Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo will face Rolando Reyes in a 12-round lightweight bout in Saturday’s main event on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, Jose Armando Santa Cruz defends his NABF l135-pound…
At a well attended press conference at the Europa Hotel in Belfast today the eagerly awaited British and Commonwealth super-middleweight title fight between Nottingham’s Carl Froch and Belfast’s Brian Magee was announced. The fight will take place at the famous King’s Hall in Belfast on the 31st March 2006.
Don’t Miss This Fantastic Golden Boy East/Peltz/Joe Hand Co-Promotion! Philadelphia’s beloved Bernard Hopkins returns to the city of brotherly love to make another professional debut-this time as President of promotional company Golden Boy Promotions East. Hopkins will host the March 3 fight card at the New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment Center in South Philadelphia (Swanson…
A sellout crowd is expected at Saturday night’s “Super Brawl: The Battle of Boston,†featuring red-hot prospects “Ireland’s†John Duddy (14-0, 13 KOs) and Yuri Foreman (19-0, 7 KOs) in separate bouts, in The Castle at Park Plaza in downtown Boston. WBA No. 15-rated middleweight Duddy, born in Northern Ireland and now living in Queens,…
World Championship Boxing Returns to Nashville Fight Beat Entertainment is proud to present a full night of professional boxing at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on Friday, March 31, 2006. Headlining FBE’s inaugural boxing show will be a battle for the vacant IBA World Cruiserweight Championship, between the pride of New Jersey, Bobby Gunn (15-2, 12KO)…
Jürgen Brähmer, the undefeated 27-year-old super middleweight contender from Germany is one of the brightest stars and prospects of the Hamburg based Universum Box-Promotion. On the upcoming Universum event on Saturday (ZDV live 23:00) the colorful and highly talented Brähmer will defend his WBC international title belt against South African Andre Thysse.On Monday’s press conference…
With two consecutive knockout wins at 140 pounds, former lightweight title challenger Juan Lazcano is proving to be an even more dangerous fighter at junior welterweight. On Friday, Feb. 24, “The Hispanic Causin’ Panic’ looks to make it three-in-a-row when he battles steel-chinned Ben “Wonder’ Tackie in the main event of Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo†telecast.
Finally The Two Best Big Men In The Country Go Head To Head In a fight postponed twice already, Danny Williams and Matt Skelton meet at the London Excel Arena on February 25th on yet another exciting Sports Network promotion. Danny currently is on a high. In December in a disappointing bout he disposed of…
Silent Assassin Can Pick Off Another Target Ali Nuumbembe calls himself “The Silent Assassin” and there are many around the fight beat who have a hunch that the Derbyshire-based Namibian could be a significant player in the lively welterweight division. Ali gets his chance to make a big statement of intent on Sunday, February 12…
With 32 days to go until Judgement Day at the M.E.N Arena, WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe is smokin’ ahead of his shoot-out against IBF champ Jeff Lacy on March 4. In a recent interview on a boxing website, a confident Lacy stated: “I’m going over there to knock Calzaghe out!†which in return…
Former three-time world champion Masibulela “Hawk†Makepula’s frustrating wait to make the first defence of his WBC International super-flyweight title appears to be over. No stranger to being a “Road Warriorâ€, Makepula will venture out of his East London home base again to face the tough Filippino Jun Talape in a Branco Sports Productions (BSP)…
In the past 12 months, there have been several major upsets on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, including most recently Carlos Baldomir over Zab Judah and O’Neil Bell over Jean-Marc Mormeck on Jan. 7. Among the favored boxers to come up short on America’s No. 1 Boxing Network in 2005 were Kostya Tszyu, who fell to Ricky…