After his stunning seventh round stoppage of Lance “Mount’ Whitaker last December, the boxing world stood up and took notice of unbeaten Heavyweight contender and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Sultan Ibragimov, as one of the division’s brightest stars. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) obviously agrees, as the world sanctioning body …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Enrique Guiterrez – Terry Wright
Photo by Joe Ulrey Several boxers were knocked out on Monday night at Ontario, California’s Doubletree Hotel, entertaining the 1,113 fans who attended the evening’s fight card. One losing boxer that was not knocked out, spent much of his fight trying to taunt his opponent. Another losing boxer that managed …
Read More »Boxing Info: Rubin Williams Responds
Rubin “Hollywood” Williams vehemently denies that he was one of several fighters that avoided fighting Allan Green (20-0, 14 KOs), as reported on the most recent ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights show. “If they tried calling me, my promoter or manager,” Williams responded, “they must have dialed the wrong number because …
Read More »Bearing The Weight Of Hatton’s American Boxing Gatecrash
WBA Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton’s strength trainer and nutritionist Kerry Kayes is one of the world’s preeminent bodybuilding coaches. The Manchester, England native’s usual assignment of making Hatton as strong as possible for each fight developed an added dimension when it was announced that “The Hitman” would go up …
Read More »Boxing Weights and Quotes: Lamont Peterson – Anthony Peterson – Jose Ramos – Jermaine White
Click for larger image© Tom CasinoShowtime Boxing Brothers Lamont and Anthony Peterson of Washington, D.C., grew up homeless, but they feel right at home in the ring. The up-and-coming, unbeaten junior welterweights are a combined 32-0 with 20 knockouts. Lamont, who at 22 is 14 months older than Anthony, is …
Read More »Boxing News: Vargas – Mosley II
It was a night few fight fans will forget. Two of boxing’s superstars, despite having already established themselves as the best of their era, fighting it out like hungry prospects eager for their first shot at boxing’s brass ring. When it was over on February 25th, “Sugar Shane” Mosley and …
Read More »Boxing Info: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga
Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ Monday (May 1) before heading to Las Vegas for his May 6 showdown with WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga. “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ is telecast on NBC beginning at 11:35pm. …
Read More »Luis Perez – Dimitri Kirillov May 6th on Showtime Boxing
International Boxing Federation (IBF) Junior Bantamweight Champion Luis Perez (23-1, 15 KOs) will square off against mandatory challenger and No. 1-ranked IBF contender Dimitri Kirillov (28-2, 10 KOs) in the new co-featured bout on Showtime Championship Boxing’s world title doubleheader on Saturday, May 6, (9 p.m. ET/PT). The main event …
Read More »Boxing Info: Celestino Caballero
When you’re a 5-foot-11-inch super bantamweight with a southpaw style and the type of fighting spirit that always brings the fans to their feet, it goes without saying you’re a special fighter. So, it makes perfect sense for two special promotional entities–Warriors Boxing Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions–to join forces …
Read More »The Mysteries of Frankie DePaula
Frankie DePaula, New Jersey boxer, died thirty-five years ago from complications arising from the wounds inflicted on him four months after an assassination attempt in a Jersey City alley way. His death, in many ways, was arguably the inevitable culmination of his frequently wayward lifestyle; a lifestyle that accommodated an …
Read More »Lawton’s Impact Boxing Gym Welcomes Middlehurst School Pupils
Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing Seven pupils from Middlehurst Special School, Stoke-on-Trent today visited the Impact gym where they spent about two hours in the company of Midlands Area Lightweight Champion, Scott Lawton. Lawton, who defends his title against Baz Carey on 6th May, has …
Read More »Boxing Photos: Brothers Anthony and Lamont Peterson
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Brothers Anthony Peterson (left) and his brother, Lamont (right) pose at the Four Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota, prior to their separate “ShoBox” appearances Friday on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT). In the 10-round junior welterweight main event, undefeated …
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