Mike Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion of all time and in 1987 voted, “World’s Most Popular Athlete.” Now he joins a select list of legendary fighters who became boxing promoters. Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey, the “Manasa Mauler,” stopped boxing after this fight against Gene Tunney. He promoted a few bouts before entering show business…
Reigning WBA Super and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KO’s) celebrates his fourth anniversary as world champion next month but he really didn’t arrive on the worldwide boxing scene until this past December 14th in his Showtime debut. The 30-year-old Shumenov set a light heavyweight record for capturing a world title in…
Click the Image for more Stuart Hall Vs Vusi Malinga Photos In a bumper Christmas Fight-night at Leeds First Direct Arena, Saturday night, Stuart Hall of Darlington won the vacant IBF Bantamweight Title by Unanimous Points decision (117-110; 117-110; 116-111) over South-African Vusi Malinga. The thrilling but gruelling contest saw ‘Stuey’ bravely battle through the…
IBF super bantam boss Kiko Martinez lit up Pabellon Esperanza Lag in Elche, Spain last night as he came through his maiden defense with flying colors, schooling experienced former world titlist Jeffrey Mathebula. Martinez continues his career turnaround, just ten months after his stoppage loss at the hands of Carl Frampton, looking better than ever…
Omar Andres Narvaez solidified his hold on the super flyweight division with a dominant display last night as the WBO champion retained his title by battering challenger David Carmona at Villa La Nata Sporting Club in the Buenos Aires suburb of Benavides, Argentina. Mexico’s Carmona, 17 years younger than Narvaez at 21 years of age,…
The top super flyweight in the world returns to action tonight as Omar Andres Narvaez puts his WBO crown at risk for the ninth time, facing the challenge posed by Mexico’s David Carmona at Villa La Nata Sporting Club in Benavidez, Argentina. Narvaez, 40-1-2 (21), is two fights removed from the stiffest challenge to his…
Big time boxing makes a rare appearance in Leeds tonight as Darlington hero Stuart Hall gets a surprise IBF title shot against experienced South African campaigner Vusi Malinga at the First Direct Arena. Hall, 15-2-1 (7), is getting this opportunity on the strength of his recent win against America’s Sergio Perales in Doncaster this past…
Spain’s only world champion, IBF super bantam king Kiko Martinez, will look to make the first defense of his unlikely reign this evening when he meets South Africa’s Jeffrey Mathebula over 12 scheduled rounds in the 2,000 seat arena Pabellon Esperanza Lag in the Valencian city of Elche. Where do we start with Martinez? The…
Now that 2013 is on it’s way out the door, let’s take a look at what 2014 may hold for the star-studded welterweight division. Floyd Mayweather, 46-0 (26): the top man at both 147 and 154 pounds, “Money May” is, at age 36, winding down a career that has seen him win an amazing 22…
Following Wednesday’s unanimous decision loss to ex-world champion Glenn Johnson, former IBA cruiserweight champion Bobby “The Celtic Warrior†Gunn has announced that he has stepped between the ropes of the squared circle for the last time in his career. Gunn has had a decorated career inside and out of the ring spanning 24 years, having…
On January 17, DiBella Entertainment will present the premiere show of the 2014 ShoBox: The New Generation season with an exciting quadrupleheader live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Headlining the card will be devastating Ukrainian lightweight Ivan “The Terrible” Redkach (15-0, 13 KO’s), who takes on once-beaten Tony Luis…
Boxing ace Stuart Hall has said he is prepared to go through hell in order to reign victorious in his hunt for world title glory this weekend. The Darlington dazzler makes his bid for the vacant IBF crown against the seasoned South African – Vusi Malinga, on Saturday night at the First Direct Arena in…