While the whole world was watching last weekend, the two top super middleweights in the world, WBO/IBF Champion Joe Calzaghe and WBA/WBC Champion Mikkel Kessler were both in action but with very different results. Calzaghe struggled against hard as nails but largely unknown challenger Sakio Bika while Kessler utterly destroyed one of the top men…
The legendary “beef burger†man George Foreman, amongst a succession of other former greats, has done it. Now the ever-colourful Dingaan “The Rose of Soweto†Thobela is set to re-launch his boxing career and make a comeback to the professional ring on Friday October 27th at the Wembley Indoor Arena in Johannesburg. South Africa’s most…
MAIN EVENT 4-ROUND EXHIBITION PPV: MIKE TYSON – COREY “T-Rex†SANDERS 12 MIDNITE: Las Vegas, NV – Washington D.C. 50-6 (44 KOs) – 23-11 (15 KOs) 241 ½ LBS. – 292 ½ LBS.
Sycuan Ringside Promotions’ No. 1-ranked bantamweight Mauricio Martinez faces former world champion Gerry Penalosa Oct. 21 in El Paso, Texas. The 31-year-old Martinez, who is ranked No. 1 by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and was the WBO’s bantamweight champion during 2000 to 2002, has a record of 31-6-1 with 21 knockouts.
Hennessy Sports have been forced to postpone their “First Defence” promotion at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday night, despite going to every effort to secure a suitable replacement top of the bill fight after Barry Morrison withdrew from his mandatory challenge to British Light Welterweight champion Lenny Daws. Morrison’s precise reasons are…
The 20-year anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues with an exciting world championship doubleheader on Saturday, Nov. 4, when Sergei “White Wolf†Liakhovich (23-1, 14 KOs) defends his WBO heavyweight title against Shannon “The Cannon’’ Briggs (47-4-1, 41 KOs) and WBA lightweight champion Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz (30-0, 15 KOs) risks his crown against…
“Mike Tyson’s World Tour†officially starts Friday night (Oct. 20) on pay-per-view from the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. Living legend “Iron†Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs), former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, boxes veteran Corey “T-Rex†Sanders (23-11, 15 KOs), who holds a knocked out victory against reigning World Boxing Council heavyweight title-holder…
The 1980’s saw a golden era in world boxing when we had the likes of Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran. Fans were enthralled in the epic meetings of these fighters and even now the popularity of these legends continues. The 1990’s then saw another golden era, this time in British…
In a statement issued from their Sydney, Australia, offices today the shareholders, management and staff of the exciting and controversial new high-intensity, shortened format Boxing franchise – Superfighter – expressed their best wishes to Calvin Brock in his up-coming challenge of Vladimir Klitschko for the IBF World Heavyweight Championship.
The Biggest fight card in years, that is what the promoters are expecting when Palmetto Boxing and White Rock Boxing team up again for the Fall Brawl this Saturday, October 21st at The Jamil Temple in Columbia, South Carolina. Picking up where they left off in June of this year, the two biggest promoters of…
Click for larger image© Don King WBA Lightweight Champion, Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz 30-0 (15), will defend his title against Fernando Angulo 18-3 (12) on November 4, 2006 at Chase Field, in Phoenix, AZ. This fight will be the first bout that Diaz will be working under his new promoter Don King. In an exclusive…
To become champion of the world used to be a dream that few accomplished. It was what young men who banged away at heavy bags in gyms across the world dreamed of while breaking a sweat and throwing wild punches that seldom met their target on point. While perfecting the speed bag a young hopeful…