Ring Boxing Ratings for Period Ended January 12, 2006 POUND-FOR-POUND 1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER Junior Welterweight 2. WINKY WRIGHT Middleweight 3. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA Junior Lightweight 4. RICKY HATTON Junior Welterweight 5. MANNY PACQUIAO Junior Lightweight 6. ERIK MORALES Junior Lightweight 7. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ Featherweight 8. RAFAEL MARQUEZ Bantamweight 9. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO Junior Welterweight…
Belfast’s own boxing hero Brian Magee has sworn to finish the job started by St. Patrick in 450 AD and rid Ireland completely of the emerald isle’s last remaining snake, Carl “The Cobra” Froch, vowing to drive the brash Nottingham man into the sea. Maloney Promotions are thrilled to stage this most anticipated domestic super…
Mary Jo Sanders returns home to fight Iva Weston in Detroit, Michigan Mary Jo Sanders is The Ring Magazine’s 2005 Female Fighter of the Year. At 5’7″, Mary Jo “KO” Sanders is the daughter of former Detroit Lions great Charlie Sanders. A naturally gifted athlete, she’s a crowd pleaser, a great boxer, and a solid…
***With Photos*** Click for larger image © Matthew Voyle SaddoBoxing.com Sports Network put on a well run press conference in Cardiff earlier this week to publicize 2006’s most anticipated fightcard, Joe Calzaghe – Jeff Lacy, taking place at Manchester’s MEN Arena on March 4th. It was a cold day in Wales on the day of…
Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter is another Hennessy Sports fighter set for a massive 2006 after being officially installed by the WBC as the mandatory contender to their light welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather. A purse bid was due to be held today for his contest against Gianluca Branco to establish who would…
Last Saturday in front of a sold out crowd at the Theater in Madison Square Garden, former undisputed welterweight champion Zab “Super” Judah suffered a devastating collapse. Judah, of Brooklyn, New York, 34-3-1NC (25), dropped his WBC title by losing a unanimous decision to the rugged veteran of Argentina, Carlos Baldomir, 42-9-6 (12). Although the…
Boxing superkid Amir Khan faces the first foreign test in his professional career against the tough Belarussian Vitali Martynov on Saturday 28 January as he starts his 2006 campaign. The Olympic Silver Medallist, unbeaten in four starts with three knockouts, also steps up to his first six-round contest against Martynov at the Nottingham Arena to…
Harlow hitter Steve Murray reckons a tampon will help him batter Willie Limond on February 18 at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank Stadium. Murray challenges Glaswegian Limond for the Vacant WBU World Lightweight crown but has been plagued with hand injuries in recent fights due to his heavy-handed attacking style. He was worried that injuries would resurface in…
JIMMY LANGE vs. JOEY GILBERT: THE REMATCH Clash of the Contenders NABO Middleweight Championship February 18, 2006, Patriot Center – Fairfax, VA NEWS CONFERENCE QUOTES…. JIMMY LANGE “To say that the loss to Joey haunts me is an understatement – he has been gracious enough to give me another shot.â€
Lightweight champion Diego “Chico” Corrales suffered a rib injury while training this week forcing the postponement of his world title defense rematch against Jose Luis Castillo. Castillo-Corrales III, promoted by Top Rank and Gary Shaw Productions, was scheduled to take place Saturday, Feb. 4, and televised live on SHOWTIME from the Don Haskins Center in…
From Monday, January 16th to Thursday, January 19th, Undisputed World Champion O’Neil Bell – fresh from his title-unifying knockout win over Jean-Marc Mormeck on January 7th – will meet and greet with members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and tour the Tribe’s reservations to celebrate his stirring victory and ascension to the elite level…
Click for larger image © Stefan Christou Heated heavyweight rivals Danny Williams and Matt Skelton came face to face on Monday, sharing a Sports Network press conference at the swanky Park Lane Hotel in the Picadilly section of London. The room was packed with press and photographers as Frank Warren confirmed the much awaited clash…