The main event of this week’s Telefutura “Solo Boxeo†broadcast featured former IBF lightweight titlist Javier “Chatito†Jauregui taking on hard punching Filipino Randy Suico in a ten-round contest. Jauregui came out for the first few rounds and showed decent boxing skills as he punched in combinations while moving his upper body well. Suico started…
Felix Flores keeps the WBO Latino Welterweight title but had to climb off the canvas twice to do so on Telemundo’s broadcast from Kissimmee, Florida. Opponent Alejandro Juarez dropped Flores in the very first round but the former two time light welter world title challenger from Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico made a full recovery. In…
Tonight’s opening televised bout of Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo†boxing series featured perennial contender Ben “Wonder†Tackie winning a hard fought ten-round majority decision over tough and rugged Norberto Bravo. The fight featured a lot of two-way action with both fighters having their moments. Tackie, true to form, seemed to get stronger as the fight went…
The IBF super middleweight title fight between undefeated defending champion Jeff Lacy (20-0, 16 KOs) and hard-hitting No. 7 contender Scott Pemberton (29-3-1, 24 KOs) on Saturday, Nov. 5 on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on west coast) will take place at Caesars Tahoe.
DURAN RETAINS TITLE WITH 12-ROUND UNANIMOUS DECISION OVER MCNEIL, MORRIS STOPS COVENEY IN FOURTH ON A “SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION†DOUBLEHEADER FROM LONDON HILTON ON PARK LANE, LONDON, ENGLAND
At London’s Park Lane Hilton tonight, Ossie Duran looked to be walking his way to victory over the inexperienced Scotsman Colin McNeil but by round seven the warrior from Ghana was almost out of steam, but Duran managed to pull the victory from grasp of his southpaw opponent by margins of 118-110, 119-109 and 119-109…
Jamie Moore retained his British Light Middle crown tonight in Manchester by stopping London slugger David Walker in four torrid rounds. By the third Moore was showing his class and canvassed Walker at the end of the round. Again Walker was on the floor in the beginning of the fourth, causing his corner to throw…
Puerto Rico’s Felix Flores will be looking to defend his WBO Latino title tonight in Kissimmee, Florida when the welterweight faces unbeaten Alejandro Juarez on the Telemundo TV Network. Flores, 20-4 (14), had previously achieved good success at light welter by winning the NABA and NABO crowns but coming up short in a WBA title…
Former IBF Lightweight Champion Javier Jauregui, 49-12-2 (34), tries yet another comeback tonight as the thirty two year old from Chatito, Mexico squares off against popular Filipino fighter Randy Suico, 23-1 (20), at USC’s Lyon Center in Los Angeles. Telefutura airs the show, put on by Golden Boy Promotions, which also includes former light welter…
Showtime and ITV partner up tonight for a transatlantic broadcast of an exciting night at the fights from the Park Lane Hilton in London, England. Ghana’s Ossie Duran will seek to retain his coveted Commonwealth Light Middle belt from the ambitions of promising unbeaten Scotsman Colin McNeil while as chief support, hot prospect Ross Minter…
Welcome to another edition of our SaddoBoxing Radio Hour where we have both combatants for tonight’s British Light Middle title fight between Champion Jamie Moore and the man who will look to end the Salford hero’s reign, David Walker. Hailed as England’s version of Arturo Gatti, Walker is all guts and glory, engaging in titanic…
It is with great sadness that Jesus Chavez and the Golden Boy Promotions family speaks on the passing of a courageous colleague and friend, former world lightweight champion Leavander Johnson. “All of my prayers are with Leavander Johnson and his family in this difficult time,†said Chavez, who shared the ring with Johnson on September…