Light Middleweight Verno Phillips kept the fire burning on his dreams to once again capture a world title by stopping a very tough Teddy Reid last night on a Banner Promotion at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Early on it was Reid trying to force Phillips into a brawl, bullying the shorter man into the…
By Rhun Leeding courtesy www.frankmaloney.com Make A Serious Boxing Offer, Frank After a protracted discussion in the media between Clinton Woods and Joe Calzaghe and their respective entourages, Woods believes a win in his upcoming fight would force promoter Frank Warren to make a serious offer for the fight. With Frank Warren being quoted as…
At a meeting today (10th August 2006) the British Boxing Board of Control announced that Stoke’s Gary Reid will challenge holder Nigel Wright for the English Light-Welterweight Title. No date for the bout has yet been set as purse bids have to be made before 12 noon on 13th September 2006. On hearing the news…
The pride of Hawaii is in action tonight at the Orleans in Las Vegas as WBC Light flyweight Champion Brian Viloria puts his belt at risk against the bad intentions of Omar Nino Romero on a Top Rank promotion televised by. Viloria, 19-0 (12), a former 2000 US Olympian, won the belt with a victory…
Looking at today’s welterweight division, one may be reminded of the status once only reserved for the heavyweight division of yesterday. Between 140-147 lb. lays a hotbed of pound for pound greats, and a myriad of up and coming prospects who are bound to take the boxing world by storm. Lately, recent propositions, deals, and…
North American Boxing Federation (NABF) Featherweight Champion Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero (18-1-1, 11 KOs) will challenge International Boxing Federation (IBF) 126-pound champion Eric “Mighty Mouse†Aiken (16-4, 12 KOs) Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at STAPLES Center. SHOWTIME will televise the world title bout at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). The explosive match-up,…
Super middleweight contender Rubin “Hollywood†Williams, coming off of a National Boxing Association title winning performance last Friday in Las Vegas, has his sights set on a major world title shot within 12 months. For now, though, the Detroit native is open to fighting any top 20 rated fighter. Williams (29-2, 16 KOs), 30, has…
Sherman “The Caribbiaean Tank” Williams needed just 71 seconds to demolish Josh Gutcher and retain his NBA World Heavyweight and WBA FEDECARIBE Heavyweight Champion titles. Following his one round victory Williams said… “This was certainly one of the best KO’s I’ve scored.” when asked what lies ahead he stated… “I’m just going to be waiting…
It’s the fight game’s equivalent to a high noon gunfight at the last chance saloon tonight when Verno Phillips and Teddy Reid gets to grips on a Banner Promotions bill at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Officially the prize up for grabs is the little known Trans America Middleweight title belt on this ESPN telecast…
Courtesy www.frankmaloney.com There he was, the dancing master, shuffling up the steps as though battling through an invisible blizzard, his clasp on the flickering torch heartbreakingly compromised by hands that shook uncontrollably. For over two decades, from his professional debut in 1960 as a scrawny teenager to that profoundly sad wintry night in 1981 when…
By Andre Courtemanche Judging by his comments during the Ike Quartey/Vernon Forrest fight last Saturday, HBO color man Larry Merchant doesn’t think much of Shannon Briggs’ chances against Wladimir Klitschko in their proposed showdown for the IBF Heavyweight Championship (scheduled for November 11 in New York City). Some of the top trainers in boxing say…
By Tom Donelson Ringsports.com Jack Hirsch challenged a little bit of conventional wisdom, namely that golden age of boxing was in the distant past. How often do we hear, “the golden era of boxing on television was in the 50’s, 60’s or even the 70’s and early 80’s.” Mr. Hirsch believes that we are living…