Carlos Baldomir, who despite not having lost a fight in more than nine years, came out of virtual obscurity last January to register upset victories over Zab Judah and Arturo Gatti, takes on boxing’s pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather for Baldomir’s welterweight championship. “PRETTY RISKYâ€Ã¢â‚¬â€ Mayweather vs. Baldomir for the World Boxing Council welterweight championship takes…
The first world heavyweight championship ever staged in the state of Arizona is shaping up as a day and night–sun and stars–event with the retractable roof open at Chase Field in Phoenix for the entire card on Saturday, Nov. 4. The co-featured main events are WBO heavyweight champion Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich defending against Shannon…
British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson is not one to overlook an opponent and has dismissed all talk not relating to his upcoming defence against undefeated Bradford based fighter Femi Fehintola. When Johanneson, 24-2 (17), silenced a York Hall crowd with an emphatic fourth round stoppage over local favourite Billy Corcoran to claim the title…
Mohegan Sun Fight Night USA Saturday, October 28, 2006 Cappiello Promotions Doors Open: 6:30pm Showtime: 7:30pm
As training camp draws to a close, IBF World Champion, Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero, feels he is ready for war, as he prepares for his epic battle with Orlando Salido, who by most boxing insiders, is considered one of the toughest and most dangerous opponents in the 126 lbs division.
Over the years, Philadelphia has produced many men that have made great contributions to the sport of boxing both inside and out of the ring. From Bernard Hopkins and his improbable title run, to George Benton molding champion after champion, to Russell Peltz setting the bar on how to promote a show, this city has…
by Kevin Iole Click for larger image © Mary Ann Owen/For Showtime Boxing Everybody, whether 8 or 80, seems to remember a time when there was only one champion per division and all of the champions took on the toughest challengers all the time, even though such times never existed.
Briggs vows ‘to get everything right’ By Norm Frauenheim The Arizona Republic Options can be dangerous in a place where there aren’t many. Ask Shannon Briggs. He was born amid circumstances where there is only survival. Briggs was good at that, good enough to fight his way into a position that lets him make choices.
Spanish Harlem star Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (19-2, 12 KO’s) will take center stage in the main event on Wednesday night, November 15th, when DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City.
Hanley boxer Chris Edwards will top the bill at the Kings Hall on November 24th when he faces Huddersfield’s former Commonwealth champion Dale Robinson. An application has been made to the British Boxing Board of Control for the ten round bout which has been made at the 8st flyweight limit to be made an English…
Two Native American promotional entities, Sycuan Ringside Promotions of California and Seminole Warriors Boxing of Florida, considered by many to be sleeping giants of the boxing industry, may prove in the immediate future they are just that–giants. Sycuan Ringside Promotions and Seminole Warriors Boxing have announced they are pledging their considerable resources to better establish…
This Saturday (October 28), trainer James “Buddy” McGirt returns to the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, for the first time since May 18, 2002, when he worked the corner of Arturo “Thunder” Gatti in his epic slug-fest with “Irish” Micky Ward. Believed by many to have been one of the greatest fights of all…