Cavan’s Andy Murray returns to action in County Mayo next month as he bids to return to winning ways following the first defeat of his 25 fight career last time out in a European Lightweight title challenge to Gavin Rees. Murray will look to rebound against Argentina’s Sergio Priotti at …
Read More »BJ Flores Joins NBC Olympic Broadcasting Team
World ranked cruiserweight professional boxer B. J. Flores has been named to the NBC broadcasting team for the 2012 Olympic Boxing Competition. Said Flores, “Representing NBC and being part of the Olympic broadcast is truly a great honor and a blessing. I am very much looking forward to seeing an …
Read More »Gonzalez vs. McDowell For New York State Title
Undefeated junior lightweight and Bronx native Manny Gonzalez will challenge Chazz McDowell of Yonkers in a cross-town showdown for the New York State Junior Lightweight Championship next Saturday night, July 28th at “Rockin’ Fights 4” at The Paramount in Huntington, New York.
Read More »First Ever NYC Casino Fight Card September 22
Saturday night, September 22nd, 2012 will be an historic night of boxing as the first ever professional boxing event will be staged in a casino inside New York City as New Legend Boxing/Old World Boxing and W.O.N Promotions present a spectacular show at the beautiful Resorts World Casino New York …
Read More »Aydin Makes WBC Check Weight For Guerrero Clash
WBC Silver welterweight champion will certainly not “pull a Broner” at his championship clash with Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero in San Jose on Saturday, July 28th live on Showtime Championship Boxing. At the mandatory WBC seven day weight check Aydin brought 149 lbs. to the scale – which actually means …
Read More »Ex-WBO Champ Broner Belts Out Escobedo In Cincinnati
He may have lost the WBO super feather title Friday on the scales, but local hero Adrien Broner stamped his entry into the lightweight division with an authoritative fifth round battering of Vincente Escobedo at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH. Unable to make the super feather limit by more …
Read More »Upset In Atlanta: Ruiz Shocks Local Favorite Delgado
Mike “El Cangri” Ruiz is the new World Boxing Federation Intercontinental Super Welterweight Champion after scoring an impressive ninth round stoppage over local favorite, and WBF North American titlist, Paul “The Truth” Delgado on Saturday night (July 21) at the beautiful Buckhead Theater in Atlanta, GA to pick up the …
Read More »Ayala Finishes Off Mackey In Nine At Mohegan Sun
The animal Elvin Ayala waited so long to unleash is finally on the loose. Working with new trainer Marshall Kauffman for the first time, Ayala (26-5-1, 12 KOs) let his hands fly Saturday night and earned a convincing knockout win over dangerous veteran John Mackey (13-8-3), stopping his opponent with …
Read More »Junior Lightweight Contender Burgos Stops Vazquez In Laughlin
Juan Carlos Burgos emphatically showed the world that he is ready to become a world champion as he stopped previously undefeated Cesar Vazquez to retain the WBO Latino Jr. Lightweight championship in round three of a scheduled ten round bout at the Edgewater Hotel Resort in Laughlin, Nevada.
Read More »Sparring Partners Back Slugger Aydin To Defeat Guerrero
Unbeaten Turkish welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin offended Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer and members of the international press last Thursday when he didn’t want to participate in a conference call for his July 28th WBC championship bout against Robert Guerrero at HP Pavilion in San Jose.
Read More »Hovhannisyan Edges Acosta In ShoBox Lightweight Thriller
In a thrilling fight in the main event of an exciting doubleheader Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime, unbeaten Art Hovhannisyan (15-0, 8 KOs), of Glendale, Calif., turned back a determined bid by former WBA lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (29-6-2, 23 KOs), of Caracas, Venezuela, to win …
Read More »Guerrero Tries Hand At Baseball At Oakland Coliseum
Before he steps into the ring at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on July 28th to throw heat against number one contender Selcuk Aydin for the vacant WBC Interim Welterweight Championship, Gilroy’s Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, a three-time world titleholder, will throw heat of another sort when he …
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