Ghana’s Ike Quartey registered the most significant win of his comeback to boxing after a five year absence last night as he took a ten round decision away from former light middleweight champion Verno Phillips. Quartey felt the canvas in round nine after Phillips certainly had his moments early in the fight. But Quartey came…
Former WBO world middleweight champion Otis Grant fought once again in his adopted home of Montreal, Canada last night. Grant defeated Charles Adamu via the decision route and marked his sixth successive win since returning to boxing after a five year layoff in 2003. Grant has very few knockouts on his impressive professional ledger, so…
At the huge and ancient Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia – built between 100 and 400 A.D. by the Roman Empire – principals Felix Sturm and Stipe Drews fulfilled the expectations set on them as being the favorites on this event promoted by Germany’s Universum Box-Promotion. In front of 6.000 excited open air spectators in one…
This Saturday night, the televised under-card of the “Gentleman†Glen Johnson vs. Antonio “Magic Man†Tarver fight features a 160-pound tilt between former WBA welterweight champion Ike “Bazooka†Quartey (35-2-1 with 30 KOs) taking on former IBF light middleweight titlist Verno Philips (39-9-1 with 20 KOs). This will mark the second fight in Quartey’s comeback…
It seems as if every win Glen Johnson achieves these days is an upset, begging the question, when are people going to truly believe in him? Antonio Tarver fought beneath himself in the first fight, and paid the price. This time, the rematch specialist in Tarver will have to come to the fore in order…
Longtime world title contender finally gathered a world championship after several attempts tonight in Italy. Johnson, of Lou DiBella’s DiBella Entertainment group traveled to Milan in Italy to take on Stefano Zoff for the vacant IBF lightweight title as vacated by former champion Julio “Kidd” Diaz. The fight ended in the seventh round as Johnson…
After reviewing Fernando Vargas’ protest against the WBC, the ABC (Association of Boxing Commissioners) has announced today that they are in agreement with Vargas that the WBC was incorrect to “anoint†Ricardo Mayorga as the 154 lb mandatory challenger without forcing him to compete in an elimination bout. Fernando Vargas and former champion Javier Castillejo…
Kevin McBride, the most recent man to beat former undisputed heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson will hold a victory party to celebrate his win and he is extending an invitation to all to come and celebrate with him. “The Clones Colossus†sustained an early barrage by Tyson and was declared the victor after Tyson slumped…
Everyone has a talent, no matter how veiled or insignificant it might seem. It could be a tendency to excel in a particular discipline, an intuition that others lack, or simply a personality trait that warms you to others. Whichever of these elements applies to you, it is probably fundamental to your self-esteem, how you…
Despite all of the talk concerning unified WBO/WBC lightweight champion Diego Corrales fighting a rematch with Jose Luis Castillo or engaging in battle with newly cronwed IBF light welterweight champion Rciky Hatton, it seems as though Brazilian superstar Acelino “Popo” Freitas might jump the queue ahead of everyone. Freitas, who has fought only once since…
There was more action happening across America last night, this time we bring you the result from Fort Worth, Texas as bantamweight contender Jhonny Gonzalez took a unanimous ten round decision over Adolfo Landeros in a near shutout. Gonzalez moves his record to twenty-nine wins with four losses and is gathering steam ahead of what…
Lightweight contender Ricky “Showtime” Quiles maintained his position as a top contender and earned the right to meet the winner of the upcoming IBF lightweight title fight by posting a unanimous decision win over former champion Javier Jauregui last night in Florida. As against Edner Cherry last time out, Quiles proved too much for his…