The cruiserweight division’s hottest prospect has signed with the most successful promoter in the history of the sport. Bayamon, Puerto Rico’s Francisco “The Wizard” Palacios, 12-0 (6 KO), recently inked a long-term contract with Don King Promotions, a deal that Palacios feels has been the missing piece to his championship quest. “Everything is in place…
Commonwealth welterweight king Ali Nuumbembe has been added to the September 21 show at York Hall in London, England headlined by British bantamweight champion Ian Napa’s dangerous defense against Lee Haskins. Nuumbembe, 18-2-1 (6), will face many challenges in the form of Ghana’s towering Phillip Kotey, 19-4-1 (12), and to retain his belt, the 29…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The WBC has granted permission to interim lightweight world champion Joel Casamayor to defend the interim title before fighting WBC lightweight world champion David Diaz, as per his petition. David Diaz will be free to make an optional defense of his title, and then both champions will meet for the…
Growing up in Dagestan, WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov knows about struggle and knows about not always having everything he wanted or needed as a child. So when presented the opportunity to help some disadvantaged children from the Miami-Dade and Broward counties in Florida during the Jason Taylor Foundation’s annual “Cool Gear for the School…
Undefeated Dmitriy Salita, 27-0-1 (15), had been training in upstate New York in the Catskill Mountains to prepare for a fight on September 5 when he was forced to pull out due to a hand injury. He is hoping that his misfortune will turn out to be a blessing in disguise by getting a title…
Star Boxing announced today that Delvin Rodriguez has challenged the “No-Contest” result that was declared after the fight between Delvin Rodriguez 20-2-1 (12KO’s) and Keenan Collins 12-2-1 (8KO’s) was stopped between the second and third rounds. The fight was aired live on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” from the Utopia Paradise Theater in the Bronx, NY…
Polish power-punching middleweight prospect Pawel “Raging Bull†Wolak takes on â€Flawless†Dan Wallace (9-1, 3 KOs) in the 10 round main event for the IBA Americas middleweight championship, headlining a pro boxing show promoted by Frankie “G†Productions and Ring Promotions, Friday night, September 14, at the Huntington Hilton Hotel in Melville, Long Island.
The second wave of the latest Spanish armada is set to hit Irish shores next month when Pablo Navascues looks to upset John Duddy’s European and World title ambitions. Navascues’ compatriot Kiko Martinez left Irish fight fans reeling with his smash and grab raid on Bernard Dunne last month and now its Duddy’s turn to…
Let’s Get It On Promotions is pleased to announce “Collision Course” on October 20, 2007 at the Silver Legacy Hotel/Casino in Reno, NV The 10 round main event will feature The Contender season one star Jesse Brinkley (28-5 19 KOs) from Yerington, NV vs. seasoned veteran Donnell Wiggins (24–9–3 14KOs) out of Covington, TN. Brinkley…
Chicago’s 8 Count Productions has announced final details of their world class professional boxing event set for this Friday night, September 14 at the Congress Theater. Celebrating Mexican Independence Day, “Pride” features terrific Mexican vs. Puerto Rican battles in both of the Solo Boxeo televised main and co main event bouts.
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing More action from Friday night’s Hennessy Sports bill at the Doncaster Dome featured Andy “Bellie’ Bell of Doncaster who faced Rob Nelson of Bradford for the new English Super Flyweight title (8 stone 3 or 115 lb) getting it’s first showing in Britain. It was…
Lovemore “Black Panther†Ndou has a simple message for IBF super lightweight world champion Paul Malignaggi and his promoter Lou DiBella, “Don’t forget our rematch clause.†35 year-old Ndou who is originally from South Africa and now lives in Sydney, lost the IBF world title to Malignaggi on points on June 16 at the Mohegan…