Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing Both Oscar DeLaHoya and Ricardo Mayorga weighed in at a ready and trim 153.5 lbs for their upcoming championship bout Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV.
Click for larger image © Emily Harney / Showtime Boxing The four boxers who will appear on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING’s world championship doubleheader Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) made the weight easily at Friday’s weigh-in at Worcester, Mass. Alejandro “Terra” Garcia (left) and Jose Antonio Rivera each weighed 152…
The subject of both fights between Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, and Charles “Sonny†Liston is one that has been argued over for decades. Since as soon as the action in both matches ended there have been opinions aplenty as to the true nature of their results. Many people claim that both fights were undeniably…
The weigh-in for the two title fights to be held at Stoke’s Kings Hall tomorrow 6th May were held this afternoon at ST1 Club in Hanley. Scott Lawton defends his Midlands Area Lightweight title against Baz Carey and Gary Reid and Kevin McIntyre will face off for the vacant British Masters Title.
The “Golden Boy” meets “El Matador” this weekend at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada! Twenty months after his last ring outing, Oscar De La Hoya once again laces up the gloves and challenges Nicaraguan Ricardo Mayorga for his WBC Light Middleweight crown. De La Hoya, now 33, has done it all in the…
Sports Network’s Superb Homecoming Show Set For Saturday 8 July, 2006 Click for larger image © Matthew Voyle / Saddo Boxing The red carpet led the way into pride of Cardiff City centre’s Millennium Stadium, all kitted out with deck chairs, beach balls and Walls Cornetto’s on tap. The management at the unrivalled venue looked…
Lee Meager believes that both he and gym-mate Lenny Daws will make the most of their British title opportunities on the Hennessy Sports “Twenty-Four” event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday May 12th. The duo – both schooled from day one by Hennessy Sports trainer Robert McCracken at the team facility in…
2002 Commonwealth Games Gold medallist Darren Barker still intends to take a step closer to challenging for the British light middleweight title on the Hennessy Sport “Twenty-Four” event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on May 12th, despite the withdrawal of Darren Rhodes from their scheduled eliminator for the Championship. “Naturally, I’m disappointed that…
SHOWTIME will kick off the Cinco de Mayo weekend with the first of excellent back-to-back fight cards on Friday, May 5. In the main event on “ShoBox: The New Generation†(11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), North American Boxing Association flyweight champion Cesar “El Gallito’’ Lopez (18-2, four KOs) defends against Glenn “The…
Despite some incendiary statements by WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga at Wednesday’s final press conference, Saturday’s challenger, Oscar De La Hoya, assures boxing fans that there will be a fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night. ‘The fight is on,’ said De La Hoya, who will be looking to add another…
They call him the “Nailer†and on May 13 the 33yo Aussie intends to live up to his reputation when he faces IBF Light Heavy Champ Clinton Woods in Sheffield England. Having already faced Woods in an IBF Eliminator 18 months ago Delisle is confident he has the Wood on his opponent. Delisle dropped Woods…
Mmm… The Three M’s We’ve had the “Busby Babes”, the “Fergie Kids” and the “Arsenal Youth” now we introduce you to the three M’s, “Maloney’s Mighty Minnows”, this is the name boxing manager and promoter Frank Maloney, all 5ft 3in of him who took 6ft 5in Lennox Lewis to the undisputed heavyweight title, has given…