By Frank Maloney People have been talking for some time now about the decline of the heavyweight boxing division. I believe that boxing’s premier weight class can be seen as an indicator of the sport’s health as I’ve long maintained that boxing is only as good as the heavyweight division. Having said that, I’m also…
The final bout on the Saturday night HBO Latino broadcasted Mexico vs. Thailand Golden Boy Promotions card from the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson was a good one. WBO Super Flyweight Champion Fernando Montiel took on undefeated Thai fighter Pramuansak “The Machine Gun” Phosawan. Montiel had only lost once in thirty three bouts while Phosawan…
Another bout on Golden Boy’s Desert Diamond Casino show in Tucson, Arizona was the WBO Bantamweight title fight between reigning champion Ratanachai Sor Vorapin and red hot contender Jhonny Gonzalez. The twenty four year old Mexican challenger came into the bout as the NABA titlist and had won his last sixteen contests. Vorapin was riding…
Golden Boy Promotions put on a tremendous bill from the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson Arizona on Saturday night. HBO Latino broadcast the evening’s entertainment and the first bout from that bill that we’ll present round by round coverage for was waged for the vacant WBO Super Bantamweight title between fellow southpaws Daniel Ponce de…
On Saturday in Szentes, Hungary Attila Kovacs kept his European Boxing Association Super Welterweight Crown against former world challenger Mamadou Thiam from France via seventh round stoppage. The contest started very strongly, with Thiam as the aggressor in the early rounds. However by the fifth, Kovacs started to dominate until the beginning of the seventh…
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING TO PRESENT IBF/IBO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, IBF BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE IBF Super Middleweight Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy vs. IBF No. 5 Contender Scott “The Sandman†Pemberton IBF Bantamweight Champion Rafael Marquez vs. IBO Bantamweight Champion/IBF No. 1 Contender Silence “African Spice†Mabuza Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, At 9 p.m. ET/PT At Caesars Tahoe,…
“SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION†TO FEATURE JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASH AND SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT BRAWL Undefeated Junior Middleweight Sechew “Iron Horse†Powell vs. IBF No. 12 Junior Middleweight Contender Archak “Shark Attack†Ter-Meliksetian Unbeaten New York State Super Middleweight Champion Jaidon Codrington vs. Undefeated Super Middleweight Contender Allan “Sweetness†Green Friday, Nov. 4, 2005, At 11 p.m….
Click for larger image© Mark DeSistoSaddoBoxing.com Promoters Guilty Boxing delivered yet another Friday night of fights at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada over the weekend and the main event showcased six foot nine inch giant Tye Fields as he tries to maneuver his way into contender status in today’s heavyweight division….
Two warriors, namely Esham Pickering and Michael Hunter, met in the historic harbour town of Hartlepool on a frenzied Friday night in order to see just who would win bragging rights to be a future world champion and also to decide who would be the British, Commonwealth and European kingpin at super-bantamweight. As we have…
Click for larger image© Simon ShawSaddoboxing.com If you ever needed proof that boxing is one of the strangest and most bizarre sports in the world then this fight would be the clincher.Look at the facts: on a card celebrating Frank Warren’s twenty five years in the business, he finally secures a match up between one…
The headlining bout on Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo card from the Michael Marr Gymnasium in Las Vegas, New Mexico this past Friday was between super bantams Cuauhtemoc Vargas and Tomas Villa. At stake on the Fresquez Promotions bill was the twenty one year old Vargas’ WBC Continental America’s bout. Vargas came into the bout with the…
Light middleweights Francisco Villa and Teefo Seetso squared off on the undercard of Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo card from Las Vegas, New Mexico on Friday. Both men are novices in the early parts of their career but that didn’t stop the fighters from tearing into each other with abandon over the course of their four round…