WBC Latino & WBA FEDEBOL super featherweight champion Humberto “El Fuerte” Toledo is moving up one weight class to challenge IBA World lightweight title-holder Stevie “Lil’ But Bad” Johnson on May 18, headlining “Rocky Mountain Mayhem: Return of the Champ” card, promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Johnston…
Photos ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing.com Foxwoods Resort & Casino celebrated their 100th professional boxing card with high action this past Saturday. The “Foxwoods Fight Centennial†co-promoted by Banner Promotions and Don King Productions headlined a World Lightweight title unification match between undefeated WBA Champion Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz and WBO Champion Acelino “Popo†Freitas. The high level…
Photos ©Tom Casino/Showtime Classic fights, career defining moments and hard-hitting action from the most compelling and unforgettable prizefights of 2006 are recapped in “Showtime Championship Boxing: 20 Years Later†premiering Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. The 30-minute program features highlights from Showtime Championship Boxing’s 20th anniversary year with commentary from…
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch has gone under the knife to rectify a long-term ligament problem after WBO champion Joe Calzaghe refused a £1.6 million offer to defend against him on a Hennessy Sports event this summer. The undefeated 29-year-old, who should shortly find himself in the WBC #1 position, first damaged…
Malcolm “The Show Stopper’’ Tann (23-2, 12 KOs) has signed to fight hard-hitting, undefeated heavyweight Cristobal “The Nightmare†Arreola (19-0, 17 KOs) in an eight-round bout Friday, May 4 on “ShoBox: The New Generation,†it was announced Tuesday. Tann, who has never been knocked out, replaces Devin Vargas, who was forced to withdraw after hyper-extending…
Photos courtesy Hennessy Sports Hennessy Sports promoted John Murray and John O’Donnell continued to soak up their US experience yesterday when they sparred four times world champion “Sugar’ Shane Mosley. The “Golden Pair’ stepped in with the current WBC welterweight champion shortly after watching their US co-promoter Oscar de la Hoya complete his final spar…
Polish power puncher Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak (14-0, 9 KOs) adds diversity and brings even more excitement to the “Tomorrow’s Champions” pro boxing show, presented by Irish Ropes Promotions and featuring unbeaten middleweight sensation “Ireland’s” John Duddy, on May 18 at the famed Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. The Poland-native Wolak, reigning New York State middleweight…
Veteran light heavyweight Rodney Toney has a famous last name, several disappointing outcomes against world-class opponents, and a master’s degree in boxing experience from his 14-year pro career. Friday night in a rematch against Anthony “The Rowdy One” Russell, Toney starts what will likely be his final run towards a high-profile fight and lucrative payday….
Photo gallery ©David Oakley/SaddoBoxing.com This past Friday night at Wembley Arena in London on a Frank Maloney promotion, the “Heavyweight Hayemaker” show was set on fire as David Haye in his heavyweight experiment destroyed Poland’s WBC ranked no.12 fighter, Tomasz Bonin. Sky Sports televised the action live in the UK. It was a night of…
While most eyes in Las Vegas are looking forward to the upcoming mega fight next week, Crown Boxing Inc. and the Orleans Hotel and Casino showed this past Friday night that there is more to an entertaining night of boxing than million dollar promotions and endless hype. In the Mardi Gras Ballroom of the Orleans…
One of the biggest fight weekends in years will begin this Friday on Showtime when undefeated “Fast” Eddie Chambers faces Dominick Guinn in the main event on “ShoBox: The New Generation” from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. Showtime will televise the heavyweight showdown at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. Former two-time…
Undefeated USBA super bantamweight champion Mike “Machine” Oliver headlines “Battle Zone 3” in a 10-round non-title fight against Vernie Torres on May 4 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Hartford-native Oliver (18-0, 7 KOs), rated No. 8 by the International Boxing Federation is coming off of a close title-defense 12-round decision victory against Gary Stark, Jr. Torres…