On a cold and foggy East End morning, British Bantamweight Champion Martin Power was busy preparing for his rematch against Commonwealth Champion Tshifhiwa Munyai on Friday, January 26 at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England. Having been stopped by Munyai earlier this year after the lanky South African stepped in at the last minute to…
Morden’s Lenny Daws has the opportunity to demonstrate that he is the next big thing in his division when he appears on the Sky Box Office Pay Per View Event on 20th January alongside two current marquee light welterweight operators from Britain. The 28-year-old defends his 140lb British Title against mandatory contender Barry Morrison in…
Can The Little Man With Big Appeal Bring Needed Attention To Fighters Under 122 Pounds? I have to say that it confuses me as to how guys like Ricardo Mayorga and Fernando Vargas can remain in the spotlight. Both are tough guys and take hellacious beatings, but when you lay it on the line, what…
Fighter of the Year: Manny Pacquiao While it was another entertaining year of boxing, there wasn’t one fighter that truly stood out after Carlos Baldomir took the loss against Floyd. But if I had to pick one, I am going with the PacMan who basically ended the career of legendary yet fading Erik Morales over…
Kid Diamond makes the first defense of his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) lightweight title when he boxes hard-hitting Antonio Pitalua in the scheduled 12-round main event Thursday evening, Jan. 11, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at 7.30 p.m. The Versus…
The ongoing soap opera stirred up by former two weight world champion Manny Pacquiao’s habit of signing lots of contracts may have come to a conclusion this past Thursday when “Pacman” held a press conference in Manila. The super featherweight declared that Bob Arum’s Top Rank was his promoter of record, ending the Filipino’s brief…
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was reportedly collared by authorities early yesterday morning after allegedly nearly driving into a police cruiser in Arizona. When pulled over and questioned, “Iron Mike” was found by police to be in possession of three bags of what he has, according to official documents, admitted was cocaine. The ex-fighter was…
World Boxing Association light middleweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera broke his New England-based training camp today and headed south for final preparations leading up to his January 6 title defense against Travis Simms fighting on Showtime live from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Rivera (38-4-1, 24 KOs), a…
The main event features knockout artists Teddy Reid and Richard Gutierrez; Co-feature begins promptly at 7:30pm Mohegan Sun, in association with DRL Promotions, which is partly owned by boxing legend Roberto Duran, will present an exciting night of boxing action on Friday, January 26th as Teddy “Two Guns” Reid (23-8-2, 17 KO’s) from Adelphi, Maryland…
Ray Hatton has been busy managing the careers of his sons Ricky and Matthew Hatton as they prepare for their Las Vegas debuts on January 20. Ricky will challenge IBF Light Welter Champion Juan Urango while Matthew contends for the vacant IBF International Welterweight crown against tough spoiler Frank Houghtaling. In part one of this…
Travis Simms, along with WBA #1 Middleweight Contender Randy Griffin, have been in Columbia, South Carolina, since Thanksgiving training for their upcoming fights. Simms has strong ties to South Carolina having fought here several times over the years. WBA Champion “In Recess” “Tremendous” Travis Simms takes on the current WBA Super Welterweight Champion Jose Antonio…
Crowd-Pleasing, Undefeated Prospects Square Off In Co-Featured Bout On “ShoBox: The New Generation’’ Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at 11 p.m. ET/PT A pair of talented, unbeaten boxers with eerily similar pro careers will collide when Nick Casal (15-0-1, 1 NC, 12 KOs) faces Jose Antonio Izquierdo (15-0-1, 13 KOs) in an excellent co-featured attraction on…