Northeast Promotions presents Friday night fights live from Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Friday March 10, 2006. In the main event Lenord Pierre (18 – 1 13KO’s) Catskill, NY will take on Willie Gibbs (19 – 1 17KO’s) Philadelphia, PA for the vacant USBA Middleweight title.
The Grapple At Southampton Guildhall Images courtesy of DavidOakleyPhotography.co.uk On Sunday evening, one night after Joe Calzaghe provided one of the most exciting moments in British boxing history, the audience at Southampton’s Guildhall was privileged to witness an excellent Southern Arena Heavyweight title fight between reigning champion Colin Kenna and challenger Mickey Steeds. Along with…
“It could have been the hotdog guy and Walcott would have taken his advice.” Over 100 championship belts; three kids in the Olympic trials; the reigning women?s World Amateur Welterweight Champion; two U.S Boxing Championships; five National Golden Glove titles; and an 18-0 welterweight pro, Jason LeHoullier, who is starting to garner some national attention….
Former two-time world lightweight champion Stevie “Lil’ But Bad†Johnson (38-3-1, 17 kos) headlines the Ringsports/Silverhawk co-promotion as he fights Gavin “The Dominator†Down (29-7, 14 kos) for the NBA World Super Lightweight Championship in Ybor City on Mar. 31st at 8pm. Heavyweight Sherman Williams (28-10-2, 15 kos) takes on Adenilson Rodrigues (18-3-0, 14 kos)…
Reigning European cruiserweight champion David Haye has praised the heroics displayed by Enzo Maccarinelli and Mark Hobson during Saturday’s (March 4) sizzling domestic showdown – but sent out a chilling message to both should they ever meet the London puncher. Welshman Maccarinelli survived numerous rocky moments to drop Hobson in the third round, and eventually…
Maloney Promotions are disappointed to announce that Friday’s show at the York Hall featuring the British bantamweight fight between Martin Power and Isaac Ward has had to be cancelled due to the British champion picking up an injury.
Joe Calzaghe Vs Jeff Lacy © Mike Cleary
In Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto extended his WBO Light Welterweight Championship reign by taking apart a solid challenger in Italy’s Gianluca Branco. The Puerto Rican superstar was dominant from the first bell and despite Branco’s best efforts, the European fighter could not take Cotto’s power. After eight rounds of being strafed by Cotto’s arsenal,…
Arthur Abraham put on the best performance of his career in defense of his IBF Middleweight last night in Oldenberg, Germany by crushing the efforts of Australian visitor Shannan Taylor. The tourist from Down Under lasted the distance, more a testament to his sheer toughness than an indication of his competitive abilities against Arthur. The…
Cat quick WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John has yet again defeated another challenger to his throne, this time the well respected Mexican former double titlist Juan Manuel Marquez as the two met on the island of Borneo in Indonesia last night. It wasn’t as one sided as his defense against Derrick Gainer a year ago…
The fractious British cruiserweight division became a bit clearer tonight on the Calzaghe – Lacy undercard from the M.E.N. arena as WBU Champion and British and Commonwealth supremo Mark Hobson put on a full blooded twelve round performance that was so close the judges at ringside were divided in the outcome. When the smoke finally…
In front of an M.E.N Arena full of screaming partisan fans, WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe utterly dominated visitor Jeff Lacy over the course of twelve rounds to annex the American’s IBF title to his trophy cabinet. It was a masterful performance from the Welshman as his quicker hands guided razor sharp straight punches…