Universum announced today that WBO Light Heavy champ Zsolt Erdei will make a defence against George Blades on June 16 in Budapest, Hungary. Also on the bill are Erdei´s Hungarian stablemates Zsolt Bedak and Karoly Balzsay. Not announced but still very likely to end up on this show are cruisers …
Read More »NYC Boxing Icon Paulie Malignaggi Gets Lovemore N’dou In IBF Challenge
DiBella Entertainment’s Paulie Malignaggi challenges veteran world titlist Lovemore N’dou in an IBF Junior Welterweight Championship bout on Saturday night, June 16 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, it was announced today by DBE president Lou DiBella. HBO Sports exciting Boxing After Dark series will televise live. It will …
Read More »Weights From 8 Count Boxing’s Mano A Mano Card
The combatants for tonight’s 8 Count Boxing bill at Cicero Stadium in Chicago, IL weighed in yesterday. Tavoris Cloud, 176 vs. Jim Strohl, 175, ten rounds Carl Davis, 229 vs. Zack Page, 202, ten rounds Leo Martinez, 134 vs. David Maund, 135, six rounds Jeff Curran, 150 vs. Guadalupe Diaz, …
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: Enzo Maccarinelli
Click for larger image © Rhun Leeding / Saddo Boxing WBO Boxing Champion Returns July 7 But Dreams Of Headlining Hometown Stadium Welsh puncher Enzo Maccarinelli, 26-1 (20), has revealed to SaddoBoxing that his dream would be to fight in front of a full house at the Liberty Stadium in …
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: Kim Poulsen
“Golden Boy” Of Denmark Desperate For Victory Danish Super Featherweight prospect Kim Poulsen returns to the ring in Oranienberg, Germany on May 12, and has sent out a defiant message to whoever he fights against stating, “I must win by all means.” Poulsenʼs return comes less than a month since …
Read More »Boxing Viewpoint: Down But Not Out
Saturday was a great night for Michigan in sports. The Red Wings won, the Tigers won, the Pistons won and Floyd won. But with that being said, boxing was the only sport of the four that was out of the casual sports fan’s mind come Monday morning. The city of …
Read More »Boxing Info: Edison Miranda – Kelly Pavlik
With just over one week to go before his big showdown against Kelly Pavlik in Memphis Tennessee on HBO, Edison Miranda, the ‘People’s Champion’, took some time to talk about his thoughts for his upcoming fight. “Kelly Pavlik is a very unlucky guy. I had a goal after I saw …
Read More »Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Bout Shows That Boxing Is Still Alive
MAY 5TH SUPERFIGHT BREAKS ALL RECORDS With critics threatening that boxing was in trouble and in danger of losing its grip on the American public, the sport needed a great event to give it a shot in the arm. On May 5th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, boxing got …
Read More »Lovemore N’dou Puts IBF Boxing Title Belt At Risk Against Paulie Malignaggi
Mohegan Sun, in association with DiBella Entertainment, presents live championship boxing on Saturday, June 16 as IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lovemore N’dou (45-8-1, 30 KO’s) from Australia defends his title against Brooklyn bad boy Paulie Malignaggi (22-1-0, 5 KO’s). In the co-feature, Curtis Stevens makes his HBO debut in a …
Read More »Boxing Sensation John Duddy Ready For Last NYC Fight
Unbeaten middleweight sensation “Ireland’s” John Duddy headlines “Tomorrow’s Champions” in the 10-round main event against Dupre “Total Package” Strickland (18-1-1, 7 KOs) on May 18th at the famed Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. The Northern Ireland born Duddy (19-0, 15 KOs), now living in Queens (NYC), is the reigning IBA World …
Read More »European Boxing News: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs. Steve Cunningham For IBF Title
By Per Ake Persson European Middleweight Champ Amin Asikainen´s defence against Sebastian Sylvester that was set for Bamberg May 26 has again been postponed as Sylvester suffers from a bad cold. Pekka Maeki, Asikainen´s trainer and promoter, says he was informed Monday of Sylvester´s illness. “I didn´t know that being …
Read More »Spartacus and Oakey headline SENI:BOX
Hennessy Sports are bringing their hallmark brand of competitive championship boxing to the “seni07 Combat Sports Show’ at ExCeL London in Docklands with “SENI:BOX,’ the launch event of the three-day showcase of Combat Sports, Martial Arts and Extreme Fitness that debuts in the Capital. Fittingly, the bill on May 18th …
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