Promoter Don King, in association with Maloof Sports and Entertainment, will present a highly anticipated world championship battle of the undefeated at ARCO Arena on Saturday, Sept. 29, when World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion “Bad†Chad Dawson takes on WBC No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Adrian “The Shark†Diaconu, from Romania now fighting out of…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday, at the Hellaby Hall Hotel in Hellaby near Rotherham, England, WBC Light Welterweight Champion Junior “The Hitter’ Witter came face-to-face with ex-WBA Champion “Vicious’ Vivian Harris as they met for a pre-fight press conference ahead of Hennessy Sports’ Friday night clash at the Doncaster…
By Per Ake Persson WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev is back in full training, writes Universum in a press release, after the stomach problems that caused the cancellation of the unification fight with WBO titlist Sultan Ibragimov. Chagaev hopes to be able to make a title defence before the end of the year. Exactly what…
Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Saddo Boxing Junior Witter has had a vote of confidence from his local MP ahead of his WBC Light-Welterweight Title defence against Vivian Harris at The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, 7th September. The Bradford-born boxer makes his second defence of the most respected world title against mandatory…
Showtime once again will bring the action to fight fans as America’s No. 1 boxing network pits two can’t-miss lightweight prospects, Antonio DeMarco and Nick “Hands of Gold†Casal, in a 10-round lightweight battle Friday, Sept. 7, on “ShoBox: The New Generation” at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.
Just three months after his knockout victory over Arturo Gatti, Alfonso S. Gomez, 17-3-2 (8), will face off against veteran Ben Tackie, 29-7-1 (17). The welterweight bout headlines a Contender special event at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA, to be aired live October 16 on ESPN. “Tackie’s a tough fighter who has been…
Vivian Harris was in confident mood at a press conference on Wednesday ahead of his fight against WBC Light-Welterweight Champion Junior Witter on Friday. Harris (New York/Guyana) challenges Witter (Bradford, England) for the most prestigious world title at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on a Hennessy Sports show. Click for larger image© Jane Warburton…
Multi award-winning boxing promoters Branco Sports Productions (BSP) will be invading the popular Carousel Casino and Entertainment World just north of Pretoria on Friday, September 21. Still riding high after the overwhelming success of the IBF Junior Lightweight World Title fight in Matlosana / Klerksdorp last week between Mzonke Fana and Javier Alvarez, the BSP…
Mike Stewart, of New Castle, DE, and Robert Frankel, of Denver, CO, meet in the 10-round junior welterweight main event Friday evening, Oct. 5, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at 7.30 p.m.
Fans that have already purchased nearly $1 million worth of tickets to see a boxing match featuring “Ferocious†Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo “El Matador†Mayorga at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 will now be able to put those tickets to use on the rescheduled date of Friday, Nov. 23. Vargas’s doctor ordered…
Boris Grinberg, manager of WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, couldn’t believe it when the news hit on Tuesday that WBA titlist Ruslan Chagaev was getting ready to go back into training, with his sights set on a title defense before the end of the year. “This is disgraceful,†said Grinberg, whose fighter, Ibragimov, was scheduled…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The WBC executive offices received the following communication from Medical Control Chairman Luis Escalona: Dear friends, These lines are to inform you that all W.B.C. safety requirements have been complied with for the upcoming fight between: