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…
Undefeated 81-0 8th December 2007 Ticket Update There has been a lot of speculation in the press and media about the availability of tickets for this fight. The venue has still not been finalised. I have liaised with Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer of Goldenboy Promotions. Richard has informed me that it is hoped a…
CES promotes “Takin It To The River”, a great night of boxing this evening at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI headlined by an all action clash between the top ranked cruiserweight contender in the world, Matt Godfrey, facing a very dangerous opponent in former sparring partner Derrick “D-Train” Brown for the NABF…
World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev will make the second defense of his title against WBC No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Oct. 6 in a highly anticipated championship match scheduled for 12 rounds. Click for larger image© Sumio Yamada The main event will also…
Middleweight contender Miguel Espino, from North Hollywood CA, defends his WBC CABOFE title when he climbs back in the ring at the Double Tree Hotel in Bakersfield CA, September 21 2007, against an opponent TBA. Espino, who is riding a 7 fight winning streak, is looking for big fights against the top middleweight contenders as…
Where would boxing be without rematches and trilogies? Can you imagine how much less interesting our sport’s history would be? Could you imagine the great moments that we would have missed? In fact, if not for rematches and trilogies, there would not only be a lot less history in our sport, but there would be…
International Boxing Hall of Fame promoter Don “Only in America†King will be in Las Vegas on Friday to accept a Sam Lacy Pioneer Award from the Sports Task Force of the National Association of Black Journalists at their 32nd Annual Convention being held at Bally’s. The task force is comprised of black print and…
Former WBO Heavyweight champion, Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs says he’s ready to step back in the ring and is targeting Wladimir Klitschko. The Brooklyn native mentioned, “Nobody can beat a healthy Shannon Briggs. Pneumonia prevented me from performing up to my ability. I just want a chance to show the world that I’m worthy. I…
The World Boxing Council joins the Minister of Sports of the State of Mexico and the family of Salvador Sanchez to pay homage to Sanchez, one of the greatest world champions, on the 25th anniversary of his tragic death at age 22 while holding the WBC Featherweight title. Wilfredo Gomez, Azumah Nelson and Juan LaPorte…