Walter Lambert, President of Northeast Promotions is proud to announce the arrival of Australia’s top Lightweight Michael Katsidis. Katsidis 21 – 0 19KOs Toowoobma, Queensland, Australia is currently ranked # 1 in the WBO. Katsidis also holds the WBO Asia Pacific and IBF Pan Pacific titles.
On January 20, WBA Heavyweight Champion Nickolai Valuev steps in the ring with Jameel McCline in Basel, Switzerland. There is no way anyone can be taking Valuev seriously when he is still fighting sub-standard opponents. This fight will do nothing to lend legitimacy to Valuev in particular, as one of the four belt holders, and…
If his jaw breaking performance against IBF Champion Arthur Abraham didn’t convince everyone that Edison Miranda is clearly among the world’s best middleweights, then surely his one round vaporization of solid veteran Willie Gibbs last night has sealed the deal. Headlining his first HBO televised card at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami, FL, Miranda wasted…
Last night at the Chungmu Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, In Ji Chi regained the WBC Featherweight belt during a furious twelve round battle with reigning champion Rodolfo Lopez of Mexico. Lopez had taken the title off Japan’s Takashi Koshimoto, who had defeated Chi earlier in the year, just five months ago and was making…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series hosted their final event of 2006 last night at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Sechew Powell was scheduled as the main event which was changed at the eleventh hour due to the recent signing of his upcoming bout…
Tonight, undefeated prospect Johnathon Banks, 12-0 (9), defends his WBO NABO Cruiserweight crown for the first time as part of promoter Star Light Inc’s “Beauties And The Beats’” at Bert’s Warehouse Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. The 24 year old Detroit native is scheduled to meet journeyman Sebastian Hill in a rematch. In his most recent…
HBO Boxing After Dark in Miami Tonight, HBO’s Boxing after Dark series will be live from the Miccosukee Resort in Miami, FL. Scheduled for the telecast is a pair of fights that will showcase some of the best young prospects in the US. Not a bad way for HBO to end the year. Edison Miranda…
Last night at York Hall in London, England, middleweights Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman and Richard “The Secret” Williams went at it for an eventful twelve rounds for the vacant British title and with less than a minute remaining in the bout, Eastman knocked out Williams with a crisp right hand that “The Secret” never…
President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have invited unbeaten Brooklyn boxing star Dmitriy Salita to the White House to attend their annual Chanukah Festival Celebration on Monday, December 18.
Despite his reputation as one of the most feared fighters in the world, never let it be said that uncrowned middleweight champion Edison Miranda doesn’t have a more generous side, as was evidenced by his presentation of an early Christmas gift to the man he will be fighting on Tonight, Willie Gibbs.
Berry “Killa Bee” Butler recovered well from a first round knockdown (which could have been ruled a slip) to come back and drop Sam Reese several times in the second round with uppercuts and dominate the remainder of the fight. Berry said his right hand seemed to have a radar on it tonight, he could…
Big Ticket Boxing Productions, the specialist boxing division of leading Australian sports and entertainment marketing group Cross Country Entertainment, announced today that have signed an agreement with New York based Star Boxing that will see them work as co-promoters on a series of major bouts in Australia commencing in early 2007.