Could the two best Super Bantamweight prospects in the world right now beheaded for a showdown sometime in 2007? They will if unbeaten USBA champion Mike “Machine Gun” Oliver, his promoter Richie Capiello and trainer “Iceman” John Scully have anything to say about it.
Any questions that hovered over Irish prospect Bernard Dunne were silenced last night in the twenty six year old’s hometown of Dublin where he thrashed former titlist Esham Pickering for the vacant European Super Bantamweight crown on a Brian Peters promotion. The tone was set from the start as Dunne put his opponent under a…
Belarus lightweight Yuri Romanov has built a career on upsetting favorites since turning pro four years ago and the twenty four year old spoiler did it again last night in Ciudad Real, Spain. Reigning European Champion Juan Carlos Melero was in the process of giving Romanov a boxing lesson and had canvassed the tourist in…
Moments after the “Pretty Risky†Floyd Mayweather Jr., vs. Carlos Baldomir title fight in Las Vegas last Saturday, I ran into Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward. Emanuel had just finished commenting on the fight as part of the HBO broadcast team and graciously gave me a few minutes of his time for the following…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City is sure to be the highlight of a whirlwind week of promotion for the Wladimir Klitschko – Calvin Brock IBF Heavyweight title fight . First and foremost, Klitschko, 46-3 (41), seems determined to become the…
Last night at Borough Hall in Hartlepool, England, local boy and European Champion Michael Hunter faced Canadian tactician Steve Molitor for the vacant IBF Super Bantamweight Title. Both fighters came into the contest, billed as “World Class” by Matchroom Promotions, with unbeaten records but there was big home support for Hunter in the packed Borough…
44 year old heavyweight Evander Holyfield continues to defy the odds and took another step on his quest to regain a world title as the living legend topped Fres Oquendo last night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The bout was almost over before it started as Holyfield canvassed Oquendo with the first right…
It was 12 rounds of pure, unadulterated fury in the main event of 8 Count Promotion’s Chicago Chill card tonight in Chicago, IL as USBA Featherweight Champion Rogers Mtagwa went to war with Mexican challenger Martin Honorio. This was a spiteful contest from the first bell as both men tore at each other, winging bombs…
Tonight in Dublin, Ireland, popular domestic prospect Bernard Dunne steps up in class to faces former European, Commonwealth and British Super Bantamweight Champion Esham Pickering for the vacant European title. For Dunne, 21-0 (13), this marks his litmus test at continental level after the Dublin man started the first three years of his career in…
The World’s Most Famous Arena Hosts a Heavyweight Championship Bout, Live Tonight, Exclusively On HBO. New York’s landmark sports and entertainment arena will play host to a heavyweight championship matchup when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO VS. CALVIN BROCK is seen live from Madison Square Garden in New York on SATURDAY, NOV.11 (10:00 PM ET/7:00…
Hennessy Sports promoted Lee Meager will feature in a Heavyweight showdown for his British Lightweight Title when he meets Jon Thaxton at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre on December 8th live on Sky Sports 1. After claiming a championship, many fighters are rewarded with an easy first defence, but Lee Meager has always been prepared to…
European Champion Michael Hunter gets a shot at the big time tonight in his hometown of Hartelpool, England when the tall, two fisted threshing machine meets unbeaten Canadian stylist Steve Molitor on a Matchroom Promotions bill for the vacant IBF Super Bantam title. Hunter, 26-0-1 (12), hasn’t had a blemish on his record since March…