By Frank Maloney March sees one of the most exciting months in British Boxing. People talk about America being the heartland of boxing, but when you look at what has taken place in the UK over the last few years and what is going to take place this March, I think that Britain is on…
Mohegan Sun presents an exciting night of championship boxing as former world light heavyweight champion Montell Griffin (47-6, 30 KOs) from Chicago battles Norman Jones (28-14-3, 9 KOs) from Savannah, Georgia in a 12-round bout for the vacant USBA Light Heavyweight title. The action begins at 7:30pm in the Mohegan Sun Arena, and will be…
With his sensational knockout power, Samuel Peter, “The Nigerian Nightmare”, is one of the few heavyweights that boxing fans can get excited about. The heavy fisted contender has proven his ability to come back from a disappointing loss following a title eliminator against Wladimir Klitschko last year and Peter is yet again on the hunt…
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…
BOX NYC delivers a second knock-out combination of exciting fights, fine drinking and dining, high stakes poker and lingerie show titillation, in an atmosphere that would make Las Vegas and Havana proud. And to add substance to high style, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF)
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…