Former two time British title challenger Jon Thaxton sent out a message to the lightweights of the U.K. with a vicious fourth round knockout of Romanian boxer Vasile Dragomir to retain his WBF crown in Norwich, England. Dragomir had taken the bout on just a few day’s notice after Argentine Eduardo Daniel Roman, himself a…
Flyweight championesse from Germany Regina Halmich and several heavyweight contests dominate a Universum Box-Promotion fightcard in Karlsruhe on Saturday, September 10. The 28-year-old Halmich, 47-1-1 (15), will defend her WIBF flyweight title against the undefeated and three years older Spaniard Maria Jesus Rosa, 19-0 (4). Halmich, now a highly popular sports celebrity in Germany, is…
Action from the US, Australia, Thailand and Colombia. Some important fights took place across the globe on the first night of this weekend, so let’s get down to business. On ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, heavyweight hopeful Terry Smith survived his encounter with seven-foot puncher Keith Long, who outweighed Smith by thirty-one pounds, to score a…
Guillermo Jones: “I need to go and get a world a world title now. I want unified world champion Jean-Marc Mormeck or O’Neil Bell. “A cramp developed in my foot in the second round so I did what I had to do. I felt like I had no choice but to let my hands fly…
Heavyweight titlist Chris Byrd signed a bout agreement Friday to face mandatory challenger DaVarryl Williamson. The bout agreement calls for the fight to take place Sept. 30 or Oct. 1 in St. Louis. However, promoter Don King and Showtime are working behind the scenes to add the fight to Showtime’s Oct. 1 card in Reno….
CLEVELAND (Sept. 4, 2005). In a pair of evenly matched, competitive, hard-fought fights, underdogs Guillermo Jones and Ray Austin staved off elimination in their respective weight classes and kept alive their chances for a world title shot by registering upset victories Saturday on SHOWTIME. In a cruiserweight elimination bout, Jones defeated Braithwaite on a controversial…
The best laid comeback plans of Wayne “Big Truck” Braithwaite were destroyed in style tonight at the Gund Arena in Cleveland as Guillermo Jones took Braithwaite out in four rounds. Jones came into the bout with a solid 33-3-2 record and put his power to work early on. This is the second successive fight that…
In a shock in the heavyweight division tonight from the Gund Arena in Cleveland, heavyweight journeyman scratched any chance that Owen Beck could figure in the title chase in the near future. Austin, who has three losses to date, took a decision over Beck who was once highly thought of in the heavyweight division. With…
Having only been beaten by former world champions in title attempts, Turkish fighter based in Germany, Oktay Urkal took a unanimous twelve round decision over Maxim Nesterenko on Saturday night in Germany. The fight was an under-card attaraction to support the main event feature between Markus Beyer and Omar Sheika as extensively previewed on this…
As expected, three time WBC super middleweight champion of the world Markus Beyer entertained his German fans by outpointing perennial contender Omar Sheika of America last night in Germany. The fight signals Sheika’s fourth world title loss, having already lost to Joe Calzaghe, Eric Lucas, Jeff Lacy and now Beyer. The scorecards told of Beyer’s…
It is not the Showtime card it was meant to be, but heavyweight contender Owen Beck intends to make the best of it anyway. Previously slated to face Sergei Lyakhovich who then pulled out through injury, Beck now faces heavyweight journeyman Ray Austin, and an impressive performance against the huge Austin is just what Beck…
The situation between promoter Frank Warren and IBF light welterweight champion of the world Ricky Hatton just took an ugly turn. Reportedly, Warren has filed suit against Hatton in the hope of retaining the Manchester man for what he says is another three fights left on their contract. Hatton is apparently set to appear on…