Irish super flyweight Damaen Kelly of Belfast dominated England’s Jason Booth on Friday night at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre in England. Kelly, once the IBO flyweight champion now becomes the IBO super flyweight champion with the twelve round decision. One of Booth’s two losses came in an IBF title bid against then champion Irene Pacheco,…
Last weekend’s Ricky Hatton-Ray Oliveira bout at London’s ExCel Centre confirmed that the WBU champion’s steamrolling of Mike Stewart this past October was no fluke. Again the Manchester man showed a return to form that has created such a phenomenal following of dedicated fans. The unparalleled energy and pure strain of bad intent that were…
On the eve of their light heavyweight fight to be held atthe Staples Center in Los Angeles tomorrow night, Antonio Tarver and Glencoffe Johnson weighed in along with Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward who is making his debut on the card against Christopher Molina. David Telesco will fight former WBO light heavyweight champion Julio Gonzalez…
Rumors are circulating around the Internet that Andrew Golota may well be about to receive the his third title shot in quick succession against WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster. Golota decided to sign a promotional deal with Don King because he felt that Kind more than anyone else woul dbe able to deliver him the…
Fernando Vargas and his Ferocious Foundation for Kids will celebrate their fourth annual “Toy-Giveaway†on December 22, 2004, it was announced today by Rolando Arellano, Vargas’ co-manager. The giveaway will be held at the following location: Our Lady of Guadalupe – Oxnard, Church 500 North Juanita Avenue Oxnard, CA 93030. Time: 6:30pm to 9:00 pm….
The sport of boxing in 2004 is a confusing place. Too many weight classes, too many titles within each class, organizations whose rankings are clearly incompetent, and too many great fights that are never made because of ‘politics’ (see also: ‘bullshit,’ ‘TV networks’ and ‘money’). These are just some of the problems that boxing is…
Reports from Bob Arum and Top Rank Promotions indicate that they are more than willing to send WBO light welterweight champion Miguel Cotto to Manchester, England to fight fellow undefeated fighter Ricky Hatton. Manchester’s Hatton recently became the first man to stop veteran Ray Oliveira and his place as the IBF mandatory challenger to champion…
It was a battle of undefeated fighters at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, Florida, USA as Irene Pacheco risked his IBF flyweight title against Australia-based Armenian Vic Darchinyan. And what a risk it turned out to be. A very competitive battle was fought between the two fighters until the eleventh round when Darchinyan finally…
Last night in the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA, former Olympian and current flyweight contender Brian Viloria demonstrated exactly why he is known as the “Hawaiian Punch” by knocking out Angel Priolo in the seventh round. Viloria, who has previously disappointed with several long distance wins took the fight on just a few days…
“I could beat anyone in the world at my weight.”-Carl Froch. Click for larger image© Action Images Carl Froch, the prodigiously talented Nottingham native, has gradually been building a fierce reputation for himself. There’s nothing strange in that, right? There isn’t. That is, of course, until you realize that he has only fourteen professional bouts…
Unbeaten middleweight John Duddy’s (7-0, 7 KOs) classic Irish blood-and-guts style of fighting and matinee idol looks has helped him capture the hearts and minds of boxing fans in his native Northern Ireland, as well as a growing number in the United States, particularly on the East Coast. Duddy has followed the same Emerald path…
Whilst pondering over the potential outcome of Saturday’s match up between the world’s two best light heavyweights, I was again reminded that in boxing, more than in any other sport, the least likely of dreams come true. No matter what century, country or weight division, boxing finds a way to defy all usually reliable logic….