Colorado prospects Adrian and Anthony Mora continued their winning ways on Tuesday, January 31st at the Sherman Street Event Complex in Denver on a card to be televised by HDNet. Adrian (15-0-1) and Anthony (15-0) have started 2006 off with a bang, and are looking to make their mark on the jr. welterweight division in…
Germany’s undefeated super middleweight boxing star Jürgen Brähmer beat South Africa’s Andre Thysse tonight at Burgwächter-Castello in Düsseldorf by unanimous decision over twelve rounds and remained on the route that should lead him to a world title shot within a year. The official scores were 117:111 twice and 117:112. In front of the same crowd…
For a career that has lasted just short of thirty years, over twenty major title fights and one that has amassed sixty wins, forty seven early, a lot of boxing fans will wonder, what motivation has Tommy Hearns got to keep on boxing at the grand age of 47. Perhaps its money, Or the love…
Don’t Miss Tonight’s NER Promotions Fightcard at The Castle at Park Place In Boston The weigh-in for tonight’s six fight “Superbrawl” in Boston took place in the small basement of Remington’s Bar and Grill yesterday. Except for the scale onstage, a stranger wandering in would not have guessed that this was where a boxing weigh-in…
WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe has signed and numbered twelve tickets to his much awaited showdown with Jeff Lacy on March 4th at Manchester’s MEN Arena. These will be randomly sold to fans buying their tickets on www.joecalzaghe.com and the purchaser of the ticket bearing the number between one and twelve that corresponds to…
Sorting Out The Middleweights Post-Hopkins With Bernard Hopkins insisting that his long-awaited and now largely symbolic return match with Roy Jones Jnr is a done deal for June, the middleweight division that “The Executioner” dominated for so long will embark on the scramble for a new figurehead and a new era. The man who would…
Bouts Will Be Replayed First Time On SHOWTIME TOO Saturday, Feb. 4, At Midnight ET/PT Sechew “Iron Horse†Powell celebrated a family gathering on the fight card and continued his rise to prominence in the junior middleweight division with a convincing, 10-round unanimous decision over veteran Robert “Push Up†Frazier Friday on “ShoBox: The New…
Three-time world champions “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather and Zab “Super” Judah will host a news conference luncheon in New York on Tuesday to announce their welterweight title rumble scheduled at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on April 8th. Hall of Fame promoters Bob Arum and Don King will also be on hand,…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing (Picture Left) Jose Luis Castillo (left) and Rolando Reyes each tipped scales at 138 pounds Friday for their 12-round fight Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). (Picture Right) Edner Cherry (left) weighed 131 1/2 pounds while defending NABF champion Jose…
Click for larger image© Stefan ChristouSaddo Boxing In an explosive match up last night, Sam “Rocky” Rukundo continued his perfect winning record by capturing the vacant British Masters Light Weight title with an impressive win against Silence Saheed. The fight took place in a gala event at the New Connaught Rooms of London’s West End,…
Jürgen Brähmer, 26-0 (22), is one of the brightest stars and prospects of the Hamburg based Universum Box-Promotion. On the upcoming Universum event on Saturday he will defend his WBC international title belt against South African Andre Thysse. At today’s official weigh-in at Ginos Restaurant in the KöGalerie of Düsseldorf Brähmer weighed 75.8 kg and…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime Boxing As the saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasureâ€. However in this case, another man’s misfortune became another man’s blessing. Lightweight Rolando Reyes, 26-3-2 (16), has the opportunity of a lifetime; he has the chance to shock the world if he can only derail the…