Joe Calzaghe’s sensational win last weekend against Jeff Lacy has inspired fellow Welshman Gary Lockett to win the WBU World Middleweight title this Saturday (11 March) at the Newport Sports Centre. Lockett was due to face Ryan Rhodes but the Sheffield switch-hitter withdrew from the fight citing a back injury sustained in training. Instead, Lockett…
Reigning IBF/IBO flyweight world boxing champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan has his knockout targets set on WBC Interim flyweight champion Jorge Arce. 26 year-old Arce defends his title against Rosendo Alvarez on the Floyd Mayweather-Zab Judah card on April 8 in Las Vegas. Should he be successful, Darchinyan wants Arce in the ring next.
Headlining an action packed card is the rematch between Colin Kidd Wilson and Nathan Briggs. Wilson was victorious in their last outing but admitted that the injury to Brigg’s hand during the fight was a telling factor. Nathan Briggs has now had time to recover and is more focussed than ever before. Rarely is an…
The 20th anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues on Cinco de Mayo weekend with a world championship doubleheader Saturday, May 6, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. In one of two world title fights promoted by Don King Productions, hard-hitting Alejandro “Terra” Garcia…
Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Danny Williams heads to Glasgow to replace Scott Harrison on the March 25 show at the Braehead Arena. Harrison, the WBO World Featherweight Champion, was ruled out of his title defence against Joan Guzman yesterday by doctors following a gum infection after a wisdom tooth was removed.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Now Available on the iTunes Music Store iTunes Music Store To Offer First Boxing Download; Super Middleweight World Title Unification – Jeff Lacy vs. Joe Calzaghe – From Saturday, March 4! CBS Corporation’s Showtime Networks Inc. announced that the iTunes Music Store is offering its first boxing match for download. The world…
After great consideration and deliberation with boxing people and Team Magee, Maloney Promotions have today decided to move the classic British and Commonwealth Super-middleweight title fight between Carl Froch the champion and Brian Magee to the home of British boxing the atmospheric York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, this is a venue where many titles…
Hamburg – Even though the main event at Saturday’s Universum show at the Color Line Arena of Hamburg will be the WBA middleweight championship between Felix Sturm and Maselino Masoe, there is another duel on this card that draws almost as much interest. It’s the heavyweight clash between Ruslan Chagaev, 19-0-1 (16), off the Universum…
Rewind back to 2002 and Jerson Ravelo was one of the hottest Super Middleweight prospects in the game. His amateur credentials come equip with numerous awards, highlighted by winning the 1998 Golden Gloves Championship and a earning a spot on the 2000 Dominican Republic Olympic boxing team. He turned pro in 2001 and started his…
The most exciting and courageous heavyweight champion in the world is returning to America’s No. 1 Boxing Network on Saturday, April 1. Lamon Brewster may not be the division’s most hyped boxer, but he makes for the most interesting, entertaining, crowd-pleasing scraps and he does not care where he fights. “I want to be universally…
2004 Olympian Vincente Escobedo Also On Golden Boy Bill  For over 20 years, Manuel Medina has thrilled fight fans with his undeniable skills and warrior spirit. And on Friday, March 24th, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mantecas will kick off his third decade in the fight game with a…
Four City Press Tour Kicks Off March 21st  Joe De Guardia?s Star Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions announced today that they have finalized terms under which middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins will challenge light heavyweight king Antonio Tarver in a 12-round light heavyweight championship bout to take place on Saturday, June 10th from Boardwalk Hall…