Viper Gets Decision Over Bazooka! Ouma A Bad Dream For Iron Horse! Saturday night at the theater in New York’s Madison Square Garden, former welterweight world champions, Ike “Bazooka†Quartey and Vernon “The Viper†Forrest, faced off in a ten round junior middleweight crossroads bout, each attempting to recapture past glory. In round one of…
Courtesy www.frankmaloney.com Roy Jones Jr., and always has been a conundrum. A man with a paradoxical capacity not only for heart-warming kindness but also unconscionable cruelty, he can flash an unassuming, seemingly genuine modesty whilst, usually with a bit more vocal inflection, be equally inclined to launch into an egotistical, cringe-inducing tirade in which he…
The Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) highly commended the “astute efforts” of the Mohegan Department of Athletic Regulation, its Director and its Chief Ringside Physician in thwarting the “egregious efforts” of two boxers to obtain a boxing license and participate in bouts at the Mohegan Sun based upon fraudulent medical records. In announcing such praise,…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Montbleu Resort Casino in Stateline, Nevada saw Mexico’s boxing brothers, Juan Manuel and Rafael Marquez, both win their contests in exciting bouts. Rafael, 36-3-1 (32), defended his IBF Bantamweight belt for the seventh consecutive time, stopping South African challenger Silence Mabuza, 19-2 (15), in the…
Last night at New York’s fabled Madison Square Garden, former welterweight world champions Vernon Forrest and Ike Quartey clashed as light middleweights and when the smoke finally cleared it was the towering Forrest who came away with a disputed win. Failing to hold on to the competitive advantage established early, Forrest found himself timed by…
The crowd was at capacity Friday night when Guilty Promotions in association with Silverhawk Boxing promoted a night of Championship boxing in the new exhibit hall inside the South Coast Hotel & Casino in the fabulous city of Las Vegas, Nevada. The Main Event of the evening saw the newly crowned NBA World Champion Rubin…
Former world boxing champion Anthony Mundine is set to run for Parliament as an independent at the state election in March, 2007. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the former St George- Illawarra Dragons and Brisbane Broncos rugby league star will contest the inner-city seat of Marrickville, which is held by Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt,…
Through hard work, determination, consistent marketing and great fight cards, Seminole Warriors Boxing has propelled itself to upper echelon of the boxing promotions industry. The latest installment of Seminole Warriors Boxing events was held on Friday, July 28th and featured exactly what they have become known for, competitively matched bouts and fists full of action…
Rafael and Juan Manuel Marquez, two of the best brother tandems in boxing history, will be showcased tonight in beautiful South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in an outdoor event likely to produce fireworks. Slick counterpunching Juan Manuel will look to regain his winning ways after controversially losing his WBA Featherweight title to the talented Chris John…
Plus a Preview of Kassim Ouma – Sechew Powell! Tonight HBO will showcase two fights that represent each end of the boxing spectrum. In the main event, we have two former champs on the comeback trail and on the undercard, two of boxing’s rising stars look to cement their place at the top. But before…
On the 12th of this month, sole American World Heavyweight Champion Hasim Rahman attempts to prevent the title being the 100% ownership of Eastern European fighters. Opposing Rahman is old foe Oleg Maskaev, who holds a KO Victory over “The Rock” back in 1999. On that night Rahman was well ahead on points before being…
Click for larger image © Mary Ann Owen / For Showtime Boxing The semi-finals of the “ShoBox†super middleweight tournament are set as Tony Hanshaw and LaFarrell Bunting advanced with victories in opening-round bouts Friday on SHOWTIME.