Two aging boxers were in high stakes action against much younger opponents last night at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA but experienced very different results from each other. After a long, grudge-filled media build up, 43 year old IBO cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver met 29 year old Nigerian challenger Lateef Kayode in an interesting…
Now former World Boxing Federation Super Flyweight Champion Juan Jose “Goofy†Montes lost his title at the scales when he failed to make weight before his title defense against fellow countryman Victor “El Nene†Zaleta on Saturday night at the Coliseo Olimpico de la UG in Guadalajara, Mexico. Montes weighed in at 118.1 Lbs. (53.6…
M-150 OneSongchai Boxing put on a Charity promotion on Friday at Sport Stadium, Sakonnakornpattanasuksa School, Muang District in Sakonnakorn Province, Thailand. The event was promoted by Sakonnakorn Governor Jarin Jakkapak and Sakonnakorn Mayor Chaimonkol Chairob together with female Promoter Pariyakorn Ratanasuban, to raise funds for National Security Center Funds, Sakonnakorn Province.
WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (13-1, 8 KO’s) battered a game Enrique Ornelas (33-87, 21 KO’s) from the opening bell Saturday night en route to dominant victory by unanimous decision at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kell Brook has vowed to emulate stablemate Carl Froch after watching the Nottingham man become a three-time World champion on Saturday night. Froch took just five rounds to destroy previously unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute in front of a sold out Capital FM Arena and the show smashed Sky Sports viewing figures set…
Norfolk, Virginia’s Super Middleweight Frank ‘The Freight Train’ Fillippone won at least four of the six rounds scored in the ring in the co-main event promoted by Dee Lee Promotions at The Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 1, 2012, but somehow had to settle for a six round majority draw against Birmingham,…
Rising Boxing 360 heavyweight prospect Joey ‘Polish Thunder’ Dawejko scored a brutal fourth round knockout in the preliminary bout to the main event of a fight card held at Tropicana Hotel and Casino on Friday, June 1, 2012. Dawejko, now 7-0-1, (3), used single placed power shots to the head and body of opponent Edwin…
December 22, 1989 was the day Delvin Rodriguez moved to the United States from the Dominican Republic with his family in search of a better life. Rodriguez has the chance to cap his journey this Saturday night, June 2 when he challenges WBA Super Welterweight Champion Austin Trout at The Home Depot Center in Carson,…
Top five pound-for pound fighter and four-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire and undefeated former world lightweight champion Brandon“Bam Bam†Rios will headline a spectacular all-action doubleheader, Saturday, July 7, under the stars at The Home Depot Center, in Carson, Calif.
Martin Ward has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport. The exciting Team GB podium star will make his debut in September and is expected to begin life in the paid ranks at lightweight before moving up through the divisions.
All eight fighters participating in Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing “Four Warned†event and the Showtime Extreme fighters participated in a final press conference on Thursday, just two days before the highly anticipated June 2 Quadrupleheader which will be telecast live on Showtime at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Today a purse bid took place at the IBF convention in Honolulu Hawaii and Gary Shaw Productions has outbid Golden Boy Promotions garnering the right to promote an IBF elimination bout between # 3 Luis Franco (11-0, 7 KOs) vs. #12 Gary Russell Jr. (19-0, 11 KOs).