Everything went wrong for Kassim “The Dream” Ouma last night in Las Vegas as he dropped a twelve round decision to new IBF light middleweight champions Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin. Ouma was on the canvas twice thanks to Karmazin’s sharp punching but came back to force a steady defense of his title until the…
Every once in a while, a fighter comes along exhibiting a toughness and resolve that is difficult for anyone to argue against. It could be said that Kassim “The Dream†Ouma is one such fighter, perhaps the fighter of that description in these modern boxing times. Considering varying degrees of danger extremity leads one to…
Undefeated Oxnard, CA native Daniel Cervantes (6-0) returns to the ring on July 15 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Cervantes, who is co-managed by two-time world champion Fernando Vargas, will compete in a six round jr. welterweight bout against Colorado City, CO native Anthony…
DiBella Entertainment’s Leavander Johnson (34-4-2, 26 KO’s) is the new IBF Lightweight champion and has his sights set on Erik Morales (48-2-0, 34 KO’s), but Johnson feels that the Mexican standout is ducking him. Johnson’s last victory was an impressive seventh round knock out over Stefano Zoff to capture the vacant IBF title. Johnson once…
Moretti: There has been a lot of press recently regarding the Vitali Klitschko situation, saying he hasn’t fought reputable opponents in the past and that he’s ducking this guy and that guy. We have an agreement in principle with the Klitschko camp. There is nothing more that we relish than to fight Klitschko for the…
Hennessy Sports are pleased to announce that Howard Eastman’s Championship clash with German based Armenian Arthur Abraham at the Versicherung Arena in Nuremberg on Saturday night will be shown delayed in the early hours of Sunday morning on Sky. It will be featured in the marquee broadcast that commences at 1am and will also include…
The “Firebird” is now a husband. WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei has married his beautiful Austrian girlfriend Arabella this week in Hungary. Erdei recently canceled his title defense scheduled for July 2nd at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena because of a gastroenteric influenza at the morning of his fight. The Universum Box-Promotion event continued without…
Reports are that former light heavyweight title challenger Paul Briggs of Australia will receive another crack at a world title. Further to that, Briggs is buoyed by the fact that he will be trained for future contests by legendary Australian coach Johnny Lewis, the man that took former two-time light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu to…
Ahead of tonight’s clash for the IBF light middleweight title in Las Vegas, champion Kassim “The Dream” Ouma and challenger Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin scaled in at the official fight weigh in. Ouma topped the scale bang on the 154-pound weight limit while Karmazin came in half a pound lighter. Ouma has only one…
Wayne McCullough is chasing the WBC super bantamweight championship, and as hard luck would have it, a Mexican champion stands in his way. 122-pound fighters the world over can breathe a sigh of relief that it is not Daniel Zaragoza, the man that owned the very same championship on and off over a ten-year period,…
If man must know his limitations, he should have had a whisper in Danny Williams’ ear before Vitali Klitschko turned up. It was easy to become caught up in the hype that followed Williams’ fourth round stoppage of Mike Tyson, but in hindsight, if Kevin McBride can do it…..all right, I’ll stop there before we…
We here at SaddoBoxing are very lucky to be involved with this great offer to boxing fans from ring warrior Carlos “Famoso” Hernandez, and of course, since we announced the stipulations for the giveaway, you great fans responded. I mean, who wouldn’t want to own a pair of signed boxing gloves from a champion such…