In an absorbing, if not classic, bout, Floyd Mayweather Jr won a world title in a fifth weight division by a split decision over fellow American Oscar De La Hoya. For me, it was a better fight than I expected but what happens next in the career and lives of the two combatants? Immediately after…
Much was made of the fact that Hennessy Sports prospects John Murray and John O’Donnell were going to fight on the undercard of what turned out to be Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Oscar De La Hoya last night at the MGM in Las Vegas. And rightly so; these were very high profile slots on the…
At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas last night, Floyd Mayweather ended months of speculation by delivering on his pre-fight promises and handing Oscar De La Hoya the Golden Boy’s fifth career loss by way of split decision, 116-112, 115-113 and 113-115. With the victory, Mayweather wins a world title in his fifth weight division…
Fight Production today announced the signing of former WBO “world’ heavyweight title challenger Willi Fischer, who hopes to start the comeback he has quietly been preparing for for almost a full year with his new management this summer. For Fight Production, who have mostly handled foreign boxers over the last few years, the cooperation with…
Well, its fast approaching. The richest non heavyweight fight in boxing history will take place tonight. In one corner we have brash challenger Floyd Mayweather Jnr, 1996 US Olympian, world champion in four weight divisions and unbeaten in 37 professional fights spanning 10 and a half years. Opposing him, fellow American and boxing legend Oscar…
It is the “LAST GREAT FIGHT.†That is not to say that there will no longer be exciting matchups in the sport, but in terms of the shear magnitude of events, it will likely be the last major special that the sport will ever see. Over the past twenty years, boxing has gone from the…
Photos ©Tom Casino/Showtime Two of boxing’s most promising young heavyweights, “Fast†Eddie Chambers and Cristibol “The Nightmare†Arreola, kept their unblemished records intact in the co-featured bouts Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.’’ Chambers (29-0, 16 KOs) registered a unanimous 10-round decision over Dominick “The Southern Disaster’’ Guinn (28-5-1, 19 KOs) while Arreola (20-0, 18…
Photo ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing Intro and concept by Jim Everett, project managed by Daxx Khan and Jane Warburton The World Awaits for the highly anticipated match up this Saturday between six division world champion, Oscar De La Hoya and four division world champion, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. De La Hoya puts his WBC Light Middleweight title at…
Until his death in 1988 from leukemia, legendary boxing manager and former world handball champion Jim Jacobs was one of the world’s formost collectors of boxing memorabilia. Jim’s wife Loraine Jacobs will be auctioning Jim’s collection of boxing memorabilia at Lelands Auction on May 18. All proceeds go to Leukemia Research. Go to www.lelands.com to…
Training alongside Oscar de la Hoya has inspired John Murray and John O’Donnell to put on an eye-catching display at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday. The Hennessy Sports duo box on the undercard of their US co-promoters highly anticipated clash against Floyd Mayweather, arguably the biggest fight in boxing…
Photos ©Tom Casino/Showtime ShoBox Weigh-in: Eddie Chambers weighed 214 pounds, Dominick Guinn tipped the scale at 222, Chris Arreola weighed 235, Malcolm Tann 230. Undefeated “Fast†Eddie Chambers (28-0, 16 KOs) faces Dominick “The Southern Disaster’’ Guinn (28-4-1, 19 KOs) in the 10-round main event Friday, May 4, 2007, on “ShoBox: The New Generationâ€, live…
By Per Ake Persson European Lightweight champ Yuri Romanov, fresh off a third round knockout win over Tontcho Tontchev, will make another voluntary defence of the title in July in Donetsk, Ukraine. Romanov will take on Andrei Kudriatsev. It will be Brazilian Carlos Nascimento that challenge WBO Junior Middle champ Sergey Dzinziruk on May 19…