The Staples Center in Los Angeles was the site of two upsets last night as veteran Josesito Lopez made ex-titlist Victor Ortiz throw in the towel at welterweight and Lucas Matthysse outslugged former multi-weight champion Humberto Soto at light welter. For southpaw Ortiz, this appearance was supposed to be a warm-up contest prior to stepping…
Once again it was an all-action main event topping Dave Coldwell’s latest installment as Kieran Farrell and Joe Elfidh produced a five-round shootout that was ultimately decided by a crippling left hook delivered to Elfidh’s mid-section on Friday night at De Vere Whites Hotel in Bolton, England.
Ian Lewison, who lost in two ABA finals to David Dolan and David Price via disputed decision has made an inauspicious start to his career winning four and drawing one from six fights. “Fights kept falling through and I lost motivation for the sport†said Lewison, who weighed 18 stone 12 [264 pounds] for his…
Sebastian “Coco†Madani won the vacant World Boxing Federation Super Welterweight title Saturday, June 23 in front of a sold-out crowd at the Salle Chatenoud in Annecy, France, as he was awarded a hard-fought, but deserved, unanimous decision over tough Spaniard Jose Del Rio.
John Joyce and James Cleary got Ireland off to an impressive start at the 2012 European Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria today. Joyce, the current European schoolboy champion, beat Richard Kovacs of Hungary 15-7, and Cleary followed that up with a 19-6 decision over Kaspers Burkevics of Latvia.
Heavyweight Tony Grano picked up the vacant NABF crown last night by knocking out DaVarryl Williamson in the fourth round to headline the “Viva Don King II” show at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, FL. Tony Grano: “DaVarryl caught me with a good right hand in the second round. I didn’t want to get…
Promoter Gary Shaw is concerned about the damage done in the sport of boxing after the news Friday that Antonio Tarver tested positive for a banned substance in a pre-fight drug test conducted by the California State Athletic Commission before his fight with Lateef Kayode.
Following his recent defeat of the Irish Middleweight Andy Lee in the seventh round in El Paso in a defence of his WBC title, the Mexican Prince-ling Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr will finally face off against the Argentine Sergio Martinez, widely regarded as the true Middleweight champion of the world on the 15th September at…
© Esther Lin / Showtime boxing The final press conference for one of the most oft-discussed fight cards of the year – “Ortiz vs. Lopez†taking place this Saturday, June 23 and televised live on Showtime, 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Staples Center, took place Thursday before boxing media and fans,…
The Elite Heat Boxing Team is made up of an extremely special group of inner city kids who have chosen the sport of boxing as their focus and have obtained monumental success on a national level. Based out of the Elite Heat Boxing Gym in Newark NJ, the kids who make up “the team†can…
Ireland’s talented young boxers are scheduled to fly out to Bulgaria this morning (June 22) ahead of the opening bell for the eagerly anticipated 2012 EUBC European Junior Championships. The Continental deciders glove off at the Festivalna Hall in Sofia on Saturday, June 23rd.
The Seminole Hard Rock Casino hosts Saturday’s “Viva Don King II” boxing card in Hard Rock Live at Hollywood, FL. Vacant NABF Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Tony Grano: 221.5 lb DaVarryl Williamson: 215 lb