Last night at the Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland, local hero and British Welterweight Champion Kevin Anderson held onto his belt against the crafty former Commonwealth Light Welter titlist Eamonn Magee on a Barry Hearn promotion. It was a difficult night for the reigning champion, as Anderson was coming off a loss to Ali Nuumbembe…
Peter Manfredo made a succsessful comeback last night at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI as the “Pride of Providence” proved too much for opponent Ted Muller, stopping the Illinois man at 1:19 of round nine. Manfredo moves to 24-7 (13) while Muller drops to 19-11-2 (9). In other action on the bill,…
Trainer Robert McCracken and promoter Mick Hennessy still believe that Junior Olympic Gold Medallist and English Welterweight Champion John O’Donnell is a major talent, despite the inaccurately reported setback he suffered at the weekend. The just turned 21-year-old with strong Irish heritage lost to Christian Solano on the undercard of the Oscar de la Hoya-Floyd…
Potteries promoters Impact Boxing will present women’s professional boxing for the first time at Fenton Manor Sports Complex this evening. Derby solicitor Juliette Winter will face Yarkor “Chavez’ Annan from Ghana in a super bantamweight contest as part of a seven fight card. Annan, from the same Bukom gym in Ghana as former WBC super-featherweight…
A bevy of DiBella Entertainment youngsters, including superstar welterweight contender Andre Berto, have been added to the spectacular Jermain Taylor-Cory Spinks card set for Saturday night, May 19 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. Unbeaten Winter Haven, Florida native Andre Berto (17-0, 15 KO’s) takes on Martinus Clay (12-14-2, 4 KO’s) in a ten round…
He is the undisputed middleweight champion of the world. And it is that word, “undisputed”, that grabs you when one speaks of Jermain Taylor, 26-0-1 (17), and his accomplishments, because in today’s world of alphabet titles and paper champions, it is rare to find a consensus top dog in any weight class. He won the…
In an intriguing matchup, youth meets experience when Ulsterman Eamonn Magee attempts to annex the British Welterweight title from Scot Kevin Anderson tonight on a Matchroom promotion at the Concert hall in Motherwell, Scotland. Anderson has a professional record of 18 wins and only one defeat and as well as being the British champion, has…
On Wednesday night at Studio Mel’s in Montreal, WBC International titlist Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu made short work of Rico Hoye, shattering the former world title challenger in less than three vicious rounds. Six inches shorter than Hoye at 5 foot 9, Romanian native Diaconu was able to penetrate his opponent’s defenses and work his…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is proud to announce that on June 9 the former undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio “Magic Man†Tarver (24-4, 18KO’s) will vie for the vacant IBO Light Heavyweight title when he takes on Elvir “Kosovo Kid†Muriqi (34-3, 21KO’s). This world championship doubleheader will also feature Chad Dawson (23-0, 15KO’s) making…
“Magic Man,†a film that chronicles the rise of Brooklyn Light Welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi, to his dramatic fight with Miguel Cotto will make its debut at the Hoboken International Film Festival on Tuesday night, June 5, at 8:00 PM, it was announced today by executive producer and co-producer Lou DiBella, Malignaggi’s promoter and the…
Due to an injury to his left hand suffered during training, two-division world champion Joan Guzman has been forced to withdraw from his WBO lightweight title challenge against interim champion Michael Katsidis on May 26th at The Arena at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. “He injured his left hand during a sparring session…
Some of the best fights of the year have come from the smaller weight divisions where fighters have so much to prove and so much to lose. Martin Power, who is looking to get back on track after two brave defeats at the hands of Tshifhiwa Munyai earlier in the year, is a fine example…