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…
Northern Nevada’s Jesse Brinkley will face off against Dallas Vargas from Toledo, Ohio in the ten-round main event on the professional boxing card, titled “Heavy Handsâ€, on July 6 at the Eldorado Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada. Brinkley (26-5-0, 17 KOs) appeared on NBC’s boxing reality show The Contender in 2005. Brinkley is now out…
Former highly-decorated amateur boxing star Mark “The Italian Bazooka” DeLuca headlines “Pro Boxing,” presented by Rising Star Promotions, on Friday night, June 8 at Freeport (IBEW) Hall in Dorchester, Massachusetts. DeLuca (1-0, 1 KO), fighting out of Whitman (MA), was the gold medal winner at the 2004 National Silver Gloves Tournament, among his more notable…
Two of boxing’s most-talented, world-ranked and unbeaten prospects look to elevate their status to legitimate world title contenders when James “Mandingo Warrior’’ Kirkland (18-0, 16 KOs) and Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley (19-0, 11 KOs) co-headline in separate bouts Friday, June 1, on Showtime’s popular program “ShoBox: The New Generationâ€, 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the…
Matt “The Predator” Vanda is actively stalking his bitter rival Kenny “KO” Kost for their 10-round main event, headlining “The Brawl In St. Paul: A Father’s Day Special,” on June 15 at “The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St.. Paul. Vanda (36-3, 21 KOs), former IBA Americas light middleweight champion, and Kost (11-3, 6 KOs)…
The Northwest Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship is on the line when Vili “The Tongan Warrior†Bloomfield, who is an Everett, WA native and weighs in around 225 lbs. will face Eric “Night Train†Boose, who hails from Puyallup, WA with a ten win one loss record. The 27 year old Boose, will come in around…
LEE SAMUELS, TOP RANK: The champ is here. He just had a tremendous media day in his home town in Puerto Rico, a tremendous turnout of fight press, print press, cameras, Internet, it was just phenomenal. Ricardo Jimenez is with him in Puerto Rico. Bob Arum, of course, is here in Las Vegas with me….
Freddy Hernandez, 147 vs. Ben Tackie, 148, ten rounds Daniel Jimenez, 131.5 vs. Angel Chacon, 132, ten rounds, Jose Manuel Ortega, 146 vs. Randy Dodds, 139, six rounds Victor Polyakov, 162.5 vs. Marteze Bryant, 164, six rounds Jorge Gonzalez, 157 vs. William Deets-Quintana, 159, six, Jose Angel Rodriguez, 151 vs. Damon Antoine, 150, six rounds,…
Duva Boxing will present Friday Night Fights: Staten Island Knockouts on Friday night, June 29, at the St. George Theater (34 Hyatt Street), in conjunction with the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation. Duva Boxing president Dino Duva announced today that part of the proceeds from event ticket sales will go to the Atlas Foundation, which assists…