Championship boxing returns to the famous old venue of Leeds Town Hall on Friday 9 February as favourite local boy Carl ‘Ingemar’ Johanneson puts his British Super Featherweight title on the line. Johanneson 25-2 (18) faces mandatory challenger Ricky Burns, the slick Scottish 23 year old. The fight is sure to be a classic confrontation…
The New York State Athletic Commission overruled Raul Frank’s 7th round TKO win over Terrance “Heat†Cauthen today by declaring the fight a no-decision. The bout took place last Thursday January 25th, at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx. After a meeting with representatives of Team Cauthen, Click for larger image Team Frank and Star…
Comebacking former two-time world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will be in Miami for Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears. “I am very excited about the game and looking forward to seeing it live,†the ex-World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight titleholder said. “This will be my…
Promoter Carlos Llinas CLIP Boxing, Blue Cap Promotions and Little River Casino are hoping for yet again another sold out night of boxing when they present Saint Valentines Day Massacre, a night of professional boxing to be held at Little River Casino, Friday, February 9th at 7pm. The night will feature the talents of up…
Without question one of the most exciting fighters in the world today, Uncrowned Middleweight Champion, Edison “Pantera’ Miranda will make his long-awaited debut in his newly adopted home of Puerto Rico on Saturday, March 3rd when he takes on hard-hitting rising star Allan “Sweetness’ Green on a star-studded HBO World Championship Boxing card featuring Miguel…
Undefeated southpaw James “Mandingo Warrior†Kirkland (17-0, 15 KOs) and unbeaten Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley (17-0, 10 KOs) will take on Billy Lyell (14-3, 2 KOs) and Manuel Garnica (22-6, 12 KOs), respectively, in the co-featured bouts Friday, Feb. 2, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†SHOWTIME will televise the action at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed…
With a combined record of 49-2-1, it is amazing that Timor Ibragimov (21-1-1, 13 KOs) and Tony Thompson (28-1, 17 KOs) haven’t already received a well-earned shot at the World Heavyweight Title. So on Friday, February 16, at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, these highly-avoided warriors will do things the old fashioned way…
February 23, 2007, will be forever be known as “The Night the Lights Went Out in Scranton†after two of the world’s hardest punchers, Darnell “Ding-A-Ling Man†Wilson and Kelvin “Koncrete†Davis meet in one of every true fight fan’s most long-anticipated slugfests.
Thursday, February 1 AT ARCO ARENA SACRAMENTO. – Vicente Escobedo faces Tiger Smalls. Saturday, Feb 3 AT SILVER SPURS ARENA KISSIMMEE, FL.- Jesus “Matador†Chavez risks the IBF light weight title against Julio “The Kid†Diaz; Tomasz Adamek the light heavyweight WBC against Chad Dawson TV: Showtime
Tickets for the highly anticipated super fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather sold out in three hours Saturday afternoon at MGM Grand’s box office and thru TicketMaster’s website. More than 5,400 tickets for the fight, Saturday, May 5 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, were devoured by fans eager to help establish the record-breaking live gate of $19 million. The previous record was $16,860,300…
Being the son of a former world champion, as well as one of boxing’s most respected contemporary trainers, certainly has its pros and cons for unbeaten middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr., who has won all 13 of his pro fights with seven knockouts.
Former Commonwealth light middleweight champion Ossie Duran takes on The Contender I star Jonathan “Reid Dawg” Reid in the eight round co-feature on the Febarury 9th “Hearts Of Fire” pro-am show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.