It may not be for the vacant state welterweight title, but the two hottest 147-pounders in Pennsylvania collide when Mike Jones takes on Doel Carrasquillo over eight rounds, or less, on Friday evening, July 20, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at…
Risum Boxing’s Danish fighters, Fawaz Nasir (11-1, 6 KOs) and Kim Poulsen (4-1, 1 KO) were originally supposed to start their summer break after their last bouts on May 12 in Oranienburg, Germany, where both recorded easy victories. But both have now expressed a desire to have one more fight before laying back a little,…
Bobby Bostick is the president/CEO of Bobby Bostick Promotions (BBP) a new face in the world of professional boxing promotions. Yet one that has made major in-roads as a company in a very short period of time. Bobby Bostick has determined that it is now time to set the record straight regarding reports that Kermit…
Photo ©Bernard Miller/SaddoBoxing Tshifhiwa Munyai makes his fourth UK appearance in 12 months when he fights at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on June 15 and the Johannesburg resident’s return to the Capital is good news for London’s boxing aficionados following his previous three victories. The unbeaten Martin Power, then 19-0 (8,) was the Chelsea…
Photo ©Karl Stubbs/Impact Boxing Stoke’s Gary Reid has stepped up preparations for his encounter with unbeaten Ajose Olusegun which is scheduled to take place on 15th June at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Reid, who hopes to secure the Commonwealth light-welterweight title, has enlisted the support of British light-middleweight champion Jamie Moore who is currently…
As a fan of middleweight boxing, this writer feels it’s due time that we all began to question the validity of our current Undisputed World Middleweight Champion’s ascension. Before we go any further, you need to know that it was a bit hard to pen this piece as a former fan of Jermain “Bad Intentions”…
Ricky Hatton will come face to face with the former “Baddest man on the Planet’ Mike Tyson on June 23 in Las Vegas. But the unbeaten “Hitman’ won’t be swapping punches with the ex-undisputed heavyweight world champion, as Tyson will be in Victor Odanov’s corner on the undercard of Hatton’s eagerly awaited clash with Jose…
One of the world’s top minimumweight fighters was in the ring earlier today in Yokohama, Japan as Tokyo’s Eagle Kyowa retained his WBC crown for the fourth time of his second reign with a wide points decision over local prospect Akira Yaegashi, 119-107 (twice) and 118-108. Despite having very little professional experience, the heavy handed…
There was some good action on the undercard of the sleepy Sultan Ibragimov – Shannon Briggs WBO Heavyweight title contest at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday with 30 year old local welterweight southpaw Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez, 18-0 (11), clearly outpointing California’s Jose Luis Cruz, 32-3-2 (26), to win the vacant WBO NABO…
In a virtual repeat of his WBO title winning effort against Serguei Lyakhovich last November, Shannon Briggs barely showed a pulse in the ring but this time there was no last second hail mary punch to pull out the fight as Sultan Ibragimov won a unanimous decision to annex the WBO belt Saturday at Boardwalk…
Photos ©JaneWarburton/SaddoBoxing As a welterweight and light middle in the early to mid 1980’s, Bobby Rimmer made a name for himself in Manchester, England as a hard nosed, all action fighter that was as tough as they come. After his career ended, Bobby eventually began to work on the training side of the ropes and…
Two of boxing’s most talented prospects, James Kirkland and Timothy Bradley, kept their undefeated records in tact and took the next step toward word title shots with impressive victories Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†Kirkland (19-0, 16 KOs), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) No. 13 junior middleweight contender, scored an early knockdown en route…