WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei and IBF heavyweight youth champion Alexander Dimitrenko will headline a big event of Universum Box-Promotion at the huge Color Line Arena of Hamburg, Germany, this Saturday, July 2. Erdei will make the forth defense of his crown against Frenchman and former WBA champion Mehdi Sahnoune, 31-1 (27). “I respect…
Undisputed world welterweight champion Zab “Super†Judah has been nominated for an ESPY Award in the category of Best Boxer. Judah earned this nomination after scoring a ninth-round technical knockout over Cory “The Next Generation†Spinks on Feb. 5 at the Savvis Center in St. Louis before the largest crowd to witness a boxing match…
DiBella Entertainment’s Ike “Bazooka” Quartey, fresh off his convincing victory over Verno Phillips in Memphis on June 11 on HBO, says he is ready to take aim at former champ Oscar De La Hoya. “I beat Oscar when I fought him the first time even though he got the decision,” says Quartey, the gunner from…
Stretching from Mongolia to Eastern Europe, the Eurasian steppes spawned many robust tribes throughout the centuries such as the Cimmerians, Scythians, Samartians, Mongols, Tartars, Huns, Hephthalites and Magyars. Lacking the natural resources to sustain their growing hordes, they spread out in all directions, destroying, assimilating or merging with existing societies and eventually settling into the…
The next “CES’ Prime Time Fights” show presented by Classic Sports & Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES), originally scheduled for August 12, has been changed to Aug. 26 in Down City Providence at the Rhode Island Convention Center, CES president Jimmy Burchfield announced today. Likely participants include new USNBC super middleweight champion Joey “KO Kid”…
By Curtis McCormick. IBF Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton’s trip to America this past weekend was an unqualified success. The British hero was in Atlantic City to watch Arturo Gatti put his WBC title on the line against Floyd Mayweather and also to witness Vivian Harris’ WBA title clash against Carlos Maussa. Other highlights saw…
Boxing fans are an intense, excitable bunch. I should know, I am one of them. Most every boxing fan remembers the fight or fighter that got them interested in the sport. In my case, it was the first Ali-Frazier fight, back in 1971. The buildup prior to the fight was huge, at least by 1971…
I am thrilled to announce that former IBF super featherweight champion of the world Carlos “Famoso” Hernandez has agreed to take part in a question and answer session that will air on the very next edition of the “TKO Boxing Show” coming this weekend. “Famoso” always gives his all in the ring and aside from…
SAM PETER. “I am motivated for all my fights, but this guy talks so much, I am even more motivated. I will take great pleasure in closing his mouth once and for all and doing it in a good, convincing manner.” “I do not think Sykes knows what he has got himself into. But he…
Undefeated Hungarian light heavyweight Zsolt Erdei will defend his WBO light heavyweight championship this week. Erdei, who defeated Julio Gonzalez for the title has made three defenses of the belt, two of which came agains Hugo Hernan Garay. Sahnoune of France has thirty-one wins against a single loss, which came against Silvio Branco in defense…
Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao appears to be finally free of legal troubles now that a settlement has been reached out of court between him and now former promoter Murad Muhammad. Pacquiao alleged financial misdeeds at Muhammad who, when challenged claimed to have an unbreakable promotional contract with Pacquiao. Court proceedings unfolded a different story…
British lightweight sensation and Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan is set to make his professional boxing debut next month. July 16 is the day that Khan will set foot in a professional prize ring for the first time, and he wants his former amateur rival Mario Kindelan to join his camp as a trainer. Khan…