By Curtis McCormick WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe has a definite interest in this weekend’s compelling matchup between IBF titlist Jeff Lacy and his seasoned veteran challenger Robin Reid, as the quick handed southpaw will likely face the winner later this year. The undefeated Welshman, 39-0 (31), is coming off a successful trip to…
On Saturday, August 6, 2005, live from Tampa Bay, Florida, and televised on Showtime, Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy will put his IBF 168-pound trinket on the line against perennial contender, and former WBC champion, Robin “Grim Reaper†Reid. This will be the third defense of Lacy’s title, and should be the toughest test of his…
The main event of ESPN2’s Tuesday Night Fight’s show coming from Kansas City, Missouri featured a twelve round featherweight fight between undefeated contender Marcos Ramirez and Tiger Smalls. After an action-packed co-feature served up between Silverio Ortiz and Daniel Seda, this fight needs to live up to expectations as a choice for main event billing….
The Tuesday Night Fight televised action on ESPN2 got underway last night with a ten round competition between Daniel Seda and Silverio Ortiz. The two orthodox lightweights came together as a chief support to the main event of Tiger Smalls versus Marcos Ramirez coming up later. Ortiz is a tough Mexican fighter looking to upset…
Miller Lite, Southwest Airlines, Sportsbook.com, and Rock Star Energy Drink have signed on as sponsors of Fernando Vargas’ August 20 bout against former world champion Javier Castillejo from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Miller Lite, Southwest Airlines, and Sportsbook.com are event sponsors. Rock Star…
Zab Judah may no lonegr be facing Sharmba Mitchell at the Gund Arena on September 3, but WBO light middleweight champion Daniel Santos will certainly be in action. The Puerto Rican champion will defend his title against former WBA welterweight champion Jose Antonio Rivera. Santos will have been inactive for a year by the time…
Former world lightweight champion Miguel Angel Gonzalez will receive yet another chance to gather a world championship when he features on Don King’s pay-per-view event on August 13. Gonzalez will face tough WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo of New York. Collazo won his championship from Jose Antonio Rivera via a close split decision earlier this…
Newly crowned IBF cruiserweight champion O’Neil “Supernova” Bell will make the first defense of the title he won, albeit controversially in a vacant title fight with Canada’s Dale Brown earlier this year. On August 26, Bell will headline the card held at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida when he faces former IBO…
For many of us fans, boxing enjoyed a period of great fights and great fighters in the late seventies and eighties, which has not been equaled since. Fighters like Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Duran, Arguello and others were in their heyday. The heavyweight division, arguably the most popular among many boxing fans, had Larry Holmes and…
It’s a boxing rarity, putting a group of Olympic fighters who reached the pinnacle of amateur boxing together in the same ring as they attempt to reach world championship status in the pro ranks. In fact, its only been done three times in recent history, as members of the 1984, 1992 and 2000 U.S. Olympic…
Bradford’s Junior Witter has moved closer to a shot at a genuine world title having recently been installed into the top three of all the major governing bodies light welterweight rankings. This includes the IBF – of whom long-term domestic rival Ricky Hatton is champion – who place him at third. Significantly there is no…
WBC featherweight champion In Jin Chi is off the August 20 card, but the show must go on. Chi’s defense against dangerous left-hooker Rocky Juarez could have been one of the greatest fights of the year until Chi’s injury removed that possibility. Instead, Juarez must make do with fighting young Mexican battler Humberto Soto. There…