It was a big night at the fights last evening at the Auditorio Centario in Gomez Palacio, Mexico with one world title fight and two world title eliminators taking place. Headlining the show was hometown hero and WBC Super Fly Champion Cristian Mijares, who battled Japanese visitor Teppei Kikui in a scheduled twelve round title…
Three years ago in London, heavy punching Armenian super featherweight Leva Kirakosyan stopped Carl Johanneson in the very first frame of a scheduled ten round bout. Last night on a Frank Maloney promotion at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, Kirakosyan, now the European champ, battered Johanneson thoroughly, dropping the Leeds based British titlist three times…
4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota plays host tonight to “Thriller On The River”, featuring ex-IBF Cruiserweight Champion Vassiliy Jirov who faces veteran Kenny Craven. The official weigh-in was held yesterday. VASSILIY JIROV 200 LBS. KENNY CRAVEN 198 LBS.
It was a capacity crowd last night at the Utopia Paradise Theater for the 4th installment of Joe DeGuardia’s “Punchin’ at the Paradise†series. In the main event, rising Jr. Middleweight Contender Irish James Moore (12-0, 9KO’s) scored a sensational third round KO over Chris Overbey.
Two-time world champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero has been invited to meet and greet fans at this weekends “Riot” show set to take place at the historic San Jose Civic Auditorium July 14th 2007.
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…