Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Orleans in Las Vegas, “Amazing” Layla McCarter banged out a hard fought six round decision over tough Texan Angelica Martinez at welterweight. McCarter, 24-13-5 (5), was coming off a loss just a month ago in a rematch against Melissa Hernandez…
In a riveting return to form last night at the Jako Arena in Bamberg, Germany, IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham showed no ill effects from a badly broken jaw suffered in his previous bout with Edison Miranda and went right through Canadian visitor Sebastian Demers in three rounds. Previously unbeaten prospect Demers survived the first…
It was another close fight when IBF Cruiserweight Champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk rematched American opponent Steve Cunningham last night at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland but this time it was Cunningham who came out the winner courtesy a majority decision. The two combatants originally came to grips last November for the vacant IBF title in…
The final press conference between WBO Heavyweight Champion Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs and challenger Sultan Ibragimov is due to take place this coming Wednesday in New York. Given the bad feeling that has been brewing between the two, the media in attendance could be in for some early fireworks as the countdown for their world…
Chris Sanigar brings a night of championship boxing to Guild Hall in Plymouth, England on Sunday, June 17 when Jon Harrison and Gatis Skuja clash for the vacant International Masters Light Middleweight title. The scheduled ten round main event pitts Plymouth’s own Harrison, winner of six of his last eight bouts, against steel chinned pressure…
James Kirkland, like many up-and-coming fighters, has something to prove. It’s easy for even a young and talented fighter to be missed when there are countless others to choose from. But a record of 18-0 with a boastful 16 KOs, the light middleweight has established himself as a power hitter which will surely catch even…
Arthur Abraham puts his IBF Middleweight title at risk by facing Sebastien Demers tonight in at the Jako Arena in Bamberg, Germany. This will be Abraham’s first time back in the ring following his tremendous firefight with Edison Miranda last September, in which the IBF Champion was victorious but suffered two fractures to the jaw…
Due to the withdrawal of Martin Power from his proposed clash with Jason Booth at Crystal Palace on June 15; British fight fans have been rewarded with a thriller as Ajose Olusegun 19-0 (10) steps up to fight the talented Gary Reid 13-16-1 (8) for the vacant Commonwealth light welterweight title. Olusegun, 27, has been…
IBA & NBA super middleweight champion Rubin “Hollywood” Williams goes right into NABO 168-pound title-holder Jean Pascal’s backyard on June 8 to fight for Pascal’s NABO belt, as well as the vacant NABA & NABF championships, at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. Williams (29-1-1, 16 KOs), rated No. 27 by the WBC, is coming off…
The Big Bang Theory goes off the drawing board and into the ring with “X-PLOSIVE!” — the world welterweight championship featuring undefeated World Boxing Association champion MIGUEL COTTO, the pride of Puerto Rico, defending his title against two-division world champion ZAB “SUPER” JUDAH. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Prize Fight Boxing, “X-PLOSIVE!” will…
LEE SAMUELS, TOP RANK: This is a very, very exciting time for Top Rank, the two-division World Champion is with us, Zab Judah. He’s on his, from Memphis Tennessee, where he is training at the Prize Fight Gym getting set for June 9th, Madison Square Garden live on HBO Pay-Per View. Zab will be taking…
In the annals of world history, July 14 is known as Bastille Day. On that fateful date in 1789 the people of France stormed and seized the dreaded Bastille, a prison beset by inhumane conditions in Paris as the first step in the French Revolution, which eventually overthrew the 17-year monarchy of King Louis XVI….