Markus Beyer successfully retained his WBC Super Middleweight title tonight in Berlin, Germany for the eighth time, strafing challenger Alberto Colajanni for the entirety of their twelve round skirmish before belting out the Italian for good in the final stanza. The 32 year old Colajanni came into the affair unblemished in eighteen outings but was…
Former British and WBU Super Featherweight Champion Michael Gomez was once one of the most pound for pound feared men in a British ring but after now losing two consecutive bouts by way of stoppage the Manchester based Irishman is facing a career crisis. Earlier tonight on a Brian Peters promotion in Dublin, Galway born…
British and Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Graham Earl pulled off a striking upset Friday night on a Maloney Promotions fight card in the London suburb of Dagenham, England when the hard nosed Luton boxer simply refused to back down from Belasrussian Brit killer Yuri “The Czar” Romanov over the course of twelve magnificent rounds. Whereas quality…
Friday night on a Golden Boy promotion at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tuscon, Arizona, ex-IBF Light Middle Champion Kassim Ouma took another step in his comeback as the Florida based Ugandan native gunned down the far more experienced Argentine campaigner Francisco Antonio Mora after eight one sided rounds. Determined volume punching southpaw Ouma gains…
“Quicksilver” struck again as 42 year old Virgil Hill managed to turn back the clock against Russian tourist Valery Brudov Friday night at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City to take a well deserved unanimous decision and the vacant WBA Cruiserweight title. On a shared Silverhawk/Guilty/Star Boxing Promotion, Hill started off keeping his distance behind…
Don’t Miss This Fantastic Shared Michael Jennings/Amir Khan Bill! The weigh-in for Sports Network’s much awaited bill tomorrow at the Nottingham Arena went off without a hitch today as headliners Michael Jennings and Amir Khan made their trips to the scales in front of a room packed with photographers and journalists. British Welterweight Champion Jennings…
British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore makes his debut for Maloney Promotions tonight on the undercard of Graham Earl’s dangerous encounter with Yuri Romanov at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham. Moore, from Manchester, will be hoping to breakthrough into world class in 2006 after seeing off domestic rivals David Walker and Michael Jones inside…
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…