When one door closes, another door opens and that is exactly the case when Ricardo Rocky Juarez will have a shot at Juan Manuel Marquez and his WBC Super Featherweight World Title at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on “Fireworks†live on Pay-Per-View on September 15th. An opening to fight Marquez became available when Jorge…
Last night at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, living legend Erik Morales tried to become the first Mexican fighter to win major world titles in four weight divisions but despite a strong performance, was denied the honor by WBC Lightweight Champ David Diaz. Reigning WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz started…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing La Venganza! It was vengeance, vindication and redemption for a jubilant Israel Vazquez Saturday night on Showtime. Vazquez stopped Rafael Marquez in a rematch to regain the WBC Super Bantamweight world title that he lost to Marquez earlier this year at 1:16 of the sixth…
Risum Boxing went 3-0 on a show promoted by Ashira Oure Promotions, owned by former two-time world title challenger and current light middleweight contender Evans “The African Warrior†Ashira, when David Kiilu, James Kimori and Samson Onyango all won their fights on Saturday afternoon, August 4. The show was staged at the Pal Pal Gymnasium,…
With Erik Morales scheduled to take on David Diaz tonight, I got to thinking about just how bad things have gotten for “El Terrible”. Morales entered 2004 with a remarkable, 48-1 (34), but the worst was yet to come. Morales has since fought seven times, compiling a 3-4 record and being brutally stopped by Manny…
Last night at the Patrick Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, undefeated super middle prospect Jean Pascal enjoyed a successful coming out party in outpointing a game but overmatched former middleweight world title challenger Kingsley Ikeke. Pascal spent the early portion of the bout on the defensive as the towering Ikeke looked to press his less experienced…
The popular fistic series ShoBox: The New Generation delivered an exciting night of boxing on Friday, August 3 with heavyweights Kevin “The Kingpin†Johnson and Damian “Bolo†Wills in a fast passed, highly entertaining battle that had the near capacity crowd at Far West Rodeo on their feet for part of the evening. Johnson won…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The four fighters competing in the 122-pound world title fights tonight on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, made weight easily Friday. Former WBC champion Israel Vazquez and defending WBC super bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez each weighed in at 121 pounds….
From the office of WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The purse offer for the mandatory title defense of light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson versus mandatory contender Adrian Diaconu will take place on Friday, August 10, in Mexico City. The WBC will present a honorary belt to former champion Jessie James Leija during the fantastic rematch between…
Two-Time IBF world champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will be featured on the Emmy Award winning Latin TV show “Latin Eyes”. The show will air this Saturday August 4, 2007 on KRON 4 in the Bay Area at 4pm PST and again on Sunday 8/5 at midnight.
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Tuesday afternoon at Tavern on the Green in New York City, DiBella Entertainment announced their upcoming middleweight championship fight between Jermain Taylor, 27-0-1 (17), and Kelly Pavlik, 31-0 (28), from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ on September 29, 2007. Taylor’s co-trainer Emmanuel Steward took…
It’s a big crossroads fight for the super middleweight division tonight at the Pierre Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, Canada as undefeated local hero and NABF/NABA/NABO titlist Jean Pascal looks to hold off the challenge of former world middleweight title challenger Kingsley “King Sharp Knuckle” Ikeke. Born in Port Au Prince, Haiti, Pascal, 17-0 (13), has…