Espino has been looking sharp in training camp. Trainer John Bray reports the north Hollywood native is handling everyone in sparring. San Fernando is home to the “John Bray Boxing Club”, where Espino has been doing most of his damage. Recently the Russians have been invading Bray’s gym, bringing in…
By Per Ake Persson Ex-WBC light heavy champ an current IBO ruler at cruiser Tomasz Adamek is looking to continue his comeback in November in Wroclaw, Poland.