Click for larger image © Tom Casino/Showtime Boxing Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy hits the mitts during a workout Tuesday at Caesars Tahoe. In Saturday’s excellent main event on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on west coast), Lacy defends his 168-pound title against hard-hitting IBF No. 5 contender Scott Pemberton. IBF…
WBA Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz Sues James Toney Based On Illegal Doping Attorneys for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz announced today that a lawsuit has been filed on Ruiz’s behalf against James Toney based on Toney’s use of illegal performance-enhancing steroids in advance of their April 30, 2005 title fight. In the lawsuit,…
This past Friday night, at the famous Orleans Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cestus Management’s undefeated Super Middleweight prospect, Don “Da Bomb†George (7-0-1), won in thrilling fashion, dominating tough Julio Lanzas (3-5-1) over six heats to take a unanimous decision on a Guilty Boxing Promotion.
It was a night to remember for fight fans, as boxers from Mexico and Thailand battled it out last Saturday at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona for the right to earn the inaugural Boxing World Cup. In the end, two champions retained their titles, two new champions were crowned, and Mexico emerged as…
-With Boxing Image- Click for larger image© Sean McMenaminSaddoBoxing.com Peltz Boxing Promotions and Joe Hand Promotions collaborated to put on a competitive card at the New Alahambra on the corner of Swanson and Ritner in South Philadelphia this past Friday for a taped recording to be played on Cable TV Giant Comcast’s network CN 8….
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….