Do to unforeseen circumstances, junior middleweight Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson’s bout scheduled for Thursday evening is cancelled. Melson, 6-0 (3 KO’s), was slated to fight at North Bergen, NJ’s Schuetzen Park, but will now be fighting December 17 on the Andre Ward-Carl Froch undercard at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
The ultimate confrontation – “World Dominance” – on December 2 between the top two women boxers in the world, American favorite Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs) and French knockout specialist Anne Sophie Mathis (25-1, 21 KOs), promises to give women’s boxing a much needed boost in worldwide popularity.
In Halifax, Yorkshire, Derby’s – Ovill McKenzie, took just 15 seconds to win the Commonwealth (British Empire) Light Heavyweight Title when he knocked out Welshman – Jeff Evans. The Wayne Carmichael and Frank Warren promoted fight-night featured eight contests. At Bramall Lane, Sheffield, Glyn Rhodes promoted a fight-night of four contests. The headliner saw local…
Denton Vassell (Manchester) v Samuel Colomban (Melbourne, Australia) Commonwealth (British Empire) Welterweight Title. This was Vassell’s second defence of the title he won in April last year. Vassell got off to a busy start and started targeting the body in the second round but some of the shots are low and in the third –…
OneSongchai M150 Promotion celebrated the Lotus Bloom Festival on Tuesday at Old Airport Stadium in Kunyuam District, Maehongsorn Province, Thailand by producing a boxing card presented by Maehongsorn Governor, Kamtorn Tavornsatit, Kunyuam District Mayor Sakchai Supasa and female promoter Pariyakorn Ratanasuban.
New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman and actor Danny Aiello will be among the bevy of sports and entertainment stars joining boxing trainer and ESPN Friday Night Fights analyst Teddy Atlas to lend their support to the 15th Annual Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Dinner on Thursday night, November 17,…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Derby Boxer – Ovill McKenzie, took just 15 seconds to demolish Welshman Jeff Evans Friday night – to win the vacant Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Title. McKenzie (aptly named ‘The Upsetter’!) unleashed a barrage of shots in the opening seconds pressuring Evans back on the ropes then…
Last night saw the third installment of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, this time at welterweight as the arch-rivals fought over Pacquiao’s WBO crown. From the first bell, it was clear that Marquez had learned much from his previous 24 rounds with Pacquiao, as the 38 year old Mexican expertly maintained just enough distance…
Last night, at EventCity, Manchester, Hennessy Sports promoted a fightnight which headlined an exciting contest between Heavyweight Giant – Tyson Fury of Wilsmlow, Cheshire and Neven Pajkic of Canada (Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina). Fury towered over his opponent as they faced each other at the start of this scheduled twelve round Heavyweight Contest….
With just under a month before the biggest fight in his career, Joe DeGuardia is happy to report that Star Boxing’s Delvin Rodriguez is right on schedule with his preparation for his much anticipated rematch with Pawel Wolak (29-1-1, 19 KO’s) which is part of the Miguel Cotto – Antonio Margarito HBO Pay Per View…
Off his impressive performance last weekend in Cancun, dismantling Scottish southpaw Craig McEwan (19-2, 10 KOs) live on HBO en route to a sixth-round stoppage, unbeaten defeated middleweight contender Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (26-0, 20 KOs) has arguably established himself as the No. 1 American middleweight.
On November 26th WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan“ Ion square off in Trabzon, Turkey in a rematch of their 2010 title fight. The show is labeled as “Unfinished Business”. Aydin won the first bout by controversial split decision. Now Jo Jo Dan wants to avenge his…