Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo faces Rolando Reyes in the 12-round main event (contracted weight is 137 pounds) Saturday, Feb. 4, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ER/PT, delayed on the west coast). Castillo will face WBC lightweight champion Diego “Chico†Corrales in a highly anticipated rubber match later this year. In the second…
They have battled and defeated the best boxing has to offer; they have fought for world championships, for the roar of the crowd and for a place in boxing history. On Saturday, March 25, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., Mexican warriors Jesus Chavez and Marco Antonio Barrera will face each…
Unbeaten featherweight Derry Matthews goes for his first title Saturday night on the big Sports Network show in Nottingham when he meets former English Super Featherweight challenger Steve Chinnock over ten rounds. Matthews, from Liverpool, is unbeaten in all fourteen of his professional fights and will be looking to make it fifteen against Chinnock, who…
Sechew Powell Makes his mark in 2006 As the 2006 boxing year begins to settle in, their has already been much to talk about. Personal triumphs with O’Neil Bell unifying the titles in the cruiserweight division, Manny Paquiao knocking out Eric Morales, and now Sechew Powell steps in the ring and up to plate as…
Today Gatwick Airport saw the biggest invasion of this country since 1066, led by the ‘Pocket Beast from the East’ lightweight sensation Yuri Romanov. Romanov who although boxes out of Russia is licenced under the BBBoC and maintains England is his spiritual home and it should be with the amount of British scalps he has…
Virgil Hill vs. Valery Brudov at the Tropicana in Atlantic City this Friday The WBA “regular†cruiserweight championship match between former three-time world champion Virgil “Quicksilver†Hill (49-5, 23 KOs) and No. 1 contender Valery Brudov (20-0, 23 KOs) headlines Friday night’s (January 27) “Collision Course, A Night of Champions†pay-per-view extravaganza live at the…
Former manager of undisputed World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and consultant to top promotional firm Sports Network Frank Maloney, who also headed up Panix Promotions in the 90s, finally throws his hat into the promotional ring with his brother Eugene under the banner of Maloney Promotions with the eagerly awaited twelve round lightweight clash between…
“Super Brawl: The Battle of Boston†Feb. 4 Two of the brightest, most exciting prospects in pro boxing, “Ireland’s†John Duddy (14-0, 13 KOs) and Yuri Foreman (19-0, 7 KOs), will be in action February 4 in “Super Brawl: The Battle of Boston,†presented by New England Ringside Promotions, in The Castle at Park Plaza…
Hennessy Sports promoted Lenny Daws sensationally fulfilled his pre-fight prediction that he was going to surprise a few people with his performance against Colin Lynes at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday night to line up a Spring showdown against Nigel Wright for the British Light Welterweight Title. Despite going into the final…
Chicagoland fan favorite Jose Hernandez, 19-2 (13KO’s) will square off this Friday night against Antonio Escalante, 10-1 (7KO’s) of El Paso, TX in the ten round featherweight co-main event of “Ring Of Fire”, a terrific evening of internationally televised professional boxing presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, home of the best in Chicago boxing…
Graham Earl’s manager Frank Maloney went to see his British and Commonwealth lightweight champion go through his final hard workout at the TKO gym in East London under the watchful eye of Johnny Eames yesterday before his fight with World class Russian lightweight Yuri Romanov on Friday night in Dagenham.
Saddo’s Official Pound 4 Pound List. UPDATED… 1st October 2009: 1: Manny Pacquiao The Filippino phenomenom just keeps his spot. However, he has refused to get lazy off the back off his demolition of Ricky Hatton in 2 rounds. He next plans to take on Miguel Cotto in November at a 145lb catchweight & a…