By Per Ake Persson In Hamburg, German heavy Luan Krasniqi weighed in at 226 lbs / 102.5 kg for tonight’s WBO heavyweight eliminator against Tony Thompson, who came in at 112.5 kg / 248 lbs. Krasniqi looked very fit, with muscles so defined he could have entered a body building contest. It´s the last chance…
On Saturday, July 14, 2007, in the outdoor tennis stadium at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., undefeated and World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 1 welterweight contender Paul “The Punisher†Williams (32-0, 24 KOs) looks to commemorate the holiday of Bastille Day by ending another reign of terror – that of WBO Welterweight Champion…
Sycuan Ringside Promotions’ undefeated prospect Shawn “The Sioux Warrior†Hawk appears in a six-round heavyweight bout July 14 in New Town, N.D. Hawk, who has a record of 14-0-1 with 12 knockouts, is scheduled to meet Bo Skipper of Laurel, Mass., who lists a mark of 11-4-2 with seven knockouts.
Winky Wright Quotes… KELLY SWANSON: Thank you everyone for calling in today to join the Winky Wright conference call. I’m going to go ahead and turn it over to Oscar de la Hoya, President, Golden Boy Promotions. OSCAR DE LA HOYA, PRESIDENT, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: Thank you. Thank you, Kelly. Thank you very much all…
Legendary boxing warrior “Irish” Micky Ward has joined forces with celebrity actor Mark Wahlberg and Labor leaders throughout the country, to support and assist inner-city children in making their dreams become a reality. They will host their first group event, an evening of amateur boxing on July 25th at the 2nd Annual Boston Labor’s Fight…
HBO travels from east to west with a tripleheader of welterweight action when Arturo Gatti vs. Alfonso Gomez, Kermit Cintron vs. Walter Matthysse And Antonio Margarito vs. Paul Williams is seen live Saturday, July 14 At 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ and the Home Depot Center in…
John Duddy (160.5lbs) V Alessio Furlan (160.8lbs) Paul McCloskey (141.5lbs ) V Ivan Orlando Bustos (142.6lbs) Stephen Haughian (142.5lbs) V Gary O’Connor (141.3lbs) Eugene Heagney (121.4lbs) V Colin Moffett (122.4lbs) Patrick Hyland (129.9lbs) V Roman Rafael (132.7lbs) Click for larger image Declan Timlin (231.2lbs) V Peter Szabo (206.4lbs) Quotes John Duddy: “I’m hoping people are…
Former world light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson is used to traveling into his opponents’ backyards to display the skills that have earned him a reputation as one of the top 175-pound fighters of this era. But on Friday, July 27th, at the Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel’s 4,500 seat arena, “The Road Warrior’ will get a…
Cristian Mijares 115 lbs. Teppei Kikui 115 lbs. (Mijares defends WBC super flyweight title)
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Due to the fact that the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, Oleg Maskaev of Russia, has refused, through his representative, to sign the contract to fight mandatory challenger Samuel Peter of Nigeria, the President of the African Boxing Union, Houcine Houichi, has sent a recommendation for the WBC to…
8 Count/Top Rank will put on a evening of boxing tonight at the Congress Theater in Chicago, televised on Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo program. The bill features mostly lighter weight fighters with the headlining bout between rugged super feather contender Francisco Lorenzo, 28-4 (14), of the Dominican Republic and durable Mexican journeyman Baudel Cardenas, 17-9-2 (16)….
Nothing has been easy in the career of British super featherweight champion Carl Johanneson, who first joined the professional ranks just over seven years ago in the small American town of Baysboro, North Carolina. Although the 28 year old challenges European champion Leva Kirakosyan tonight on a Frank Maloney promotion at the Metrodome in Barnsely,…