Click for larger image © Mike Cleary / Boxingphotographs.com Fight Academy’s IBF Light-Heavyweight Champion Clinton Woods had to strip naked to make weight today ahead of his defence against Glen Johnson. Official Weights… Clinton Woods = 12st 7lb – Glen Johnson = 12st 4lb Souleymane M’baye = 9st 13.5lb – Raul Balbi = 10st Amir…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Don King introduced his self proclaimed 8th Wonder of the World, Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev to New York City on Tuesday on the first of a four city press tour covering Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The tour is promoting the WBA Heavyweight Champion…
Big Champions Supporting Little Champions From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The WBC is proud to announce the launching of this program in support of all those little champions around the world that serve as an example of courage and desire. This program will consist of a world campaign in which boxing personalities, especially world champions,…
“You would think that as a former world champion, the man would have a bit more class,†said Brendan Ingle yesterday. The Wincobank legend – recently voted by Ring Magazine as one of the top ten trainers in the world – was responding to comments made about his charge Junior Witter by Roger Mayweather in…
In another fabulous main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), three-time world champion James “Lights Out†Toney faces Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter in a WBC heavyweight elimination bout on Saturday, Sept. 2. So who is going to triumph? The experts, by a margin of 2-1, say Toney…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing James “Lights Out” Toney weighed 233 pounds, and Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter tipped scales at 257 at Thursday’s weigh-in at STAPLES Center. Afterward, the boxers exchanged words and had to be separated. Toney and Peter collide in Saturday’s main event at STAPLES on SHOWTIME…
IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods’s promoter Dennis Hobson has agreed to offer a $50,000 side bet to Saturday’s Bolton Arena challenger Glen Johnson. “I’ll put my money where my mouth is,†said Hobson. “If Johnson wants a side-bet I’m game. I bet $50,000 that Clinton will beat him Saturday night.†At Thursday’s final press…
Promoted by Sycuan Ringside Promotions, undefeated former world champion Joan Guzman and World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez held an open media workout from the Oscar de la Hoya Youth Center in Los Angeles Thursday. Guzman challenges current WBO 130-pound champion Jorge Barrios Sept. 16 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in…
On the undercard of the Sam Peter vs. James Toney bout, Eric Aiken, 16-4 (12), is set to make the first defense of his newly acquired IBF Featherweight title against Roberto Guerrero, 18-1-1 (11). Back in May, Aiken pulled off a highly unlikely upset victory over Valdemir Pereira to win the strap. While this accomplishment…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime Boxing James Toney (69-4-3, 1 ND, 43 KOs) faces Sam Peter (26-1, 22 KOs) in a WBC heavyweight elimination bout and IBF featherweight champion Eric Aiken (16-4, 12 KOs) defends against and Robert Guerrero (18-1-1, 11 KOs) Saturday at STAPLES Center on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on…
Gary Reid returned to Impact Boxing’s gym in Stoke-on-Trent on Monday after taking a two-week holiday in Egypt and declared himself ready and waiting to take on Nigel Wright for his English Light-Welterweight belt. Reid, dubbed “The Body-Snatcher’ on account of his fearsome punching power, said: “The break has done me a power of good,…
Long regarded as one of boxing’s best, pound for pound, Interim WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez has now joined the star-studded roster of Golden Boy Promotions and will once again be able to display his explosive talent worldwide. “We are incredibly excited to work with a great fighter like Juan Manuel Marquez,†said Oscar…