These two fighters are considered the best chances of any other heavyweights around to dethrone WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Rahman already knows the taste of championship glory, having shocked former undisputed champion Lennox Lewis in five rounds on that infamous night in Carnival City, South Africa, 2001. Barrett has yet to compete in a…
This Saturday as part of the huge Don King pay-per-view event being held in Chicago, former welterweight titlist Ricardo Mayorga returns to the ring in a title fight against Italy’s Michele Piccirillo. When this fight happens, we will get the chance to find out two things: was Mayorga ruined by the spectacular beating he received…
Jose Antonio Rivera was the WBA welterweight champion of the world and looking forward to signing some lucrative fights. Not anymore, and the reason being is none other than Bronx puncher Luis Collazo. Once beaten and not intending to be so again this weekend, Collazo is the WBA champion now, albeit under the reign of…
Argentinean hardman Jorge Rodrigo Barrios has successfully made the first defense of his WBO super featherweight championship by knocking out Victor Santiago in two rounds. “La Hiena” fought before his adoring home fans at the Superdomo Orfeo, Córdoba in Argentina and enjoyed the feeling of making his first defense of the world title he won…
The main event players have all weighed in for tonight’s feast of action in Chicago. Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman meets Monte Barrett in an interim WBC heavyweight title match. Ricardo Mayorga and Michele Piccirillo will contest the WBC light middleweight championship of the world and Luis Collazo defends his WBA welterweight championship against Miguel…
***Tons of Exclusive Fight Photos*** Click for larger image© Sergio Martinez As expected, the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas was overflowing with energy and rowdiness of close to five thousand loud and fanatical fans packed the building. You could feel the intensity as the Mexican and Mexican-American fans were starved for just a glimpse…
This has the potential to be one of the most interesting fights of this year. The declining, free-swinging banger Mayorga (27-5-1) is probably the most entertaining fighter of this generation by the way that he doesn’t care if he wins or loses, he just wants to make you look like less of a man than…
What does Mia stand for, anyway? M-I-A, does that mean M(issing) I(n) Action? You “deserted” your post. You did not flee from your foxhole. You just never bothered to show up to entertain the 8,000 fighting men and women at Camp Pendleton Tuesday night when the Sycuan Tribe of the Kumeyaay Nation spent about $250,000…
To promote his upcoming August 20 showdown against Javier Castillejo at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, Fernando Vargas will hold an open-to-the-public workout at the TCF Bank in Chicago’s Little Village. On August 20, in addition to the Vargas-Castillejo bout, fight fans will also be treated to a second 12 round battle as undefeated…
Call this a “hair raising” experience! Simply stated, rival boxing promoters Don King and Lou DiBella have “wigged out.” DiBella, who is also the managing partner of the ownership group of the Norwich Navigators minor league baseball team, has invited the legendary King to appear as guest of honor at a celebration of America at…
Chicago has the hottest ticket in the nation this Saturday night as the dynamic Midwestern city plays host to another massive Don King Productions card headlined by a bad blood heavyweight WBC Interim title bout between former world champion Hasim Rahman and surging contender Monte Barrett. The main co-feature is a superb one with the…
Ricardo Mayorga, as is his habit, has been trashing his opponent through the media this week. It’s been the usual declarations that his opponent is weak, lacks ability and is simply a stepping-stone to a bigger fight. The Nicaraguan’s antics do make for interesting theater and fun reading but the object of all this attention,…