“Al Certo and I have been training very hard for this fight. At the crack of dawn, he has me out in the snow doing my roadwork. My sparring has been intense with some of the best guys we could find. They are preparing me for everything that Holyfield will throw at me.†“Evander Holyfield…
Fresh off a 46 second annihilation of Javier Mora on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden, number one WBO Heavyweight contender Sultan Ibragimov is looking forward to getting his shot at champion Shannon Briggs on June 2, in his home country of Russia.
Tony Grygelko’s Seconds Out Promotions, co-promoting with Goossen Tutor Promotions, is bringing Showtime’s “Showbox: The Next Generation” series to Minneapolis on April 6 at The Target Center. “Heavyweight Invasion,” headlined by a 12-round title bout between Travis “Freight Train” Walker and George “El Torito” Garcia for the vacant IBA Americas heavweight championship, features Minnesota native…
Well traveled Russian spoiler Leva Kirakosyan pulled off yet another upset on Saturday night by stopping hometown hero Antonio Joao Bento in the third round and annexing the European Super Featherweight title, recently given up by Alex Arthur, as a result. Kirakosyan came into the bout riding a ten bout win streak and had previously…
Argentine flyweight Omar “El Huracan” Narvaes retained his WBO title Saturday night at La Palestre in Le Cannet Cote d’Azur, France by posting a unanimous decision over former French Olympian Brahim Asloum over twelve rounds. It was the tenth defense for the 31 year old southpaw but it wasn’t an easy one. The champion started…
Jon Thaxton has warned Amir Khan that he is a long way from challenging for his British Lightweight Title. The popular Norwich boxer makes the first defence of the title he won by out-pointing Lee Meager in a gruelling clash last December at the prestigious Norfolk Showground on Friday March 16 live on Sky Sports….
World cruiserweight contender Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey loves cheese steaks but that’s not why he’s training in Philadelphia for his April 6 main event fight on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights against his 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials teammate, Felix “Bad News” Cora, Jr., at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Godfrey will defend his NABA title…
After a 23 month absence from the ring, “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms returned to the ring Saturday night, looking impressive en route to a unanimous eight round decision over tough Daniel “Danny Zee” Stanisavljevic of Los Angeles. The two middleweights faced off in an entertaining and crowd-pleasing main event at the packed Riveredge Hotel in Reading,…
Chicago welterweight knockout artist Luciano “El Michicano†Perez will battle Ramiro Rivera at March Mayhem this Friday, March 16 at Cicero Stadium, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. A native of Mexico, Perez’s aggressive style and knockout power have made him a favorite amongst Chicago fans since his pro…
Dr. Steelhammer Destroys Austin In Second Round At SAP Arena In Mannheim To Retain IBF/IBO Titles Standing six foot six and weighing 246 lb, it isn’t often that Wladimir Klitschko is confronted with an opponent of similar physical size and some felt that because Ray “Rainman” Austin mirrored big Wlad in that department, maybe, just…
It was a good weekend of boxing in República Argentina with the biggest fightcard taking place on Friday night in the northwestern city of Salta, where Javier Alberto Mamani KO’d Marcus Hector Vergara in the tenth and final round to claim the vacant WBA Fedebol Light Middleweight title at Estadio Delmi in front of 9,000…
Streaking Quebecois super middle Jean Pascal defended his WBO NABO crown last night at the Casino in Montreal, punishing American import Lafarrell Bunteng throughout their twelve round bout to take a unanimous points win. The hard punching Las Vegas native Bunting came into the contest with the reputation of a knockout artist and caught Pascal…