As a ringside physician in the United States, Dr. Paul Wallace spends much of his time patching up the bruised, lacerated faces of professional boxers. In Thailand, he’s using his medical skills to identify bodies of those killed by the tsunami. The plastic surgeon from Beverly Hills, Calif., is helping Thailand’s leading forensics expert identify…
Joe Mesi could have been more than a contender. He could have fought Mike Tyson and made millions. He could have been the champ. Mesi had everything it took to be boxing’s next superstar. He spoke in complete sentences, looked good in front of the camera, and could flatten fellow heavyweights with one big right…
Cornelius Lock captured the vacant International Boxing Association Continental junior featherweight title with an eleventh-round technical decision over Alexander Baba on Friday night. Lock (14-2-1, 10 knockouts) won when the referee halted the bout at the Orleans Hotel and Casino because of a cut over the right eye over Baba. The cut was the result…
British cruiserweight prospect David Haye dismantled veteran UK fight scene campaigner Garry Delaney last night in a match that was made in the heavyweight division. Haye’s performance was steady and measured before he lowered the boom on Delaney via right hand and Delaney opted not to come out for the rest of the fight after…
Friday night in the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, USA, WBA lightweight champion Juan Diaz was sensational is shutting out Canadian challenger Billy Irwin on all scorecards before the contest was stopped in the ninth round by referee Earl Morton. The fight was a punishing affair for Irwin who was peppered with virtually the full…
Bridgend Recreation Centre. W.B.U Cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli kicked off 2005 with a four round hammering of American fringe contender Rich LaMontagne. LaMontagne hit the deck twice in the opening session, the first appeared to be a delayed reaction from a left hook to the body, the second was more clear cut as Maccarinelli landed…
It will happen. Ronald “Winky” Wright will move up to the middleweight division to face former multi-weight world champion Felix “Tito” Trinidad in May of this year. Wright’s remonstrations about his truncated purse offer from promoter Don King was the main stumbling block in the fight not being announced sooner. However, Wright has been appeased…
Heavyweight Calvin Brock maintained his undefeated streak by knocking out former Mike Tyson opponent Clifford Etienne out in three rounds. The fight was the main undercard bout to the main event of Juan Diaz defending his WBA lightweight title versus Canadian Billy Irwin. Etienne found himself on the canvas three times in the short three…
“I know he’s going to come prepared as best he can, but I’m ready too.â€-Juan Diaz. Juan Diaz is without question one of boxing’s brightest lights. The undefeated phenomenon is all set to illuminate the glittering Reliant Center in his hometown of Houston Texas tonight and he spoke to us about how he feels about…
The precise details are unknown at this point, but what is known is that an official announcement from the concerned parties is expected very soon to confirm the Felix Trinidad-Ronald Wright fight later this year. Wright was originally offered the slot to be Trinidad’s second comeback opponent after a two-year hiatus, but Wright was dissatisfied…
Tonight on Friday Night Fights, Juan Diaz will headline the card that includes a heavyweight contest between unbeaten Calvin Brock and former Mike Tyson opponent Cliff “Black Rhino” Etienne. Diaz will put his WBA lightweight title on the line against Canada’s Billy Irwin in the main event. The fighters weighed in yesterday ahead of their…
Former head of HBO boxing and current independent promoter Lou DiBella was scathing about his fighter Jose Navarro’s loss in a WBC title fight in Japan at the beginning of this month. Navarro lost a disputed decision to Japan’s Katsushige Kawashima, it was Navarro’s first loss. The decision was all the more controversial as one…