Sports Network hosted yet another thrilling card tonight but it was bittersweet for the promotional powerhouse as the London firm saw one of it’s leading lights, Michael Jennings, go down in defeat in the same ring in which their teenaged domestic mega star Amir Khan enjoyed the greatest victory yet …
Read More »Beyer, Vidoz Lead Way On German Boxing Card
Markus Beyer successfully retained his WBC Super Middleweight title tonight in Berlin, Germany for the eighth time, strafing challenger Alberto Colajanni for the entirety of their twelve round skirmish before belting out the Italian for good in the final stanza. The 32 year old Colajanni came into the affair unblemished …
Read More »Michael Gomez Suffers Disastrous Lightweight Boxing Debut
Former British and WBU Super Featherweight Champion Michael Gomez was once one of the most pound for pound feared men in a British ring but after now losing two consecutive bouts by way of stoppage the Manchester based Irishman is facing a career crisis. Earlier tonight on a Brian Peters …
Read More »Graham Earl Defeats Yuri Romanov To Win The Boxing Battle Of Britain
British and Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Graham Earl pulled off a striking upset Friday night on a Maloney Promotions fight card in the London suburb of Dagenham, England when the hard nosed Luton boxer simply refused to back down from Belasrussian Brit killer Yuri “The Czar” Romanov over the course of …
Read More »Kassim \”The Dream\” Ouma Continues Boxing Comeback
Friday night on a Golden Boy promotion at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tuscon, Arizona, ex-IBF Light Middle Champion Kassim Ouma took another step in his comeback as the Florida based Ugandan native gunned down the far more experienced Argentine campaigner Francisco Antonio Mora after eight one sided rounds. Determined …
Read More »Virgil Hill Captures Fifth World Boxing Title
“Quicksilver” struck again as 42 year old Virgil Hill managed to turn back the clock against Russian tourist Valery Brudov Friday night at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City to take a well deserved unanimous decision and the vacant WBA Cruiserweight title. On a shared Silverhawk/Guilty/Star Boxing Promotion, Hill started …
Read More »Boxing Weigh-in Photos: Amir Khan – Michael Jennings
Don’t Miss This Fantastic Shared Michael Jennings/Amir Khan Bill! The weigh-in for Sports Network’s much awaited bill tomorrow at the Nottingham Arena went off without a hitch today as headliners Michael Jennings and Amir Khan made their trips to the scales in front of a room packed with photographers and …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Jamie Moore – Vladimir Borovski
British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore makes his debut for Maloney Promotions tonight on the undercard of Graham Earl’s dangerous encounter with Yuri Romanov at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham. Moore, from Manchester, will be hoping to breakthrough into world class in 2006 after seeing off domestic rivals David …
Read More »Boxing Quotes: Jose Luis Castillo – Rolando Reyes
Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo faces Rolando Reyes in the 12-round main event (contracted weight is 137 pounds) Saturday, Feb. 4, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ER/PT, delayed on the west coast). Castillo will face WBC lightweight champion Diego “Chico” Corrales in a highly anticipated rubber match later …
Read More »Boxing Info: Chavez Vs Barrera
They have battled and defeated the best boxing has to offer; they have fought for world championships, for the roar of the crowd and for a place in boxing history. On Saturday, March 25, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., Mexican warriors Jesus Chavez and Marco …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Derry Matthews – Steve Chinnock
Unbeaten featherweight Derry Matthews goes for his first title Saturday night on the big Sports Network show in Nottingham when he meets former English Super Featherweight challenger Steve Chinnock over ten rounds. Matthews, from Liverpool, is unbeaten in all fourteen of his professional fights and will be looking to make …
Read More »Boxing Profile: The Year Of the \”Iron Horse\”
Sechew Powell Makes his mark in 2006 As the 2006 boxing year begins to settle in, their has already been much to talk about. Personal triumphs with O’Neil Bell unifying the titles in the cruiserweight division, Manny Paquiao knocking out Eric Morales, and now Sechew Powell steps in the ring …
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