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),…
Ex-WBO Light Middle titlist Bronko McKart won his third bout on the bounce last night at the New Alhambra in Philadelphia, PA, scoring a close split decision victory over La Habra, CA based Enrique Ornelas to win the vacant NABF Middleweight belt. 36 year old southpaw McKart, 51-7 (31), dropped Ornelas, 25-4 (15), in the…
Last night in Lincoln, Rhode Island, NABF Cruiserweight Champion Matt Godfrey kept on track for a major world title shot by outpointing New York veteran Derrick Brown in the tenth round. Godfrey, 16-0 (9), was given a good challenge by hard punching former sparring partner Brown, 13-3-3 (11), who has spent the majority of his…
HBO’s late-night boxing series heats up with an explosive doubleheader when HBO Boxing After Dark: Daniel Ponce De Leon vs. Rey Bautista and Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Gerry Penalosa is presented Saturday, August 11 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT), from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Cal., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will be ringside for…
On Saturday August 11 2007, more than 1,000 law enforcement personnel and their families are expected to attend the grand opening of the Jerry Ortiz Memorial Boxing & Youth Fitness Gym, located at 3557 Lexington Avenue in El Monte CA. WBC CABOFE middleweight champion, Miguel Espino will join former world champion, Rafael Ruelas, as they…
Promoter Mick Hennessy sees Junior Witter’s WBC light-welterweight title defence against Vivian Harris as tougher than Ricky Hatton’s last fight. The Yorkshire boxer faces Guyana’s New York-based former world champion at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, September 7 in a show to be screened live on Sky Sports. Harris will not be…
Unbeaten heavyweight “Baby†Joe Mesi has pulled out of his August 18 fight against Sherman “Tank†Williams due to a back injury he suffered this week in training camp. The eight-round cruiserweight battle between former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing†Williams (41-5-1, 35 KOs) and Salt Lake City favorite Gary “Pit Bill†Gomez…
The light heavyweight division’s most avoided fighter took another step towards becoming a world title contender with a four round drubbing of Matthew Charleston at the Coeur d’Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho on Thursday. George, now 15-2 (7 KO), was in control of the fight from the opening bell, displaying a varied assault that was…
With only five days advance notice, Francisco “The Wizard” Palacios made a decision to take a risk instead of wallow in the uncertainty of boxing politics. His gamble paid off in the most explosive of manners, as Palacios knocked out the favored Louis Azille in six rounds at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood,…
From the office of WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The winner of the purse offer for WBC light heavyweight world champion Chad Dawson’s mandatory title defense against Adrian Diaconu was Don King Productions with a bid of $1,385,000. The other promoters who bid were: Gary Shaw Promotions with $1,300,000, Gankor Promotions with $1,100,000, and Interbox with…
No Power, But No Doubt: Hopkins Clinches Clearcut Victory Click for larger image© Mike Cleary BoxingPhotographs.com From what I have read and heard, most boxing writers and fans scored the recent Bernard Hopkins versus Winky Wright bout in favor of Hopkins (a notable, but not surprising exception is HBO’s Larry Merchant). I scored the fight…
On 6th October Scott Lawton, Stoke’s English lightweight champion, will step out of the shadows and into the national spotlight when he becomes the challenger to media golden boy Amir Khan. The contest will take place over the championship distance of 12 rounds at Nottingham Ice Area on 6th October. The event is to be…