By Mike Casile Philaboxingreport.com The steady sound you heard last night in the Thomas Mack arena in Las Vegas, was not the clock ticking closer to midnight, for the 37 year old Cinderella man ,Oleg Maskaev (33 – 5, 26 KO’s), but rather the beautifully placed left hooks, he seemed to surprise the “lackluster†Hasim…
Last night saw some decent action around the globe, the most important of which occurred on the Maskaev – Rahman undercard in Las Vegas. That bill saw two important contests, chiefly a WBC Lightweight eliminator between Jose Armando Santa Cruz and David Diaz. Santa Cruz led the whole way, pitching a shutout behind his high…
It was a heavyweight shootout of Cold War proportions last night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas as Russian born Oleg Maskaev turned back the clock and once again stopped defending WBC Champion Hasim Rahman. The two combatants met almost seven years ago and Maskaev knocked Rahman out of the ring for…
The two main undercard fights to the Rahman-Maskaev heavyweight title bout tonight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas are perhaps being overlooked as both bouts are capable of stealing the show. WBC Lightweight champion Jose Armando Santa Cruz (23-1, 13KO’s) defends his title against southpaw punching David Diaz(31-1-1, 16KO’s). Michoacan, Mexico native…
Click for larger image © James Slater / Saddo Boxing Just outside the centre of Manchester stands a no-frills, old-school boxing gym. Its title has a rather quaint ring to it, and inside the well equipped building, veteran trainer Brian Hughes is hard at work with his stable of fighters, fighters who prefer the old…
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…
Last night at the Mountaineer Racetrack in Chester, West Virginia, Edner Cherry annexed the vacant NABF Lightweight title with a dramatic twelfth round stoppage of Daniel Alicea. Cherry, 21-4-2 (10), had been pitching a shutout for the previous eleven frames, painting the slower Alicea with leather brushstrokes despite injuring a hand in the process. In…
Peltz Says Name Vaule Seems More Important Than Ability; Claims Kassim Ouma Is Shut Out Hall-of-Fame promoter J Russell Peltz says name recognition and relationships with rankings organizations and television networks is what makes the boxing business go. “Never in the history of boxing has a fighter’s ability meant less than it does today,†says…
A Brutal KO Remembered Hailing from Sheffield, England, Herol “Bomber” Graham turned pro in 1978 with a points win over six rounds. It would be almost ten years before he was to lose a fight. He was able to frustrate every single opponent he fought with his uncommon defensive moves, southpaw stance and speed. Never…
Last night at the Orleans in Las Vegas, WBC Light Flyweight Champion Brian Viloria waited for the perfect punch against challenger Omar Nino Romero but unfortunately for the pint sized body basher from Hawaii, that opportunity never came. After getting handled in the first round, the Guadalajara, Mexico based Romero, who nickname is the “Giant…
courtesy www.frankmaloney.com He didn’t know HBO commentator Jim Lampley well enough to be sitting on his lap, but was thankful for the cushy landing nonetheless. In the consistently mercurial career of two-time heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, there tends to be almost as many highs and lows in the space of a year as one would…
Tonight at the Mountaineer Racetrack in Chester, West Virginia, lightweights Edner Cherry and Daniel Alicea are set to headline a good ESPN2 Friday Night Fights card as they clash over the vacant NABF Lightweight crown. The bill also includes IBA Super Feather kingpin Monty Meza Clay squaring off with southpaw spoiler Dean White as well…