The holidays came early today for Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins when the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) overturned the decision that dealt the oldest champion in boxing history a controversial technical knockout loss to “Bad” Chad Dawson on October 15 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Two-time WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against Dereck Chisora at the Olympiahalle Munich, Germany on February, 18, 2012. Dereck “Del Boy“ Chisora is 27 years old and is rated in the Top 15 in the WBC world rankings. From 2010 until 2011, Chisora was the Commonwealth and British heavyweight champion. In…
At 21, William Shamar Whitt from Brooklyn, New York, exudes the confidence and ring generalship found only in seasoned fighters in their prime. Possessing a calm demeanor and confident swagger, the 5’10’ tall junior welterweight southpaw has already stacked up numerous titles and accolades. With just twenty-five amateur fights under his belt, Whitt has already…
Long regarded as one of the world’s premier super middleweight contenders, Andre Dirrell will return to the ring for the first time in 21 months when he faces Darryl Cunningham in the co-feature of a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Dec. 30, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing in association with GYM Inc. presented the 5th installment of “Boxeo America” broadcast live this past Saturday December 10th, from the Bell Center in Montreal Canada on the Azteca America network and once again a major upset took place in the main event as former WBA Jr. Middleweight champion Joachim Alcine…
Roy Jones Jr. made the first step towards a world championship in his fifth weight class on Saturday night, when he won the vacant UBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title with a clear unanimous decision over former â€Contender†participant Max Alexander at the Atlanta Civic Center. There were no knockdowns in the ten-round bout, but the former…
With super middleweight supremacy on the line when WBA Champion Andre Ward takes on WBC titleholder Carl Froch in the Super Six World Boxing Classic Final on Saturday Night, December 17 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, matchmaker Tom Brown of Goossen Tutor Promotions has put together an explosive undercard featuring several members of their talented…
Chicago based undefeated middleweight prospects Victor Polyakov and Foster Nkodu will each look to stay in the win column in a special attraction undercard battle at Windy City Fight Night 20 on Friday, December 16th at the UIC Pavilion. Windy City Fight Night 20 is presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions.
The WBA and IBF welter titles changed hands last night during a thrilling and controversial battle between reigning champion Amir Khan and challenger Lamont Peterson at Washington DC’s Convention Center. The first round saw Britain’s Khan establish his skill advantage, outboxing Washington resident Peterson, who was down in the first but not hurt. Peterson was…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Tonight at the Convention Center in Washington DC, Amir Khan, 26-1-0 with 18 KO’s, defends his IBF and WBA light welterweight titles against challenger Lamont Peterson, 29-1-1 with 15 KO’s. This will not be the first time Peterson has had a shot at a world title….
WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin made short work of challenger Lajaun Simon last night at Ballsaal Interconti Hotel in Dusseldorf, Germany. Kazakhstan born Stuttgart resident Golovkin was making the second defense of the belt he won last December with a third round KO of Nilson Julio Tapia and retained against ex-IBF light middle champ Kassim…
Denis “Da Momma’s Boy†Douglin will make his national TV debut when he battles undefeated knockout artist Steven Martinez on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights†January 6 at Mallory Square in Key West, FL. Both Douglin, 13-1 (8 KO’s), and Martinez, 11-0 (9 KO’s), won the 2008 National Golden Gloves Tournament in their respective weight classes,…