Solo Boxeo from Gary, IN- Segura vs. Canchila Plus Gary’s Mary McGee They may be small in stature, but they are huge on action! On Friday, June 8th, NABF champion Giovanni Segura of Mexico faces WBA Latin champion Cesar Canchila of Columbia in a 12-round World Boxing Association light flyweight championship eliminator from Gary, Indiana….
Chicago heavyweight Carl “Iron Fist†Davis returns to the ring this Friday night against Zack Page at Cicero Stadium in the ten round co-main event of “Mano A Mano” presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, Davis, 9-2 (8KO’s) is coming off a devastating first round knockout of Nigerian Innocent Otukwu three months ago in…
Photos ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series hosted their latest installment last Wednesday night at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Local junior featherweight Gary Stark, Jr was looking to make a statement in the main event against journeymen Andres Ledesma after his controversial loss to Mike Oliver in February. Stark, Jr came…
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…