Promoter Gary Shaw is grieving today with the loss of him mother, Iris Shaw, who passed away this morning in Boca Raton, Florida. She was 90 years old, lived a wonderful life and left behind 2 children, Gary and Cheryl, 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. “My mother was a very strong woman who was always…
Chad Dawson won the WBC light heavyweight title from Bernard Hopkins on Saturday, lasting through 12 grueling rounds of a rematch at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. From the start, ageless wonder Hopkins managed to do the one thing that would give him a chance to defeat his faster, stronger, taller 29 year old southpaw challenger;…
American Paulie Malignaggi went to Ukraine on Sunday as an opponent for WBA welterweight titlist Yvacheslav Senchenko but managed to turn the tables on the local man, walking out of Donbass Arena in Donetsk with the WBA belt in his possession. Former IBF light welter champ Malignaggi had previously won three straight contests since moving…
WBC featherweight king Jhonny Gonzalez retained his title for the fourth time by turning back former champion Elio Rojas on Saturday night at Grand Oasis Resort in Cancun, Mexico. Gonzalez went into the clash sporting a string of knockout victories but Rojas proved to be capable of handling the power shots of the champion, providing…
WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin and his noted trainer Abel Sanchez have arrived in Kiev, Ukraine where Golovkin will defend his world title on Saturday, May 12th against Japanese champion Makoto Fuchigami at the Ice Palace “Terminalâ€.
Tony Bellew sent a chilling warning to European champ Eduard Gutknecht after a stunning fifth round knockout of Danny McIntosh in his British light heavyweight title defence live on Sky Sports at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The hometown star delivered an over hand right at the start of the fifth that was a fitting…
Kelly Swanson Thank you, everybody, for joining us today for Floyd “Money” Mayweather’s conference call. As probably most of you know, yesterday Floyd did his open media workout, and it was a grand success. The gym was packed. And I have to commend Floyd as he did every single interview that was asked of him…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Last night, at Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England, Steve Wood / VIP Promotions hosted a Fight-night billed as ‘Are you Ready?’ which included two Title bouts. Martyn Grainger (Heywood) v Mike Stafford (Southport) 10 x 3 Cruiserweight Contest International Masters Cruiserweight Title It’s a confident…
Tonight, the rematch between ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson and ‘The Executioner’ Bernard Hopkins takes place at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City. Their first fight, back in October of last year, ended in controversy when, in the second round, Dawson effectively shoved Hopkins to the canvas, resulting in an injury to his left shoulder. The fight was…
The Grand Oasis Resort in Cancun, Mexico hosts a big night of fights this evening with two world titles on the line. Big punching featherweight Jhonny Gonzalez, 51-7 (45), meets Elio Rojas, 23-1 (14), in what should turn out to be a barnburner for as long as it lasts. A former WBO bantamweight champ, Gonzalez…
Teeraporn Pannimit displayed wonderful form to capture the WBO Minimumweight Female title on a OneSongchai Boxing show featuring a M150 Charity Promotion at Petchaboon Province, Thailand on Wednesday, April 25. The venue was a temporarily stadium in front of Province Shrine, in Bungnamtao Sub District, Lomsak District with live television provided by Channel 7 from…
Bernard Hopkins, WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion: “I’m a throw back. I live in a time where it is so microwavable that there is no time to cook, season, chop or marinate any more. I’m the last of a dying [expletive] breed. They were calling me old when I beat Trinidad 11 years ago. “Sticks…