Golden Boy Promotions is deeply saddened to announce the loss of Jorge Barrios Jr., the son of junior lightweight contender Jorge “La Hiena†Barrios and his wife Laura, who passed away Wednesday two hours after a premature birth in Argentina. “Jorge is not only a Golden Boy fighter, but he’s one of the family, and…
“ For their dedicated work in and out of the ring, the Klitschko Brothers have received “The Golden Camera,” the most famous Media Award in Europe. Vitali, the World Boxing Council and RING magazine heavyweight champion, and younger brother Wladimir, a former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champ, were in attendance to accept the coveted award…
Scott Harrison must wonder what he has to do to capture the hearts of the public. Being Scotland’s first world champion since, well, since I was a fetus should be enough, in theory. However, the boxing world is rarely so clear-cut. If Harrison finishes his opponent too fast, the fight is farce. If, God forbid,…
With British light welterweight Junior Witter’s latest chance to crash the world stage apparently up in smoke, a question begs asking. Is Witter lucky that the prospective fight against Australia’s Lovemore N’dou fell through in a tangle of boxing politics and misconceptions or did the man from Bradford, England miss out on the perfect opportunity?…
Last night at the Avalon in Hollywood, California, super bantamweight contender Daniel Ponce De Leon was stunned by little-known Celestino Caballero. Caballero boxed mainly from the outside but did considerable damage to the hard-hitting De Leon who found infrequent success with his less-organized, swinging punches. When it was all said and done, Caballero walked away…
Boxing manager Steve “Tank†Tankanow has come out firing on behalf of his World Boxing Association “regular†welterweight champion, Jose Antonio Rivera. “Tank†has been irked by some of Judah’s comments since capturing the undisputed world welterweight title February 5 with a stoppage of Cory Spinks, particularly about whom Zab says he intends to fight…
Exclusive interview with “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis and his manager Mike Michael. Look out Miguel Cotto! With head spinning velocity, twenty-five year old southpaw Mike Arnaoutis ripped through an impressive selection of up and coming American based light welterweight prospects in 2004, and is on track to continue his Sherman-like swath of destruction march to a…
Australian light welterweight Lovemore “Black Panther” Ndou has pulled out of his fight with England’s Junior Witter as negotiations were not to his satisfactions between his promoter Dan Goossen and Witter’s representative Mick Hennessy. The fight seemed certain upon Ndou’s journey to the U.S., but the fighter that gave Click for larger image © Action…
The WBC/WBO world super bantamweight unification fight will not happen as soon as we thought. WBC champion Larios suffered an inury to one of his biceps while defending his title recently against Irishman Wayne McCullough. This unfortunate happening means that Larios will not be able to compete against WBO champion Joan Guzman in the unification…
NABA light heavyweight champion George Khalid Jones puts much more than his title belt on the line February 25 when he fights veteran Thomas Reid in the 12-round main event on “Championship Boxing Returns to Lowell†at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. The first pro show to be held in the home of “Irish 
Othello’s Welterweight boxing prospect, David Torres will fight tough journeyman Cesar Vega (6-4) on Friday, February 25th at the Emerald Queen Casino’s “Battle at the Boat XXXV†boxing series. Torres, the undefeated Latino sensation (7-0, 5KO’s) will fight the semi-main event at the Emerald Queen with the first fight starting at eight pm. “David is…
Exclusive video footage of Howard Eastman, Bernard Hopkins, Junior Witter and Carl Froch in preparation for their appearance in LA on February 19th is now available in the HennessySports.com video lounge. HennessySports.com members can now view in the behind the scenes area: – Howard Eastman speaking at the final press conference in LA – Bernard…