Chicago based lightweight world champion David Diaz and his wife Tanya welcomed their second son, Elias Armando to the world on Friday, May 18 at 2:40pm. Elias, joining his two year old brother David, came into the world weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces and is 20.5 inches long. Both Elias and his mother are doing…
Fighting Irishmen: Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820-Present will present “Writers and Fighters,” a panel discussion on the “Sweet Science” on Tuesday night, June 12, at The Down Town Association. The forum will include unbeaten Irish Middleweight James Moore, Irish standout boxer Maureen Shea, and authors Jack Cavanaugh, Bobby Cassidy Jr. and Peter Wood.
Hamburger Abendblatt wrote on May 21 that one of the persons injured during Saturday´s brawl at the Color Line Arena right before Lukasik vs Hartmann was to begin will be blinded in one eye. The Hamburger Abendblatt journalists that had seats right in front of where the feud started also writes that there were provocations…
With a little over two weeks to go before his long-awaited shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, number one contender Sultan Ibragimov is punishing sparring partners and approaching his physical peak right on schedule for his June 2nd bout against WBO Champion Shannon Briggs. Now he just hopes Briggs will show up.
By Per Ake Persson Super middle Jurgen Brahmer outscored Argentinian Hector Velzco after twelve dramatic rounds this past Saturday in Hamburg, Germany. Brahmer was down in the sixth and wobbled in the fourth but was also effective with his southpaw left. At the end it was scored 115-112 on two cards and 117-111 on the…
Boxing’s current longest-reigning world champion, Joe Calzaghe, will present the Edward J. Neil Trophy as the “Fighter of 2006” to three-division world champion Manny Pacquiao at the Boxing Writers Association of America’s 82nd Annual Awards Dinner, the BWAA announced today. The awards dinner will take place Friday, June 8, at the Copacabana in New York….
Former two-time WBA and WBO world title challenger Evans “The African Warrior†Ashira is not done with his own career yet, but on May 26 in Nairobi, Kenya, he will start a new chapter for the future: promoting! Newly formed company Ashira Oure Promotions Inc. will kick off with a small show at the Pal…
Puerto Rican super featherweight prospect Daniel Jimenez will battle veteran Angel Chacon on Friday, June 1 at Cicero Stadium in the ten round co-main event at “Test Of Courage”, another evening of world class professional boxing, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. Said Pesoli, “I saw Jimenez beat Vicente…
Last night at the Fedex Arena in Memphis, middleweight contenders Kelly Pavlik and Edison Miranda gave the fans in attendance and watching on HBO everything they could ever want in a boxing match. The two top rated WBC fighters went at it from the opening bell with the towering six foot two inch Pavlik immediately…
The minute it had been announced that Cory Spinks would be the next opponent to challenge WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor, many predicted that the resulting bout would be a sleeper in the worst sense of the word. And critics of the matchup were right; the fight last night at the Fedex Forum in Memphis,…
Universum put on a big show last night in front of 7,000 fans at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg with a WBO championship, two European titles and a regional WBO belt all on the line. WBO Light Middle titlist Sergiy Dzinziruk, 34-0 (22), wasn’t the headliner of the bill, super middle Jurgen Brahmer had…
For those of you who have gone through hell and high water to defend “the Pride of Wales”, it appears that your loyalty and stern resolve may finally be paying off. Joe Calzaghe’s hope of becoming a household name in the US seems to be coming to fruition at the able hands of boxing network…