Full of confidence and armed with a pair of lightning quick hands, Paul Malignaggi is looking to move up the ladder in the talent rich 140 pound division, yearning for a chance to pull away from the deep pool of fighters. However, in light of a certain opponent, Malignaggi might as well be looking toward…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing America’s No. 1 Boxing Network, SHOWTIME continues its 20th anniversary celebration of putting on world-class fights on Saturday, March 4, when talented, undefeated, hard-hitting super middleweight world champions Jeff “Left Hook’’ Lacy (International Boxing Federation) and Joe Calzaghe (World Boxing Organization) collide in the main…
Spanish Harlem standout Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (16-2, 11 KO’s) has signed a promotional agreement with DiBella Entertainment, it was announced today by DBE president Lou DiBella. Santana, a fixture on the popular Broadway Boxing series, will be in the main event for the first time under the DBE banner when Broadway Boxing Presented by…
This past Saturday, the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada hosted what turned out to be a fantastic fight between Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas. To the dismay of fight fans in attendance and pay per viewers around the world, referee Joe Cortez was forced to halt the bout prematurely at 1:22 of the…
KNOCKOUT BOUT With a combined professional record of 61-0 (48 KOs), and a victory by knockout percentage of 78.6, Jeff Lacy, 21-0 (17 KOs), from St. Petersburg, FL, and Joe Calzaghe, 40-0 (31 KOs), from Newbridge, Wales, are headed to the division’s biggest showdown since Roy Jones, Jr. and James Toney rumbled in 1994.
IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham has had his crown on his head for just a little over two months, and already, highly regarded contenders Edison Miranda and Howard Eastman want to knock it off. But only one of these Middleweight standouts will get a shot at the new champion, and on Friday, March 24th, Miranda…
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Undefeated IBF/IBO super middleweight champion JEFF “LEFT HOOK” LACY has landed in Manchester, England and he is on a mission — to defend and unify the world super middleweight crown against undefeated WBO champion Joe Calzaghe. Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and Frank Warren’s Sports Network, the Lacy-Calzaghe super middleweight title unification fight will be…
Who Will Carry The Torch Passed From Vitali? Three weeks from this Saturday we see the first world heavyweight title fight of 2006 when WBC champion Hasim Rahman defends his newly won title against the enigmatic James Toney. Its certainly an interesting match which hopefully will pave the way for exciting times in the division…
Today in Manchester, England WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe began the symbolic countdown that will culminate in the downfall of IBF Champion Jeff Lacy. The Welshman confidently predicted that the American’s brief title reign, lengthened by the consumption of such recycled Calzaghe victims such as Omar Sheika and Robin Reid, will come to an…
European cruiserweight king David Haye who is currently in training in Miami in preparation for his defence against Lasse Johansen at the York Hall, Bethnal Green on the March 24th will be watching intently this weekend as two of his domestic 200 lb rivals, Enzo Maccarinelli and Mark Hobson, do battle in Manchester.
After six years of working together Frank Maloney and Danny Hunt have parted company. Frank Maloney has found it increasing impossible to work with Danny Hunt and his father, who seems to be getting more and more involved with his son’s career. Over the past year Hunt has declined more fights than he’s wanted to…