Iranian born Mahyar Monshipour retained his WBA super bantamweight title in France tonight by stopping Thailand’s Yoddamrong Sithyodthong in six rounds. Monshipour is twenty-nine years old and this latest win brings his professional record to 26-2-2 with seventeen stoppages to his credit. A former European champion, Monshipour has now retained …
Read More »SHOWTIME PRESENTS……
Middleweight contender Troy Rowland vs. WBO number thirteen middleweight contender Epifanio Mendoza. And……. Undefeated welterweight contender Anthony Mora vs. undefeated welterweight contender Shamone Alvarez. Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, At 11 PM ET/PT* From Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan. NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2004) – The talented Troy Rowland will take …
Read More »Pemberton Chasing Beyer’s WBC Title.
The World Boxing Council has officially installed Scott “The Sandman’ Pemberton as its number one contender. Pemberton, (29-3-1) is the reigning NABC, NABF and IBU super middleweight champion. He must wait for the winner of the Markus Beyer (WBC champion)-Danny Green (WBC interim champion) fight in 2005. “We want to …
Read More »Oliveira Can’t Wait For Hatton Fight.
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (November 7, 2004) – “I’m going to school Ricky Hatton like I did Vivian Harris,” promises “Sucra’ Ray Oliveira. Hatton (37-0, 27 KOs) defends his WBU light welterweight title for the fifteenth time December 11 in London against cagey Oliveira in what Hatton has termed as a …
Read More »Tszyu Annihilates Mitchell in Three Rounds.
IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu deceived all expectations that he would be ring rusty after almost two years out of the ring by thoroughly dominating his closest rival in the light welterweight division. Despite being extremely active and carrying a great deal of momentum into the match, Sharmba Mitchell …
Read More »Guzman Takes Decision From Morales.
After a terribly confusing turn of events which saw original opponent Marcos Licona taken out of his spot on the fight card, WBO super bantamweight champion Joan Guzman defeated late subsitute Joe Morales over ten rounds as the main undercard bout of the Tszyu-Mitchell light welterweight attraction. After it was …
Read More »Veit Stops Brewer in Nine Rounds.
Germany’s interim WBO super middleweight champion Mario Veit celebrated his forty-fifth win tonight with a ninth round knockout of former IBF super middleweight champion Charles ‘The Hatchet’ Brewer. Both Brewer and Veit are former victims of current reigning WBO champion Joe Calzaghe who recently struggled to defend his title against …
Read More »Ronald “Winky’ Wright – Shane Mosley II.
It may have escaped the attention of some – some of you may even be scratching your head at the title of this article – that in the furore over Tszyu-Mitchell II and Morales-Barrera III, one other significant sequel has been grossly, nay, criminally overlooked: Ronald “Winky’ Wright-“Sugar’ Shane Mosley …
Read More »Olajide-Gardner In Jr. Middleweight Showdown.
Brockton, Ma- Cappiello promotions announced today that junior middleweight contender Ian ‘The Cobra’ Gardner, 17-1, (7KO), will be stepping up and taking on fellow once beaten Tokunbo Olajide, 20-1. (17KO). The fight, which is not expected to make the HBO telecast, will be on the under-card of the undisputed title …
Read More »Tszyu-Mitchell: Saddoboxing Writer’s Predictions.
The progression of the light welterweight division did not exactly stall during the protracted ring absence of Kostya Tszyu, but his re-emergence could prove to be an ominous sign, not only for his opponent Sharmba Mitchell, but also for the entire 140-pound class. The boxing world has endured Tszyu’s convalescence …
Read More »Frank Maloney’s Response to Johnny Nelson.
“Johnny, let’s tell the truth!” I’m amazed at the article I’ve recently read on WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson, entitled “Nelson Warns on Boxing’s Future.” Without being disrespectful to Johnny, I have to take him to pieces for his comments concerning my fighter Scott Harrison’s fight last week. Johnny is …
Read More »Sharmba Mitchell Burns Brightly in the Flames of Revenge.
In the sun-baked city of Phoenix, Arizona tomorrow night, IBF interim junior welterweight titlist Sharmba Mitchell finally gets a change to avenge the bitter loss he suffered at the hands of IBF Champion Kostya Tszyu almost four years ago. The two will meet in the cavernous 17,000 seat Glendale Arena …
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