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…
The Nikolai “Giant Russian” Valuev media tour makes a stop at the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Sears Tower in Chicago, today after a successful tour of New York two days ago. The WBA Heavyweight Champion and Don King were featured on the Fox News Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” in the…
Highly-regarded Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter is by no means the only top-flight heavyweight in the stable of Duva Boxing and promoter Dino Duva. Here comes undefeated Mike “The Italian Stallion†Marrone, who will show his considerable talent on the under card of the big Peter vs. Toney show at Staples Center this Saturday night,…
Johnson challenges Woods to a bet of $50,000 on this weekends IBF Title fight, Woods refuses. As things heat up for the IBF Light Heavyweight Title fight between Glen Johnson and Clinton Woods, Johnson confronts Woods at today’s press conference in Bolton, England regarding comments that Woods apparently made in reference to knocking Johnson out…
WBO Junior Featherweight Champion and current Golden Boy Promotions fighter Daniel Ponce De Leon has re-signed a multi-fight deal/multi-year deal with Golden Boy Promotions. “Golden Boy Promotions is committed to the success of Daniel Ponce De Leon and we are very pleased that he has decided to remain in the Golden Boy family. At Golden…
Unlike previous media gatherings in advance of the September 2nd “NO RISK, NO REWARD†boxing event, today’s final press conference at LA’s Staples Center featured little in the way of the usual banter and personal insults. Instead, main event heavyweights James “Lights Out†Toney and Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter, and co-featured IBF Featherweight champion…