WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin (22-0) and challenger Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion (29-1) both made exactly the welterweight limit of 147 lbs (66.6 kg) at today’s weigh-in in Trabzon. Dan brought a lot of Romanian fans to Turkey – including IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute – who enthusiastically cheared for their compatriot….
Undefeated Canadian super featherweight Logan Cotton McGuinness has been named the NABA 2011 Fighter of the Year. “It’s a great honor for me to be chosen by the NABA as its Fighter of the Year,” McGuinness said. “I defended the NABA lightweight title twice since winning it in September (2010) and won the NABA super…
Earlier today Francis and George Warren officially announced that British Cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams will defend his newly acquired title, against Southern Area champion Tony ‘Conqueror’ Conquest, at York Hall in London on Friday 13th January 2012, and broadcast live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky 456 & Virgin 546).
With my 30th Thanksgiving on God’s Green Earth finally here, I have more to be thankful for than ever before. The Clinical Stem Cell trial I’ve supported throughout my career is headed in the right direction and could help millions of Americans suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries.
WBA and IBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov is encouraged by media reports and quotes from WBO titlist Nathan Cleverly claiming he is agreeable to a unification fight in Las Vegas versus Shumenov. Shumenov (12-1, 8 KOs), a 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, and former European champion Cleverly (23-0, 11 KOs) would match, respectively, a lawyer against…
Nagging back pain has caused promoter Don King to scuttle plans to fly from the United States to Turkey today to join his friend Ahmet Oner ringside tomorrow at the rematch of undefeated WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin in a highly anticipated rematch against Jo Jo Dan. Oner and King co-promote Aydin.
A couple of weeks ago promoter Ahmet Oner announced that Cuban Olympic gold medalist and multiple world amateur champion Odlanier Solis would give his comeback from an eight months injury lay-off this Saturday as co-feature of the WBC silver welterweight championship between Selcuk Aydin and Jo Jo Dan in Trabzon, Turkey.
About fifty local and international journalists were listening to Selcuk Aydin and Jo Jo Dan expressing mutual respect for each other at their final press conference for Saturday’s WBC Silver world welterweight championship. Both fighters seem to be in great shape and very well prepared for their re-match of Aydin’s controversial split decision win over…
Undefeated IBF No. 5-ranked junior welterweight Vernon “Ice Man†Paris (26-0, 15 KOs), from Detroit, today signed a promotional agreement with Don King. “I can’t find the words to explain how I feel signing to fight for a legend like Don King,†Paris said in King’s South Florida office. “People are now going to see…
Saturday night Peltz Boxing Promotions hosted a seven bout card held at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey televised over the internet on Go Fight Live. USBA Cruiserweight Champion Garrett Wilson seemed to lose nine of eleven rounds but in the tradition of the Yogi Berra adage “It ain’t over till it’s…
“World Dominance” features the top two women’s 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), in arguably the No. female fight of all-time. “World Dominance,” presented by Fresquez Productions, will be held Friday night, Dec. 2 at Route 66…
With wins in four of his last five fights, all by knockout, Mexico’s Heriberto Ruiz is in top-notch form in his mission to hand unbeaten featherweight phenom Gary Russell Jr. his first professional defeat in the 10-round chief undercard support bout of this Saturday’s “Home For The Holidays” card at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati,…