Scott Lawton will travel to Doncaster on Friday night to face off against Stefy Bull in what had been scheduled to be a final eliminator for the English Lightweight Title. British Boxing Board of Control officials have announced today however that the ten round contest is no longer an eliminator but instead will be for…
Silverhawk Boxing has signed former world title challenger Corey “Primetime†Johnson (33-2-2, 11 KOs) to an exclusive promotional contract. Detroit-native Johnson, 35, fought Kosta Tszyu for the International Boxing Federation light welterweight title in 1996. The slick southpaw captured the IBC light welterweight championship in 1994 by fifth-round TKO of Louis Ramirez. Johnston has defeated…
Northwest heavyweight favorite Chauncy “The Baby Face†Welliver of Spokane, Washington will take his shot at the NWBA title against of Grove City, Ohio’s Chad Van Sickle in the 10 round main event at the Lucky Eagle Casino on Saturday, June 10th at 7pm. The 22 year old Welliver sports a 29-3-3 record with 11…
“The Hitman†Slips Into “Motor City Cobra†Mode After his heartbreaking loss to “Sugar†Ray Leonard, his first ever as a professional, Tommy Hearns regrouped with decent wins over Ernie Singletary, Marcos Geraldo and Jeff McCracken. With revenge over Leonard uppermost in his mind, Tommy set his sights on winning another world title. He moved…
Australian IBF/IBO Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan looked impressive last night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, finishing Mexican challenger Luis Maldonado halfway through the eighth round after an action packed slugfest. Both men came to fight from the moment the first bell rang but Darchinyan, 26-0 (21), began to pull clear by…
Giant Heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev stopped unworthy challenger Owen Back in the third round last night in Hannover, Germany, to retain his WBA Heavyweight crown. Beck gave it a real try but the sheer size difference was too much as he was floored twice before the referee saved him from further punishment. Valuev did what…
Last night in Detroit, Michigan, Mary Joe Sanders kept her perfect 21-0 (6) record intact with a dominating performance to take the vacant WIBA Light Middleweight crown. The 32 year old Sanders won every round on the scorecards at The Palace at Auburn Hills but could not knock out the previously unbeaten Tricia Turton, now…
Irish super bantam Bernard Dunne put on a clinic last night at the National Stadium in Dublin, outboxing American tourist David “El Finito” Martinez over the course of the bout until the action was called less than a minute into the eighth round. There are several attractive potential domestic matchups for Dunne, 21-0 (13), particulalry…
Former British Super Featherweight title challenger Steve Conway’s surprise run as IBO Light Middle Champion came to an end last night in Hungary last night as the Englishman was outpointed by Atilla Kovacs 116-111 and 117-110 twice. Conway, 34-7 (6), began moving up in weight after suffering a knockout loss to Alex Arthur for the…
Ex-world title challenger Eric Harding put his NABF Light Heavyweight title at risk against the undefeated prospect “Bad” Chad Dawson last night in Santa Ynez, California. Despite Harding having only five more bouts under his belt than Dawson, the Philadelphia southpaw had so much more experience going to this bout that many predicted an experience…
Heavyweight hopeful Owen Beck finally gets a world title shot after twenty seven contests but will have to pull off what has fast become a suicide mission; challenging the truly mammoth Nickolay Valuev in Germany. The towering, seven foot tall, three hundred and twenty pound Russian, 43-0 (31), has chewed up a fair amount of…
After Jose Luis Castillo’s unexpected weight watchers fiasco on the scales yesterday, one of Australian boxing leading hopes, Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan, will be thrust into the white hot spotlight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The Sydney man will place his IBF and IBO Flyweight belts at risk against little known…