Former super featherweight champions Jesus Chavez and Carlos Hernandez proved why their fight deserved great attention this week by providing a thrilling contest which Chavez narrowly won by a split decision. In a back and forth battle, Chavez nicked the final score with a tally of 115-113 and 117-111 while the other judge had Hernandez…
In one of the top attractions tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, IBF bantamweight champion of the world successfully defended his title for the fifth time by posting a win over game Ricardo Vargas. The final scores were as follows: 118-109, 116-111, 116-111. Vargas, though defeated becomes only the third man to…
In some of the featured bouts of the evening in support of the main event of Julio Cesar Chavez versus Ivan Robinson, we bring you the early results from the following fights: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. knocked out Adam Wynant in the very first round. Hawaii’s top-ranked flyweight contender Brian Viloria pounded his opponent Ruben…
European heavyweight champion Luan Krasniqi retained his championship and tooka step closer to capturing a world title by knocking out American challenger Lance “Mount” Whitaker in six rounds tonight. The fight was the main event of the card held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Bad blood preceded the contest as the fighters almost came…
Both of these men have a common opponent, which neither of them managed to defeat: Erik Morales. After earning their respective world titles, Chavez and Hernandez ran into Morales, who promptly took their championships away, and it is for one of those titles, the WBC super featherweight championship, that both men fight for the right…
My outstanding memory of Ricardo “Chapo†Vargas is of him bringing hell to a certain Johnny Tapia some years ago. Vargas’s sharp punches tore at Tapia’s features and it seemed to me that even one as talented as Tapia felt bemused about how to deal with such a dangerous foe. It is worth noting that…
Tonight, live from the Staples Center in California, and part of the televised portion of the pay-per-view under-card that is dedicated to the finale of a legend, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jesus “El Matador†Chavez makes his return to the ring. Chavez, who is the former WBC super featherweight titlist, will be swapping leather with former…
Hennessy Sports Carl Froch and Junior Witter – who co-headline at the Nottingham Arena on Saturday July 9th – have come in for glowing praise from six-weight world champion Oscar de la Hoya for flying the flag for Britain on the world stage. De la Hoya – who’s Golden Boy Promotions have formed a strategic…
In a shocking and passionate outburst during last night’s Friday Night Fight’s broadcast from Florida, seasoned American trainer and current broadcast analyst Teddy Atlas made some scathing remarks about the current state of boxing in regard to the WBC, Don King and their practises in arranging title fights. The discussion with commentator Joe Tessitore centred…
Israeli heavyweight sensation fighting out of England Roman Greenberg will headline a boxing show in Las Vegas on June 11. Greenberg’s record currently stands at an impressive eighteens wins against no defeats with thirteen stoppages to his credit. The only name of note on Greenberg’s record is former British champion Julius Francis, but the young…
Irish super bantamweight based in Las Vegas Wayne McCullough gets his second crack at WBC champion Oscar Larios this July. The first fight between the two happened this past February, and many observers felt that, in kind with McCullough’s defeat to Scotland’s Scott Harrison, that he had lost soundly to the Mexican champion Larios. However,…
Ahead of tonight’s European heavyweight title contest happening in Germany, the combatants, champion Luan Krasniqi and challenger Lance Whitaker went at each other at the weigh-in. Whitaker was having none of any niceties from Krasniqi and a pushing match ensued after which bad blood certainly seemed to exist between the two heavyweights. Whitaker weighed in…