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,…
This Saturday, July 14, Kermit Cintron will make the first defense of his IBF Welterweight Title against Walter Matthysse as part of HBO’s welterweight triple header. Cintron, 27-1 (25), and Matthysse, 26-1 (25), will open the evening from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ followed by Arturo Gatti, 40-8 (31), facing Contender season one star…
July 21 is rapidly approaching. With all the excitement that July has already provided us, such as Vic Darchinyan being upset for his IBF/IBO flyweight titles at the hands of Nonito Doniare, Travis Simms dropping his WBA version of the 154 lb title to Joachim Alcine and Wladamir Klitschko getting the redemption he sought for…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Don King from Don King Productions and Kathy Duva from Main Events formally announced the showdown between two-time world champion “Ferocious†Fernando Vargas and three-time world champion Ricardo “El Matador†Mayorga in the Chick Hearn Press Room at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles today.
By Knockout Publicity “Relentless” Lamon Brewster, 33-4 (29 KO), is currently at home in Indiana resting up following his unsuccessful attempt to repeat his knockout ways over IBF Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. For the first time, he speaks on trainer Buddy McGirt’s decision to stop the fight in the sixth round and his future plans….
In what amounts to a pick ’em fight, Las Vegas sports books list World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Antonio Margarito as slightly more than a 6/5 favorite to defeat unbeaten, No. 1 ranked Paul Williams this Saturday, July 14, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Margarito is a minus 125 favorite in…
Chicago’s 8 Count Productions has finalized plans for “Summer Sizzle”, an outstanding night of professional boxing set for the Congress Theater this Friday night, July 13. Tickets for can be purchased in advance by calling the 8 Count Productions office at 312-226-5800. Said Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, “We’ve got seven terrific bouts…
Showtime Networks Inc. has announced that it has licensed Destination Software, Inc. to create video games based on the popular Showtime Championship Boxing series. The games will be released in late Fall 2007 on both the Nintendo DSâ„¢ and Wiiâ„¢ platforms. “The Showtime Championship Boxing series, as the flagship sports programming on the network, has…
Golden Boy Promotions’ President Oscar De La Hoya and CEO Richard Schaefer will be in attendance when Golden Boy co-promoted WBO World Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov and WBA Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev square off to unify their titles on October 13th in Moscow.
On Saturday, October 13th, World Heavyweight Champions Sultan Ibragimov and Ruslan Chagaev will not only achieve their dream of unifying the heavyweight crown, they will get to do it in front of an expected crowd of over 14,000 at the Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia. It’s an arena worthy of such a historic event, and…
Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing.com got the chance to conduct an exclusive interview with P4P contender, IBO and Ring Magazine Undisputed Light Welterweight Champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton’s trainer, Billy Graham. An ex-fighter turned trainer, Graham has been with Ricky from the start and has now taken the ride to the…
Carl Johanneson puts everything on the line this Friday when he challenges European super featherweight ruler Leva Kirakosyan on a Frank Maloney promotion at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England. 28 year old British Champion Johanneson, 28-2 (18), has only lost twice in a seven year pro career and one of those was to Kirakosyan, who…