The whole country has gone World Cup Crazy and everyone is waiting to see if Wayne Rooney will make it to Germany. Whilst other sports are suffering Boxing Promoter Frank Maloney is smiling and rubbing his hands together as he has unearthed a genuine World class fighter and is amazed that other promoters have not…
Without wishing a fellow British world champion ill, IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods is nevertheless happy that Joe Calzaghe’s July 8 title fight with Glen Johnson is off. Calzaghe pulled out of the Cardiff clash Friday even as it was due to be announced, and now Woods is hopeful that he will get the…
Team Malignaggi is upset about Friday’s weigh in being held at 1 PM, rather than the traditional 5 PM start, for Saturday night’s WBO light welterweight title match at Madison Square Garden between defending champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs) and Paulie “The Magic Man†Malignaggi (21-0, 5 KOs). Malignaggi’s manager, Sal LoNano, questioned the…
Popular heavyweight Chauncy “Hillyard Hammer” Welliver and veteran Frank Wood have agreed in principle, pending the former’s scheduled match this weekend, to fight each other on the July 29th “Hold Nothing Back!” pay-per-view event for the vacant WBC Continental Americas title at the Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Five-time world champion Roy Jones, Jr. (49-4,…
Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing Australian flyweight king Vic Darchinyan made the most of his sudden opportunity as the headliner for Showtime boxing on Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Darchinyan used his phenomemal punching power to overwhelm tough Mexican Luis Maldonado and force…
What some of you may not have known is that a heavyweight title fight took place Saturday night in Germany. Russian Nikolai Valuev put his WBA strap on the line against a very undeserving challeneger in Owen “What the Heck” Beck. The Jamacian Beck was coming off losing his last two out of three fights….
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…