“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…
Discuss the next Big Money fight for Zab.Click for larger image© Curtis McCormick Hi boxing fans. What a great night for our sport i’m sure you’ll agree. Below this message you will find our comprehensive round by round reports from the main fight action in St. Louis that all wrapped up only a few hours…
Tonight in the Savvis Center in St. Louis, Zab Judah won the rematch with Cory Spinks and in the process, became the undisputed welterweight champion of the world and a two-weight world champion. The fight was a very competitive and technical fight to begin with but as the rounds went on, Judah Click for larger…
The chief support fight to the Spinks-Judah rematch tonight in St. Louis was the WBC/IBF heavyweight elimination bout between New York’s Monte Barrett and Jamaican born Owen Beck. The grudge match ended in a technical knockout win for Barrett who moves his record to thirty-four wins against three losses. Beck’s loss signals his first defeat…
One of the undercard huge Spinks-Judah II event tonight in St. Louis, light middleweights Eric Mitchell and Robert Dula fought in a scheduled ten round affair. The fight ended suddenly in the first round after the softer looking but undefeated Dula absorbed three unanswered shots that were obviously hard and hurtful punches. Dula landed heavily…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime One would have been forgiven for thinking that Zab Judah’s immediate challenge to Cory Spinks for the undisputed welterweight title was somewhat impetuous. While Spinks went about the business of repelling Judah’s challenge, he could not do so before being knocked down by the Brooklyn man’s fast and powerful…
Former two time world champion of the late 1960’s, Fighting Harada is recovering steadily after brain surgery January 24th. Harada suffered a brain hemorrhage the day before the surgery. Doctors removed a blood clot and Harada may remain hospitalized for at least another month. Harada won the world flyweight title by stopping Pone Kingpetch of…
Howard Eastman’s historic showdown with undisputed world middleweight champion and pound for pound king Bernard Hopkins at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on February 19th is to be featured on both Setanta Sport and the BBC. “I am delighted to officially announce that the country will have a wide selection of media outlets through…
Kendall Holt snapped David Diaz’s head back a number of times before the referee stopped the fight at 2:26 in the eighth round in a junior welterweight tussle Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†In the junior welterweight co-feature from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., Oscar “El Matador†Diaz out-brawled Al “Speedy†Gonzales over…
On Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Ricky Quiles won a split twelve-round decision verdict over Edner Cherry. It was an action packed fight in which both fighters had their moments and their respective styles made for an entertaining clash almost from start to finish. The fight was an IBF…
Friday night in Florida, Javier Jauregui won a ten-round decision against Cristian Favela by wide margins on all scorecards. Jauregui moves his professional record to forty-eight wins against eleven losses and two draws. Undefeated contender snatched his twenty-second win in a row by stopping Nicolas Cervera in the third round of their fight. At Foxwoods…
The tickets for Fernando Vargas’s long-awaited return to the ring are selling quickly and sales for the event have now cleared the $200,000 mark. Vargas will fight Dutchman Raymond Joval in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 26. Joval has been in with some decent opposition but the fight with Vargas will represent his first step…