“I’m ready for either way this fight goes because I’m well trained for any style of fighting.”-Julio Diaz. In boxing terms, Julio Diaz literally gave everything up to fight WBC champion Jose Luis Castillo, the man many feel is the best lightweight in the talent-laden division. Pound-for-pound boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. arguably had his most…
I don’t care who I’m facing, just as long as I am fighting. It’s exciting and I will win a world title. Nothing will keep me from achieving that goal. Nothing.”-“Kid Diamond†You won’t find a whole lot of diamonds unexpectedly in Choctaw, Mississippi, but you will find a brilliant gem of a fighter there…
Tonight at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York, U.S.A. several important fights took place before an enthusiastic audience. Sultan and Timur, cousins of the Ibragimov family took the next step in their careers while heavyweight Shannon Briggs and former featherweight champion Kevin Kelley, both natives of New York looked to get their careers…
Click for larger image© www.theghostguerrero.com Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will be a guest commentator on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights March 4, 2005. Tune in and witness a great night of boxing as one of the sports brightest young superstars gives his view on the scheduled Rocky Juarez (22-0) Vs Juan Carlos Ramirez (34-7) main event…
SaddoBoxing.com managed to get in a few words with super middleweight contender Dorian Beaupierre. Dorian headlines this Friday’s “Showbox†fight card in his bout against Kelly Pavlik. Tune in to hear Dorian explain to us his thoughts and feelings heading into Friday’s showdown. He also goes in deep detail about everything that had to happen…
WBC No. 10/WBO No. 12/WBA No. 13 contender Almazbek Raiymkulov takes on Koba Gogoladze in a scheduled 10-round main event between unbeaten lightweights on “ShoBox: The New Generation†on Friday, March 4, 2005. In the co-feature, WBO No. 8/WBC No. 10/IBF No. 11 contender Kelly Pavlik will trade leather with Dorian Beaupierre in a 10-round…
Boxing needs the U.S. government to step in and protect the sport, reformers told Congress on Thursday. A key Republican said he was wary of making bureaucrats act as referees. A stalled bill to create a U.S. Boxing Commission brought a hearing in a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, where lawmakers are trying to forge…
Comcast, in partnership with BMW, Everlast and the SF Examiner, has teamed up to help revive the Golden Gloves, an annual amateur boxing tournament in San Francisco. The 74th Annual Golden Gloves takes place March 30-April 2, 2005 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. As a service to San Francisco residents who can’t attend the…
Promoter Jimmy Burchfield (Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc.) is banking on his young star, WBC Youth middleweight champion “Bad†Chad Dawson, developing into a hometown New Haven version of what Vinny Paz was in Providence or Joe Mesi is in Buffalo – The Franchise. In a city void of a major league sports team, 22-year-old…
“All these top prospects have the big names and they’ve fought the same guys I’ve fought, but I just dismantled those fighters.â€-Kelly Pavlik. It’s not every day that serious, cold-blooded knockout punchers come along in the sport of boxing, but undefeated middleweight contender Kelly Pavlik is the Real McCoy. Fully twenty of the Youngstown, Ohio…
WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe is keeping his fingers crossed for Clinton Woods to beat Rico Hoye tomorrow night and win the IBF Light-Heavyweight crown so he can get a shot at the Yorkshireman. Calzaghe takes on Belfast’s Brian Magee on March 18 at the Kings Hall but after ruling the 160lb ranks for…
JOSE LUIS CASTILLO “If I was fighting someone other than Julio Diaz, I might feel a letdown because I have been looking forward to defending against Chico Corrales for a long time. But the fight did not happen. I was supposed to fight Diaz before, too, and it also did not happen. Ever since, Diaz…