Brockton, Ma- Cappiello promotions announced today that junior middleweight contender Ian ‘The Cobra’ Gardner, 17-1, (7KO), will be stepping up and taking on fellow once beaten Tokunbo Olajide, 20-1. (17KO). The fight, which is not expected to make the HBO telecast, will be on the under-card of the undisputed title fight between Shane Mosley and…
The progression of the light welterweight division did not exactly stall during the protracted ring absence of Kostya Tszyu, but his re-emergence could prove to be an ominous sign, not only for his opponent Sharmba Mitchell, but also for the entire 140-pound class. The boxing world has endured Tszyu’s convalescence and greets him now as…
“Johnny, let’s tell the truth!” I’m amazed at the article I’ve recently read on WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson, entitled “Nelson Warns on Boxing’s Future.” Without being disrespectful to Johnny, I have to take him to pieces for his comments concerning my fighter Scott Harrison’s fight last week. Johnny is very clever to be wise…
In the sun-baked city of Phoenix, Arizona tomorrow night, IBF interim junior welterweight titlist Sharmba Mitchell finally gets a change to avenge the bitter loss he suffered at the hands of IBF Champion Kostya Tszyu almost four years ago. The two will meet in the cavernous 17,000 seat Glendale Arena to decide who can legitimately…
Thursday night in Texas, U.S.A. boxing’s youngest world champion Juan Diaz successfully retained his WBA championship as expected against French veteran Julien Lorcy by unanimous decision. The announcement told that Diaz retained his title by considerably wide margins on all of the judges scorecards. At just twenty-one years of age, Diaz stays in the reckoning…
A press conference to formally announce the upcoming Klitschko-Williams world heavyweight championship fight on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on HBO Pay-Per-View (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) was held Thursday in Los Angeles. Klitschko (34-2, 33 KOs) will make his first World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title defense…
Two of boxing’s most talented pound-for-pound fighters will square off in a highly anticipated rematch when International Boxing Federation (IBF) “Super†140-Pound champion Kostya Tszyu defends his title against interim IBF junior welterweight champion Sharmba Mitchell Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Marcos Licona (left) squares off with Joan GuzmanClick for larger image©…
When Jason ‘The Power’ Cook puts his IBO lightweight belt on the line tomorrow night against experienced Argentine campaigner Aldo Rios in Hereford, England, he’ll be meeting arguably his most difficult opponent so far in his eight year career. Will Cook join Ricky Hatton, Stevie Johnston and Artur Grigorian as the only fighters to hold…
For a fighter generally regarded as a slick, southpaw stylist, Sharmba Mitchell wears a great many battle scars upon his face. Comparatively, the only obvious blemish on Kostya Tszyu’s facial features is the scar on his upper lip, acquired not from the fists of one of his fellow pugilists, but from a surgeon’s knife in…
British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter has issued a no nonsense challenge to Floyd Mayweather Junior, arguably the world’s best pound for pound fighter. © Mike Cleary “Come on Pretty Boy, lets get it on,†said Witter, who defends his European title against Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias on the November 12th Hennessy Sports…
Compiled by Jim Cawkwell. The anticipation is intensifying as the days bring us ever closer to the Tszyu-Mitchell match; a fight that essentially clears up a good deal of unfinished business between the two fighters and gives us a new degree of clarity regarding the state of the light welterweight division. Opinions are still starkly…
There was a time in the mid sixties that revolved around who would be Muhammad Ali’s next opponent. The former Cassius Clay was chewing up and spitting out challengers with alarming ease. His hold on the heavyweight title was reaching the point of fan boredom. Few could see any serious contenders on the horizon. Then…