Alright fight fans, the majority of this week’s boxing action begins on Thursday, so without further ado, we’re going to dive right in at the deep end. That being said, the event being held at the Palace Indian Gaming Center in Lemoore, California represents deep water for some of the fighters participating in it. Firstly,…
Judah Calls Out Oscar After Knocking Off Spinks! Click for larger image© Curtis McCormick Zab Judah pulled off a masterful display last weekend in St. Louis, finally delivering on the long unrealized potential that his abundance of skill, speed and raw power have promised for so long. Judah admitted that he grew up after the…
Rumors are circulating that former undisputed welterweight champion Cory Spinks will continue his career in the light middleweight division, despite the possibility of a third and deciding fight with Zab Judah for his old titles. The light middleweight division has proved to be a haven for welterweights in recent times who have come up against…
Olympic sensation and eighteen year old boxing wonderkid Amir Khan is making his transition into the senior amateaur boxing programme in the United Kingdom. Khan has also moved up in weight from the lightweight class, the weight in which he enjoyed his olympic success, to the light welterweight division. Khan has found some rough moments…
Unbeaten heavyweight “Baby†Joe Mesi and former world-class super middleweight/middleweight “Dangerous†Dana Rosenblatt are Thursday night’s (Feb. 10) special guests on the New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show live on WWZN 1510 The Zone in Boston. Mesi (29-0, 25 KOs) talks about his once mercurial career now on hold for nearly a year due to…
Mick “Pony” Shaw is ready to step it up a few notches should he be victorious over Ranee Ganoy this Friday night at the Broncos Leagues Club in their Pacific Lightweight Title bout. Shaw currently ranked among the top Lightweights in Australia realises each fight he takes from now on will need to be against…
Duva Boxing’s trio of young prospects – Kendall Holt, Oscar Diaz and Shaun George – all coming off impressive nationally televised victories in the past week, have established themselves as serious contenders on the fight scene. Holt and Diaz are of particular interest because they fight in the 140-pound division, the hottest category in boxing…
The WBA featherweight title fight between champion Chris John and challenger Derrick Gainer will finally happen in John’s own country of Indonesia in April of this year. Gainer was supposed to have fought John last year but his concerns over heat levels in the outdoor arena in Indoneisa during the fight scrapped the possibility. Now…
British Welterweight Champion David Barnes and challenger Bradley Pryce have come out slugging before their fight at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes on Friday 4 March. Mancunian Barnes, 27, makes the fourth defence of his title against the tough Welshman and both have opened a war of words that they aim to settle on…
“I beat the man, who beat the man, who beat the man, I guess that makes me the man.†He was right, that’s how it works in boxing and when Riddick Bowe seized the heavyweight crown from Evander Holyfield in their epic first encounter, he was indeed the man of the division. Bowe, for whatever…
It is refreshing to know that we are experiencing an era in which boxing events are living up to, and often exceeding their expectations. The record-breaking attendance figure demonstrated that the promotion had already captured the public’s imagination, but the atmosphere that emanated from the audience in the Savvis Center ensured that the first major…
“I want De La Hoya next!”-Zab Judah. Zab “Super” Judah mounted a masterful attack of carefully applied pressure that slowly wore down fellow southpaw Cory Spinks. Cracks began to show in the third when Judah capped off a three-punch combination with a hard straight left that had Spinks wobbly. In the fifth, Judah knocked the…