After a highly controversial 12 round decision defeat that rocked the boxing world and caused the media and fight fans to speak out in droves against the injustices done to “Uncrowned Middleweight Champion’ Edison Miranda, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) decided on September 29 that Miranda will retain his number one spot in the sanctioning…
The countdown has started for “The Contender Special – Put Up or Shut Up” on October 14, headlined by The Contender I star Peter “The Pride of Providence” Manfredo, Jr. against Providence cross-town rival Joey “KO Kid” Spina, on ESPN2 from the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
The WBC Continental Americas light middleweight title fight between defending champion Jose “Temible” Varela and former world title challenger Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez headlines “Friday Night Fights,” promoted by Guilty Boxing in association with Silverhawk Championship Boxing, on October 13 at the Orleans Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas.
Silverhawk Championship Boxing announced it has signed former NABF heavyweight champion Robert “Desert Storm” Davis to a promotional contract. Davis (31-7, 19 KOs), fighting out of Akron (OH), turned pro in 1997, registering a first-round knockout against Donald Harris in Nashville (TN). Robert won his first 21 pro fights, including a fifth-round knockout of Keith…
SYCUAN RINGSIDE PROMOTIONS ADDS ANOTHER CHAMPION; CABALLERO WINS WBA SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE Sycuan Ringside Promotions added its fifth world champion in its eight-boxer stable when Celestino “The Towering Inferno†Caballero captured the World Boxing Association super bantamweight title.
“ALL I’M THINKING ABOUT ARE KNOCKOUTS†Ask boxing aficionados for their list of the top punchers in the game, pound for pound, and odds are that you will find junior welterweight contender and former world champion Randall Bailey somewhere on the list. And with five wins in a row (the last three by knockout) Bailey…
Panamanian Celestino Cabellero captured the WBA Super Bantamweight title after a stunning third round TKO of defending Thai champion Somsak Sithchatchawal in North East Thailand on Monday. Cabellero, 30, whose record now stands at, 25-2 (18), was the interim WBA Super Bantamweight title holder coming in to the fight, and was always going to be…
Can Lightning Strike Twice? After delivering what most experts and fight fans were calling the “fight of the century†in Manchester between Jamie Moore and Matthew Macklin, Maloney Promotions are please to be returning to their home base at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London. It’s in this famous venue that the Commonwealth Bantamweight…
Two undefeated boxing world champions, WBA heavyweight king Nikolai “Giant Russian” Valuev and WBC light heavyweight titlist Tomasz Adamek worked out for the media in Chicago at Jabb Gym in preparation for their title defenses at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., on Saturday and on HBO beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Valuev will…
Despite published reports regarding a proposed bout with Detroit’s Jonathan Banks, USBA cruiserweight king Emmanuel Nwodo is willing and ready to face any cruiserweight in the world. “The bout with Banks was turned down because of the way that it was orchestrated,†said Han Kim, promoter of Nwodo. “We were offered the fight, we accepted…
The sweet science returns to MSG when the network airs (via tape delay) Ireland’s John Duddy’s brawl against Yory Boy Campas. Duddy vs. Campas, which took place on Friday, September 29 in the Theater at Madison Square Garden, will air on Friday, October 6 at 8:00 p.m. on MSG. Boxing insiders are calling this war…
Since the announcement of the Peter-Toney rematch, I’ve spoken to a few people who feel the fight shouldn’t happen either because Toney should retire or because he’s on the verge of a critical injury or because of further rumor of corruption in boxing. I’m glad to see the rematch is going to happen despite the…