“Peter’s going to find out that this is not the place for him. Wladimir is not another class-C guy. He (Peter) was fighting the B-level boys, the Charles Shuffords and Jovo Pudars and he struggled with them. So then, they brought back the class-C level guys again for him to walk through. The perception of…
Due to a torn tricep muscle suffered in training, former world champion Mark “Too Sharp’ Johnson has been forced to withdraw from his September 1st bout with top bantamweight contender Jhonny Gonzalez. Stepping in for Johnson in the main event of HBO Latino’s “Boxeo De Oro’, will be hard-hitting Nicaraguan contender William Gonzalez, who brings…
A new and improved Juan “Golo” Gomez-Trinidad (23-4, 16 KOs) returns to the ring Saturday, September 17 at the Dana Barros Sports Complex in Mansfield, Massachusetts. “Mayhem in Mansfield” is promoted by New England Ringside Promotions in association with Irish Ropes and Cedric Kushner Productions. “The Trinidad name is so well respected everywhere in boxing,”…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime Undefeated light middleweight prospect Sechew Powell headlines DiBella Entertainment’s fight card from New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom tomorrow night when he faces battle hardened former WBA champion Santiago Samaniego over the course of ten scheduled rounds. Powell, a twenty-six-year-old southpaw from Brooklyn, has never faced anyone as remotely experienced as…
In my previous article documenting the coming season, I focused on the fights happening at world level but; what of the British scene? If you just include the four main belts, we currently have five world champions: Johnny Nelson, Clinton Woods, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton and Scott Harrison. So what of their future? Who are…
Vic Darchinyan successfully defended his IBF and IBO flyweight titles tonight in Sydney with a predictable fifth round stoppage win over tough Colombian challenger Jair Jiminez. After a sluggish couple of opening rounds Darchinyan cranked up the pace in round three, stinging Jiminez repeatedly with straight left hands. After instructions from trainer Jeff Fenech to…
After 16 years in the professional boxing game, it takes more than a little trash talk from his upcoming opponent, Shannon Briggs, to get “Merciless’ Ray Mercer riled up. “I’m too old for that type of stuff,†said Mercer (34-5-1, 25 KOs). “I do my talking in the ring with my fists, and I’ve got…
On October 15 German Thomas Ulrich will challenge for a world title for the first time in his career. The 30-year-old man from Berlin is ranked WBC number and will officially challenge reining champion Tomasz Adamek from Poland for the World Boxing Council title. „Düsseldorf is a perferct place for this. Over here Graciano Rocchigiani,…
Showtime’s Saturday night broadcast of the IBF cruiserweight battle between titleholder O’Neil “Give ’em Hell” Bell and challenger Sebastian Rothmann looks to be a sure fire action fight that could very well remold the landscape of the cruiserweight division. Bell hasn’t lost a bout in over seven years but will be facing a tough, committed…
Puerto Rico has been the proud home of many boxing champions throughout history. From Sixto Escobar, to Carlos Ortiz and Jose “Chegui†Torres, to Wilfredo Benitez, Wifredo Gomez and a host of other champions in Puerto Rico’s heyday of boxing in the 1980’s, the torch has always been passed to up-and-coming new champions that each…
In a World Boxing Council (WBC)/International Boxing Federation (IBF) 12 round eliminator, former WBC cruiserweight champion Wayne “Big Truck†Braithwaite will take on Guillermo Jones in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). The 12-round heavyweight co-feature will pit once-beaten WBC No….
Still there are no reported fights set for either WBA heavyweight champion John ruiz or IBF titlist Chris Byrd. Ruiz has not fought since his April beating by James toney, a fight that was eventually declared a no contest due to Toney’s steroid test turning up positive. Ruiz was declared a three time WBA heavyweight…