Saturday’s Search & Destroy was set to be an historic occasion right from the off, as the event was being promoted by the youngest professional boxing promoter ever, twenty year old Olivia Goodwin. Considering her tender years Olivia put on one heluva show, initially the event was planned as a sixteen bout double title show…
Undefeated super featherweight Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano fights at home for her first professional title Saturday night, June 11 at the historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The 23-year-old Serrano (9-0-1, 5 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who is now fighting out of Brooklyn, faces Jennifer Scott in an eight-round bout for…
The IBO light heavyweight championship – long the symbol of the truly elite at 175 pounds – is vacant. Because of an inability to reach a sanctioning agreement with Bernard Hopkins prior to his May 21 fight with Jean Pascal at Bell Centre in Montreal, it was decided going in that a Pascal victory would…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Lee Glover (Tipton) v Dougie Curran (Newcastle) 10 x 3 Vacant International Masters featherweight Title ‘The Tipton Slasher’ entered the ring to huge support from the Walsall crowd. It seems pretty evenly matched as they started this ten rounder, but Glover picks it up in…
Carl Froch kept hold of his WBC super middleweight title and moved into the finals of the Super Six tournament by posting a victory over veteran Glen Johnson last night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. Johnson had predicted that his aggressive style would be too much for the champion to deal with but the 42…
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s long awaited world title opportunity finally came last night at Staples Center in Los Angeles and the son of one of Mexico’s greatest fighters was awarded a majority decision over WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik. Zbik started out strong, taking the fight to Chavez, backing up the younger man and landing…
Former super middle world champ Mikkel Kessler made his long awaited comeback to the ring last night at Parken Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kessler faced former French champion Mehdi Bouadla for the vacant WBO European crown, ending a fourteen month hiatus after defeating Carl Froch for the WBC title. The Frenchman was game from the…
The City of Atlantic City, Hanlon Sculpture Studio, and The Leavander Johnson Foundation unveiled the Leavander Johnson statue today in Center City Park in Atlantic City during a mid-day ceremony attended by hundreds of supporters. Among those in attendance with the Johnson family and friends, included Bernard Hopkins, Larry Hazzard, David Itskowitch, and Lou Dibella.
US Army Captain and undefeated junior middleweight Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson will battle durable South Carolinian Kelvin Kibler in a special four round attraction bout on the “Boricua Invasion I†card Friday, June 10 at the Roseland Ballroom in his native New York City.
On Friday, June 10, Golden Boy Promotions’ undefeated rising star Fidel Maldonado Jr. returns home to fight San Antonio’s Eddie Ramirez in a six round homecoming fight on the TeleFutura “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast from the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
On Thursday, July 7th, Star Boxing returns to the historic Paradise Theater in the Bronx, with the latest installment of its ever popular “Punchin at the Paradise” fight series. The event on July 7th will mark the second of five scheduled dates at the Theater in 2011. “Our return to the Theater in May was…
Super featherweight Joseph “Chip†Perez returns to Holyoke for the June 25th “Homecoming†pro boxing card, presented by American Fighting Organization, at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke. Another Holyoke boxer, veteran Derrick “Double Impact†Whitley (24-25-3, 11 KOs), returns to the ring for the first time in nearly four years versus Adam…