As the flagship division of boxing, the heavyweights represent our sport to the “Average Joe†fan. While a dominant or exciting champion can generate a lot of interest in boxing, which then tickles down through the divisions, a collection of boring, faceless champions turns many people off the pugilistic game. Our current heavyweight division is…
Hey, fight fans what another great week for boxing. You may agree or you may disagree with the draw between Joel Casamayor and “Kid Diamondâ€, but one thing is for sure, that “Diamond†is one exciting fighter to watch. Throw in the arrival of Miguel Cotto as a full-fledged contender, and it was a great…
SHOWTIME will replay Saturday’s historical pay-per-view bout that saw Mike Tyson slide into possible retirement following a stunning turn of events in which the former two-time world heavyweight champion refused to answer the bell for the seventh round against Kevin McBride. Fight fans have the opportunity to witness perhaps the final chapter of boxing’s most…
Baseball professionals and political leaders are joining forces in Connecticut, as The Norwich Navigators Double-A baseball team hosts a “Save Our U.S. Sub Base” rally on Tuesday, June 14 prior to its 6:35 p.m. home game. The statewide effort has drawn the attention of Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell, who has committed to appearing at the…
Two-time jr. middleweight world champion Fernando Vargas returns to the 154 lb. division on August 20 when he battles in a 12 round main event bout against Javier Castillejo at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. In the 12 round co-feature bout, undefeated WBC/IBF #1…
Promoter Don King has announced that tickets will go on sale Tuesday at 1 p.m. for his next boxing extravaganza at the United Center on Aug. 13 featuring a showdown for the World Boxing Council interim heavyweight championship that pits former WBC and International Boxing Council heavyweight champion and current WBC No. 1-ranked contender Hasim…
At the excellent FELIX PROMOTION Mega-Event promoted at the Municipal Arena of Nyiradony, Hungary, ATTILA KOVACS and JOZSEF NAGY won the vacant EBA Super Welter and Middleweight Titles. EBA Super Welterweight Title ATTILA KOVACS vs. ALADINO ALANIS The strong Argentinian Aladino Alanis with an impressive record of 20 wins (13 by KO), 6 losses and…
“He is an embarrassment to the sport. All real fighters are hard workers. It takes a lot of work to get to where you are and he makes all of our hard work seem like it’s a joke to the sport of boxing. But you know that guys like that get knocked out, and when…
It was a bout that contained arguably the most famous punch in British boxing history. Cassius Clay, the 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist at light heavyweight was unbeaten in eighteen professional bouts. He had already had some impressive names on his record such as Archie Moore, Sonny Banks, Alex Miteff and Doug Jones. Henry Cooper entered…
By Curtis McCormick British Lightweight champion Graham Earl has something to prove and the Englishman plans on doing so this Sunday night when he meets Commonwealth titlist Kevin Bennett at London’s historic York Hall. Earl will be in good company as an English Light Heavyweight title fight along with two British Masters championship clashes are…
This weeks report kicks off on Sunday 5, when we saw a mega bill in the cherry blossom town of Osaka, Japan with thirty fighters competing in fifteen bouts, ten of which were at bantamweight or below. In a mild upset at light welterweight, Thai import Pongpetch Muangsurin (5-12) knocked out local hero Kenryo Matsumoto….
Miguel Cotto stepped it up last night. His fight with Mohamad Abdulaev was a display of a boxer who had matured into a top prizefighter. In Abdulaev’s defense, he did step it up and applied a lot of pressure to Cotto in the early rounds, but it was not enough to contain Cotto’s swiftness and…