In a Fight of The Year candidate Marcos “El Chino†Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s), of Margarita, Argentina, capped a spectacular night of fights with a sixth-round technical knockout win over “The Riverside Rocky’’ Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) of Riverside, Calif., before a loud and raucous record sell-out crowd of 8,629 at the Home Depot…
At the luxurious Bay Hotel in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South African boxing fans were treated to an outstanding display of boxing when local superstar Mzuvukile Magwaca retained his World Boxing Federation All Africa Light Flyweight title. Mzuvukile Magwaca put on a magnificent performance and dominated resilient and game, but outclassed, Ghanaian Joseph Martey before…
Five time World Boxing Champion Antonio Tarver is no stranger to overcoming the odds. The Orlando, Florida native who shocked the world with his one punch knockout of the great Roy Jones Jr. is poised to prove doubters wrong and make his return to the ring.
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum and Todd duBoef, CEO and president of Top Rank, respectively, will host a news conference luncheon to announce the signing and professional debut of 2012 Japanese Olympic Gold Medalist Ryota Murata. Murata captured the Olympic gold medal in the middleweight division at the 2012 Olympics held in London.
Click the image for more photos from Thomas Stalker Vs Oszkar Fiko card Team GB’s Captain – Thomas Stalker of Liverpool – smashed his way to a first round victory last night by flooring Romanian Oszkar Fiko mid-way through the opening round of their scheduled six round Light-Welterweight Contest. Stalker improves to 4 wins (1…
WBC Light Heavyweight ruler Chad Dawson makes his way to Montreal’s Bell Centre for a third time as the Connecticut resident faces 35 year old Quebec man Adonis Stevenson tonight in a battle of southpaws set for 12 rounds. Dawson has had a mixed bag of results at the Bell Center, losing to the WBC…
Adam Little isn’t letting a niggling injury distract him from his goal of winning his first professional title before the end of the year. The Ricky Hatton-trained welterweight prospect was due to box in Blackpool this evening but decided to pull out so that he can spend some more time getting his hand right after…
Paddy Barnes was out of today’s European light-flyweight final with Russia’s David Ayrapetyan in Minsk, Belarus because of a fractured nose. Irish head coach Billy Walsh confirmed that following a meeting with Barnes last night that they had decided to withdraw the Belfast man.
The principal boxers all weighed in for tonight’s big fight card at the Bell Centre in Montreal. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Chad Dawson 173.4 lb Adonis Stevenson 174.2 lb
A nice welter clash headlines an interesting bill at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA this Saturday with Marcos Rene Maidana and Josesito Lopez squaring off for the WBA Intercontinental strap. Also scheduled is a light middle scrap between Erislandy Lara and Alfredo Angulo for the Interim WBA crown and a USBA light middle title…
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced at the outset of yesterday’s final press conference that he expects The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. , to be sold out for the exciting fight card headlined by Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez this Saturday, June 8 live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT).
World-ranked knockout specialist Jorge “Destroyer” Melendez (26-2-1, 25 KO’s), of Bayamon, P.R., and former amateur standout Nick “The Machine Gun†Brinson (14-1-2, 6 KO’s), of Rochester, N.Y., made weight on their first attempts Thursday for their 10-round main event fight tonight, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT delayed on…