The Universum house fighters were all victorious last night at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany with headliner Felix Sturm retaining his WBA Middleweight crown with a twelve round points decision over the far less experienced Uruguayan import Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba. Alcoba fought like a man who was well aware of the difficulty that…
Stoke’s Scott Lawton (20-3-1) will defend his English Lightweight title against Dean Hickman (15-3-1) on 29 September at Stoke’s Fenton Manor Sports Complex. The British Boxing Board of Control made Hickman the mandatory challenger to Lawton’s title late last year and the fight was originally scheduled to take place in February this year. Lawton was…
IBA middleweight champion “Ireland’s†John Duddy closes training camp this week in the Pocono Mountains, where he’s been preparing for his first pro fight in Ireland, headlining “The Homecoming†July 14 in Dublin. Derry City, Northern Ireland-native Duddy (20-0, 15 KO’s), now fighting out of Queens (NY), takes on former IBF Mediterraneo light middleweight title-holder…
Popular Puerto Rican prospect Ivan Rodriguez returns to the ring in a rematch against Vineash Rungea on Friday, July 13 at Chicago’s Congress Theatre as part of “Summer Sizzle”, an evening of world class professional boxing, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.
44 year old former heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Evander Holyfield continues his quest to regain a world title when he steps into the ring tonight at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, to face 41 year old Houston based veteran Lou Savarese. There are a few similarities here as both combatants are participating…
WBA Middleweight Champion Felix Sturm, 27-2 (12), places his title on the line tonight for the first time since winning the crown in a rematch with Javier Castillejo in April. The opponent for Sturm at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart is little known Uruguayan Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba, 14-0 (7). Fighting out of Sante Fe,…
Last night in front of 6,000 fans at the Palais des Sport in Marseille, WBA Bantamweight Champion Wladimir Sidorenko retained his belt for the fifth consecutive time with a seventh round knockout of French titlist Jerome Arnould. From the start Arnould was outclassed and couldn’t cope with the experience and high energy style of Sidorenko,…
Four-time world champion Stevie “Lil’ But Bad” Johnston returns home to fight Rolando Reyes on August 11 in the 12-round main event for the vacant IBO lightweight title, headlining Punchout at the Pepsi Center “No Mercy,” promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
Danish super featherweight prospect Kim “Golden Boy†Poulsen will not get to box in July as originally planned. The show in Berlin where he was scheduled to fight on July 6 got cancelled when the main event ticket-seller was injured. Risum Boxing have frantically searched for a new show to put Poulsen on, but without…
WBC CABOFE Champion Miguel Espino looks to continue his winning ways as he is set to face Arturo Ortega in an 8 round bout tonight, Saturday, June 30 at the Sylmar National Guard. Both fighters make weight and guarantee an action packed confrontation. This fight card is brought to you by Cota’s Boxing Promotions. Tickets…
Crown Boxing Inc. will return to The Orleans Resort & Casino in Las Vegas at the Mardi Gras Ballroom, JULY 6th , 2007 with a clash between heavyweights Friday “The 13th” Anunanya, 22-5-2 (12), and Franklin Lawrence, 7-1 (4), headlining the show.
Featuring the winning submissions of Jake Shaw and Daniel McCarthy The majority of the time, a person’s profession is based on an interest that they had in something while growing up. For example, some found the laws of our nation captivating enough to attend law school. Others had an interest in the human body or…