This October, after almost eight years of splintered titles and heated debates, boxing will witness the crowning of a unified Heavyweight Champion of the World, as Sultan Ibragimov will put his WBO crown on the line against Ruslan Chagev’s WBA belt in a bout pitting Champion against Champion in a quest for heavyweight supremacy.
The continuation of a slugfest and “Fight of the Year†candidate which was halted prematurely last March 3 takes place Saturday, Aug. 4, when Rafael Marquez defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title against former WBC 122-pound titleholder Israel Vazquez in “Vengeance!†at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. This is the highly…
Former street enforcer and street thug, Ronnie “The Rottweiler†Kerner, a music and movie producer turned smoker circuit king who compiled a 17-1 record with 17 knockouts, will soon be promoting his own shows under the banner Rottweiler Promotions Inc. Aside from being a heavy handed fighter, Kerner earned himself a major name in the…
IBA and WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion Duddy (20-0, 15 KOs), now living and fighting out of Queens (NY), is a native of Derry City, Northern Ireland. Duddy’s first pro fight in Ireland will headline “The Homecoming†in a 10-round bout against Alessio Furlan (19-8-5, 8 KOs), of Italy. Furlan, former IBF Mediterraneo light middleweight…
On July 14, Roy Jones Jr, 50-4 (38), continues his comeback trail against undefeated Anthony “Tyger†Hanshaw, 21-0-1 (14), in a light heavyweight bout that is scheduled to take place at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Jones, coming off a mediocre win against lightly regarded Prince Badi Ajamu almost a year ago to the day, feels…
What If? What if Shannon “The Cannon†Briggs had knocked out Lennox Lewis in their championship fight in 1998? At that point in his career, Briggs was 30-1 with a win over George Foreman. Could that win have propelled Briggs to be considered one of the best heavies of his generation? What if he had…
WBA super middleweight world champion- Mundine Anthony “The Man’ Mundine has defended his World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight world title with a unanimous point’s decision victory over Argentine Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. Mundine entered the stadium being carried as a king on his throne complete with crown, and…
Finnish heavyweight Sami “The Bull†Elovaara (17-3, 11 KOs) has had what could be called an “up-and-down-careerâ€, highlighted by a spirited challenge for the WBF title in 2003 against Richel Hersisia (L12), but later plagued by a couple of freak-incident losses, injuries and inactivity. Since losing on a cut injury to American Sedrick Fields in…
Ticket sales are surging, with eager fight fans crowding the box office lines for this summer’s match-up between two of boxing’s most venerable pugilists, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Winky Wright, in “Coming to Fight” for Hopkins’ Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight title, July 21st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada….
Carl Johanneson is looking for revenge on July 13 when he steps into the ring with Leva Kirakosyan, who inflicted Johanneson’s only loss in a British ring. Johanneson first stepped up against the formidable Armenian in December 2004 and history shows Kirakosyan, 25-4 (16), gained one of his 16 stoppages by knocking Johanneson out in…
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell still hasn’t let March 17th go. On that day in France, hometown hero Jean-Marc Mormeck turned a fight into a track meet in the final four rounds of his championship rematch with “The Supernova’ and heisted the WBA and WBC title belts via a controversial 12 round decision. Now…
This October, Seminole Warriors Boxing, Golden Grain Promotions and Sampson Lewkowicz, in association with Universum Box Promotions, will promote the first heavyweight title unification bout in close to eight years when WBO champion Sultan Ibragimov faces off against his WBA counterpart, Ruslan Chagaev, in Moscow, Russia.