The Golden Boy – A Living Legend, A Fighter In The Twilight Of His Career Oscar has always had the word “retirement†on his lips, but up until now, it was probably the last thing on his mind. When boxing’s Golden Boy came back from his shocking knockout loss to Bernard Hopkins, many were left…
Few world champion boxers can be as friendly and easygoing as IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods. The Sheffield box-puncher prides himself on his unpretentious working class roots, and is the type of fighter who greets autographs hunters with a handshake and almost embarrassed smile. However, with his crucial rubber match with Glen Johnson now…
The Mitchell twins, Aaron and Eric, and Leo “Paco” Nolan were all victorious last night Saturday night in title matches featured on “Fight Night” at Club Cinema in Pompano Beach. Aaron “Homicide” Mitchell (25-1-1, 20 KOs) captured the vacant IBO International middleweight championship by sixth-round TKO of Christopher “The Hammer” Holt (12-7, 8 KOs) in…
In the sunny climes of Pompano Beach, Silverhawk Boxing put on a show featuring the middleweight Mitchell brothers of Philadelphia at Club Cinema. Aaron Mitchell, 25-1-1 (2), won the IBO Intercontinental belt with a sixth round stoppage over Christopher Holt, 12-7 (8). Holt, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, went to war with the big puncher but…
8 Count Promotions teams up with Golden Boy Promotions to present Independence Brawl at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 15 September. Headlining the evening is the WBC’s #1 ranked super middleweight Librado Andrade, 23-0 (17KO’s) a native of Leon Guanajuato, Mexico, who will battle Richard Grant, 19-13-1 (5KO’s) of Brooklyn, NY in a scheduled…
I had the pleasure of talking with former heavyweight champion Oliver “The Atomic Bull” McCall recently. McCall is getting ready to face Darroll Wilson on 9 September in Louisville, KY. Although Wilson is not a top caliber fighter, he is helping to keep the former champion busy. McCall has fought seven times since February of…
The massive left hook that Ricky Hatton gunned down Carlos Maussa with last November in Sheffield seems to have taken any world class skills that the rangy, wild swinging Colombian may have had as the ex-WBA Light Welter Champ lost to unheralded Mexican Manuel Garnica at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami, FL. The hard punching…
Sergio Mora, Ishe Smith and Alfonso Gomez all came up with wins on two separate fight cards last night in America. Mora, 19-0 (4), had the toughest assignment in the form of towering middleweight Eric Regan, 26-3 (17), but “The Latin Snake” used his natural athleticism to keep away from his power punching hometown opponent…
When a man wakes up in the morning, looks in the mirror and slaps on gasoline rather than aftershave, lighting a match around him is about as imprudent as leaning through the bars to feed a gnarling, half-starved tiger. Someone should have told heavyweight contender Samuel Peter beforehand that he was about to share a…
Junior welterweight prospect Chad Brisson, of Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada, makes his first start in 12 months when he boxes veteran Russell Stoner Jones, of Denver, CO, in the scheduled 10-round main event Friday, Sept. 29, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at…
Ricky Hatton and his promoter Dennis Hobson have welcomed the news that pound-for-pound fighter and potential rival Jose Luis Castillo has escaped a lengthy suspension from boxing. On Thursday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission fined the Mexican $250,000 – the maximum amount allowed – for his failure to make the 135lbs championship weight limit for…
A new date has been set for the IBF Middleweight World Title fight between Edison Miranda and Arthur Abraham for September 23, 2006 at the Rittal Arena in Wetzlar, Germany. The fight, which was originally scheduled for this Saturday, August 26th at the EWE-Arena in Oldenburg, Germany, was postponed when Abraham suddenly developed the Flu.