Newly crowned NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato†Figueroa, in a reality short time period, has gone from counseling rebellious teens to tormenting opponents in the ring. The Spanish Harlem-born, Bronx-raised Figueroa (17-2, 13 KOs), now fighting out of Miami, captured his NABF title belt on July 28, stopping former NABA champion Ubaldo Hernandez…
An Early Look In a fight that I still find difficult to believe is taking place, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Ricky Hatton put their unbeaten records on the line in December. Call me a skeptic or even a pessimist, but I still won’t believe it will happen until both men are in the ring. This…
Heavy-handed punchers set the stage many years ago for David Tua, Roman Greenberg, Jeremy Williams and Co., continuing the strong Utah pro boxing tradition Saturday night in the Pinnacle FiteNite pay-per-view show at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy. World heavyweight champions “Gentleman†Jim Corbett and Jack “The Manassa Mauler†Dempsey both had their…
On August 24, respected Michigan promoter Gerald Evans of 1 World Productions, in association with Murack Corporation, will host a night of boxing at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Banquet Hall in Jackson, Michigan. “The Battle to be King” will feature in its main event a “much better than his record” heavyweight returning from the biggest…
Gerry Penalosa Leads Undercard With Amazing Comeback To Win WBO Crown The Filipino team might have walked away with the second Boxing World Cup, but the night belonged to WBO Junior Featherweight Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon, 32-1 (29). The champ retained his title last night in the main event from the ARCO Arena in…
Earlier today at the City Sogo Gym in the Kobe suburb of Takasago, local hero and domestic bantamweight titlist Masayuki Mitani made an unsuccessful bid to unseat reigning OPBF Champ Rolly Matsushita, suffering a dramatic stoppage at 2:09 of the 12th and final round. Mitani, 20-2 (10), came into the bout riding a ten fight…
Top-notch Legitimate World Championship boxing will revive again in the North West Province on 31 August, courtesy of Branco Sports Productions (BSP). The bustling city of Klerksdorp (James Motlatsi Hall), in the heart of the province’s mining heartland, will be hosting Mzonke Fana’s first defence of his International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior lightweight world title…
By Per Ake Persson Amin Asikainen and Morrade Hakkar, both former European middleweight champions, are in line to fight for the vacant European Union title but when and where isn’t clear yet. Some sources have reported the fight would be on for Stockholm September 28 but that is incorrect. Lolenga Mock didn’t just lose a…
On Thursday, August 16, The Inwood Boxing Academy cordially invites all comers to a benefit for the gym to continue to help the community. Pro Boxer Ronnie “The Rottweiler” Kerner will be accepting the NYBSC (New York Boxing Smoker Circuit) Belt, honoring the New York native for his contributions to the smoker circuit. The belt…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Madison Square Garden, Don King Productions announced the WBC Heavyweight Championship fight between Oleg Maskaev, 34-5 (26), and Samuel Peter, 28-1 (22), which will take place at the “Mecca of Boxing†on October 6, 2007. The official announcement for the fight finally came…
Upset minded Rob Calloway, 66-7-1 (52), notched perhaps the biggest victory of his career last night, beating heavyweight fringe contender Terry Smith, 30-3-1 (18), in the he headliner bout of ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights broadcast. The clash, which took place at the Expo Center in Springfield, Missouri, pitted two heavyweights who have spent most…
It was a good evening of boxing in two Australian locations last night as a reigning domestic champion kept his belt and two former world title challengers stayed busy as they kept hopes alive for a return to the top level. At the RSL Club in Southport on the Gold Coast, Les Sherrington, 17-4 (10),…