By Per Ake Persson WBC and WBA super middle champ Mikkel Kessler signed today at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, his part of the contract for the megafight November 3 in Cardiff against WBO ruler Joe Calazaghe. Kessler told reporters he didn´t view fighting away from home would be a problem.
Junior Witter claims his WBC light-welterweight title showdown with Vivian Harris in Doncaster on September 7 will decide who is the best ten stone fighter in the world. The Bradford switch-hitter faces his New-York based challenger in his second defence of the most-coveted world title at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, September…
Nadeem Siddique claims he is heading for the top of the British lightweight scene now he is taking boxing seriously. The undefeated Bradford boxer has won British Masters and Central Area titles up at welterweight and boxes Tom Glover (Maldon) over six rounds at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, September 7. Siddique…
On Sept 8 Fernando Vargas faces off against Ricardo Mayorga on PPV in a bout of egos and will. Although there is no title at stake, it promises to be an all out war for what many are predicting to be a short night. While the two former world champions are going to be the…
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) president Jimmy Burchfield announced today that Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey and his manager, Brett Hallenbeck, have agreed to relinquish his NABA, USNBC and WBC Continental Americas cruiserweight title belts. Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs) will retain his NABF cruiserweight championship. He is rated No. 2 by the WBC, as well…
Victor Oganov is “The Destroyer.†The World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 8 super middleweight contender has fought 26 times and knocked out each of his opponents in seven rounds or less personifying his nickname. Oganov (26-0, 26 KOs), of Syktyvkar, Russia, will look to continue that dominance when he battles former world title challenger Fulgencio…
On August 24, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is back with the fifth installment of its popular boxing series “Punchin’ at the Paradise†at the Utopia Paradise Theater in the Bronx. The main event features Dominican Dynamo Delvin Rodriguez (20-2-1, 12KO’s) making his first ring appearance since his March 23 thrill-a-minute slugfest with Jesse Feliciano when…
From Bruce Silverglade of Gleason’s Gym: I would like to let you know that Gleason’s Gym sponsors a not-for-profit program for disadvantaged children called “Give a Kid a Dream”. This program provides kids with boxing equipment and a series of one-on-one intensive training workouts with a world-class Gleason’s trainer.
Just three weeks after their highly successful partnering to present “War For 4!â€headlined by the WBC Lightweight World Championship battle between David Diaz and Erik Morales, Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, and Las Vegas’ Top Rank Incorporated team up again to present “El Bravoâ€, another evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, August 24 at…
Click for larger image © Stacey Arpin-Santos / Saddo Boxing Live from Twin Rivers Resort in Lincoln, Rhode Island, cruiserweight Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey put his NABF Cruiserweight title on the line against Derrick “D-Train” Brown last Friday night. Godfrey entered the fight rated #2 by the WBC after a recent string of impressive victories…
Recap and Analysis of the Recent Televised Fights in the Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight Divisions After back-to-back weekends of exciting boxing matches, boxing takes a much-deserved rest. There is not another meaningful televised fight until Jermain Taylor versus Kelly Pavlik on September 29, 2007. I do not count the September Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo Mayorga…
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) president Jimmy Burchfield reports that Team Escalera has turned down an opportunity for undefeated cruiserweight prospect Alfredo Escalera, Jr. (14-0-1, 11KOs) to fight CES’ unbeaten nine-time U.S. amateur champion Aaron Williams (14-0-1, 10 KOs) in the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights opening 8-round bout on August 24 in New York…