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,…
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…