Don’t Miss Stefan Christou’s Upcoming Full Ringside Report And Giant Photo Gallery! Ex-European Super Featherweight Titlist Tontcho Tontchev came roaring back to life this afternoon at London’s historic York Hall, knocking out Welshman “Dynamite” Dean Phillips in the first frame of their scheduled eight round lightweight affair on a Maloney Promotions bill. This was supposed…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last night in Cleveland, Sergei “The White Wolf” Liakhovich graduated into the top class of heavyweights by storming Lamon Brewster over 12 rounds to take the WBO title from the mercurial champion. On a Showtime broadcast seen all over America, the two rivals engaged in…
The Cold War may be over, but the Russians refuse to go away. Despite being a huge underdog and having remained inactive for the past 16 months, Belarus native Sergei Liakhovich shocked the sports world by scoring a 12-round unanimous decision over champion Lamon Brewster to capture the WBO heavyweight title Saturday on SHOWTIME.
Aussie light heavy Jason “the Nailer†Delisle has been training the house down since Xmas with the possible rematch with Clinton Woods looming. Speaking from his home in Sydney he said “This is one of the sports where you have to put the horse before the cart and I have been training all year for…
Don’t Miss All The Action Tonight At 11PM On Showtime! Lamon Brewster (33-2, 29 KOs) will make the fourth defense of his WBO title when he takes on once-beaten Sergei “The White Wolf” Liakhovich (22-1, 14 KOs) Saturday, April 1, 2006, on Showtime Championship Boxing (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). The 12-round…
Looking to put his claim in as one of the best heavyweights in the world Sherman Williams scored a third round knockout over David Na’il of Fayetteville, NC. After an even first round Williams took control and knocked Na’il down in the second before closing the fight with a vicious right had that had Na’il…
“The Nigerian Nightmare” Leads Friday Night Fights Bill On April 28 Dino Duva is pleased to announce that granite fisted heavyweight slugger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter will return to action on Friday night, April 28, as he headlines a 1-2-3 punch of Duva Boxing heavyweights live at the Mohegan Sun. ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights…
For 17 years Ricky Quiles has toiled in the boxing gym, fought and won all over the United States, waiting for his one opportunity to shine. On Thursday, May 18, Quiles finally gets that long-awaited world title shot when he faces former World Champion Julio Diaz for the interim International Boxing Federation Lightweight Championship on…
New Boxing Reality Show May Hit TV Screens In 2007 Dutch production company No Brain No Gain today announced that it had finalized plans for a reality based American TV show that will feature average fans getting the opportunity to climb in the ring with current boxing champions. “We’re very excited about this project, which…
Dean Phillips steps into the ring at the home of British Boxing the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Sunday to establish his place amongst Britain’s top lightweights. Phillips who faces from European champion Tontcho Tontchev knows nothing less than a convincing performance will get the attention of the boxing public. Phillips at 30 knows…
In a fabulous doubleheader on “ShoBox: The New Generation†Friday on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), physically-gifted Anthony “The Messenger†Thompson takes on battle-tested contender Darnell Boone in a 10-round super welterweight bout, and “Vicious†Victor Ortiz meets fellow Southern Californian “Feisty†Freddie Barrera in an 8-round lightweight duel.
British fight fans can judge for themselves if Howard Eastman is justified in his belief that his exhilarating IBF middleweight final eliminator against Edison Miranda in Florida last weekend shouldn’t have been stopped. Sky Sports will show the contest “originally covered by ESPN” in full on Friday 31st March from 10pm. Former undefeated British, Commonwealth…