Christmas came early for Potteries’ boxer Chris Edwards when Impact Boxing confirmed that the English flyweight champion will face Dean Robinson again but this time for the coveted British title. Edwards put paid to the Huddersfield man’s English title ambitions with an eighth round stoppage at Stoke’s Kings Hall in November and confounded most experts…
WBA junior middleweight champion Jose Antonio Rivera (38-4-1, 24 KO’s) is not interested in taking the easy road, and his upcoming defence against unbeaten Travis Simms (24-0, 18 KO’s) is merely the latest indication that he is only willing to face the toughest challengers out there. However, while Rivera has been throwing offers to all…
In front of 12,000 screaming fans in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, WBO Super Feather Champion Joan Guzman retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision win over challenger Antonio Davis on Monday night. The result was never in doubt as Davis was clearly out of his depth, having never fought anyone close to championship…
The hotly anticipated bantamweight rematch between Commonwealth titlist Tshifhiwa Munyai and British Champion Martin Power, “Payback or Playback”, takes place on January 26 at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England. The last time the pair met in June of this year, Munyai, a late replacement, forced Power’s corner to pull the plug in the ninth…
Click for larger image © David Oakley / Saddo Boxing Friday night saw the re-emergence of Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman as a major player in the middleweight division, as the previous king of Europe showed he’s still dominant at domestic level, with a twelfth round knockout of friend Richard “The Secret” Williams on a…
Guzman Goes Home For The Holidays Tonight, WBO Super Featherweight titlist Joan “Sycuan Warrior†Guzman defends his belt against Antonio “T-Rex†Davis at the Palacio Virgilio Travieso Soto in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This fight will mark the first time that Guzman has defended his title in his hometown. Roughly 12,000 Dominicans will be on…
In less than three minutes on Saturday night, Edison “Pantera’ Miranda reminded the boxing world why he is the uncrowned middleweight champion of the world as he dispatched of tough Willie Gibbs in devastating fashion. But now the Colombian bomber wants the hardware to go with his status as the people’s champion, and in 2007,…
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…