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Light middleweights Francisco Villa and Teefo Seetso squared off on the undercard of Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo card from Las Vegas, New Mexico on Friday. Both men are novices in the early parts of their career but that didn’t stop the fighters from tearing into each other with abandon over the …

Super bantams Antonio Escalante – Trinidad Mendoza opened up Telefutura’s Friday night broadcast of this week’s installment of “Solo Boxeo” and it was largely three rounds of one sided action. The twenty year old Escalante, of El Paso, Texas, came into the bout with just one loss in ten contests …

It was British boxing at it’s finest last night when European and Commonwealth Champion Esham Pickering and British Champion Michael Hunter collided on a superb Matchroom Promotions card televised by Sky TV. The clash took place in Hartlepool, England’s Borough Hall in front of a packed house of Hunter’s rabid …

Tonight one of the most anticipated all British clashes of the year takes place at Borough Hall in Hartlepool, England. Matchroom Promotions will preside over the pairing of European and Commonwealth Super Bantamweight Champion Esham Pickering against British Champion at that weight, Michael Hunter. It’s a match made in heaven …

Two Brawlers, One Ring And A Collision Headed for Stateline, Nevada In the sport of boxing, fans and writers alike anticipate fights that will have us on the edge of our seats. We savor scheduled bouts that will have us looking forward to fight night. We keep an eye out …

WILLIAMS: AUDLEY VICTORY WILL BE SWEETER THAN TYSON WIN Danny Williams reckons beating up Audley Harrison will be sweeter than knocking-out Mike Tyson. The Brixton puncher takes on Harrison at the ExCeL London on Saturday 10 December in the biggest all-British heavyweight clash since Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno 12 years ago. …

SANTIAGO’S STOCK SOARS AFTER SIZZLING “SHOBOX” SUCCESS “ShoBox” Telecast to Be Replayed on SHOWTIME TOO Tonight/Thursday, Oct. 27, at 11 PM ET/PT NEW YORK (Oct. 27, 2005) – Mario Santiago surprised a lot of people, but not himself, with his impressive fifth-round TKO over International Boxing Federation (IBF) No. 15 …

Iraqi War veteran Sgt. Eric Manzebo leads U.S. Marines Boxing Team at Foxwoods Veterans’ Day Spectacular Nov. 11 Iraqi War veteran Sgt. Eric Manzebo leads the U.S. Marines Boxing Team from Camp Lejeune (NC) on the second annual Great Northeast Tour, promoted by S & L Boxing, and headlined by …

CES CLOSES OUT 2005 WITH A BANG ON NOVEMBER 23RD! Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) announced today at the Hi Hat in Davol Square that it will close out its 2005 boxing season with a major event on Wednesday, November 23rd at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Downtown …

Former WBU Light Middle Champion Mehrdud “Takaloo” Takalobigashi has dropped down a weight class and is in training for his next exciting matchup, a highly anticipated pairing against the steel tough Belfastman Eamonn Magee on December 10th for the WBU Welterweight title. The two are scheduled as just one of …

SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION MEDIA LUNCHEON/PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES TUESDAY, OCT. 26, 2005, AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD TIMES SQUARE UNDEFEATED MIDDLEWEIGHT SECHEW POWELL, IBF No 12 JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT ARCHAK Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime TER-MELIKSETIAN N.Y. STATE 168-POUND CHAMPION JAIDON CODRINGTON In two match-ups that typify the essence of the SHOWTIME …

Showtime and DiBella Entertainment have teamed up to bring possibly the best ShoBox boxing card since the program’s inception in 2001. The card will feature veteran light middleweight southpaw Sechew “Iron Horse” Powell as the headlining attraction and New York State Super Middleweight Champ Jaidon “The Don” Codrington in an …