Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In exactly the type of well-matched, hotly contested fight that exemplifies what “ShoBox: The New Generation†is all about, Fulgencio Zuniga (20-2-1, 17 KOs) registered a convincing ninth-round TKO over previously undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 8 contender Victor Oganov (26-1, 26 KOs) in…
With less than two weeks notice, Samson “The Hammer†Onyango travelled to Poland and delivered an admirable performance against Roman “The Ukranian Tyson†Shkarupa in a bid for the vacant WBF Intercontinental super middleweight title on Thursday August 30.
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This week at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City, Seminole Warriors Boxing announced the WBO Heavyweight Championship fight between Sultan Ibragimov, 21-0-1 (17), and four time heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield, 42-8-2 (27), which will take place from Moscow, Russia on October 13,…
New Jersey based light welter contender Kendall Holt finally gets his shot at the big time tonight but he has to go to Barranquilla, Colombia to do it as he faces hometown man and WBO Light Welter Champion Ricardo Torres at Coliseo Universidad del Norte. A pro since 2001, Holt, 22-1 (12), had his 15…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Australian based Russian knockout artist Victor Oganov and hardened Colombian veteran Fulgencio Zuniga each weighed in at 167 pounds Friday. The hard-hitting Oganov, 26-0 (26) and Zuniga,19-2-1 (16), clash for the vacant IBO super middleweight title in the main event in a special edition of…
It was an eventful Friday night in the Sydney area boxing scene with light middle Daniel “The Rock” Dawson and cruiserweight Daniel Ammann bringing home the victories on two seperate fight cards. At the Croatian Club in Sydney, Dawson, 29-0 (20), retained his PABA title with a devastating first round KO over Sydney based Russian…
Russia’s top light welter was in action last night in at the Yubileyny Arena in Yugorsk as WBO Asia Pacific Light Welter titlist Sergey Sorokin topped multi-weight super journeyman Emanuel Augustus over twelve rounds. 28 year old Sorokin had previously only lost to future IBF Light Welter kingpin Juan Urango in 2004 after taking too…
WBO NABO Welterweight titlist Shamone Alvarez entertained a hometown crowd last night as he turned back the challenge of Chicago’s Germaine Sanders at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Former IBF Light Welter Champ Juan Urango was also in action as the Colombian slugger stopped fellow southpaw Nasser Athumani in four. Both Alvarez, 19-0 (11),…
Don King hosted a press conference this week in Chicago attended by Juan Diaz and Julio Diaz formally announcing their lightweight world championship unification match (WBA, WBO, IBF) at Sears Centre in nearby Hoffman Estates, Ill., on Oct. 13. Both proud Mexicans were respectful of one another, but said and reiterated the fight is of…
To kick-off the exciting promotion of the highly anticipated Miguel Cotto and Sugar Shane Mosley Welterweight World Championship fight on November 10 at the “Mecca of Boxing”, New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the fighters will engage in a three-city media tour starting Wednesday, September 5 in San Juan, Puerto Rico followed by stops in…
Frank Maloney returns for the new boxing season with a smashing bill at London’s famed York Hall on Friday, September 21, 2007. The East End’s celebrated bantamweight Ian Napa headlines the show with a British title defense in what is sure to be a thrilling contest between two razor sharp fighters. Napa, 14-6 (0), is…
Former British Lightweight Champion Lee Meager is out to do a better job on Laszlo Komjathi on September 7 than Amir Khan managed to do last year. Meager returns to action next week for the first time since he was out-pointed by fellow Hennessy Sports boxer Jon Thaxton for the domestic title in December.