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…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Only Three Weeks To Go To The Big Sports Network Bill From Manchester In a fight originally scheduled for November 5, unbeaten super middleweight champions Joe Calzaghe and Jeff Lacy put their perfect records on the line during the early morning hours (2AM British time)…
One of the top middleweights in the world, Sam Soliman, stepped in as a late replacement to face Raul “El Toro” Munoz, of Topeka, KS as the headlining bout of Goosen – Tutor’s Pechanga fight card in Temecula, CA. The Melbourne, Australia man applied his trademark hurricane style which proved to be too much for…
On the undercard of Goosen – Tutor’s Sam Soliman – Raul Munoz fight card last night from Pechanga Resort and Casino inTemecula, California, former heavyweight world title challenger Kirk Johnson met with Los Angeles area prospect Javier Mora. It was a big step up for Mora but Johnson, of Nova Scotia, Canada was continuing his…
It was a welterweight showdown between Miguel “The Flame” Figueroa and Larry Mosley last night on a Golden Boy East promotion at the New Alhambra in Philadelphia on a ESPN2 Friday Night Fights broadcast. The two waged war for the vacant NABO title but at the end of twelve rounds the ringside officials couldn’t pick…
Australian Shannan Taylor will take a walk in to the Last Chance Saloon on tonight when he challenges unbeaten Armenian Arthur Abraham for his IBF Middleweight Championship. Taylor has challenged for a legitimate world title once before, almost five years ago when “Sugar” Shane Mosley, then acknowledged as one of the best pound for pound…