WBC Welterweight Champion and undefeated star Andre Berto is experiencing one of his best training camps ever in preparation for his sixth title defense April 16 against WBC #5 rated challenger “Vicious†Victor Ortiz in the 12-round main event headlining the “East-West Showdown†card at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. “East-West…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will bring exciting live professional boxing back on a regular basis to the historic Paradise Theater starting on Thursday May 5th, entitled “Cinco De Mayo Fight Night”. “I’m thrilled to get the Punchin at the Paradise series up and running on a regular basis. There is nothing more enjoyable to me…
Former WBU Lightweight Champion Graham Earl has linked up with his former longtime coach Johnny Eames to present a night of professional boxing at Tattersalls Sales Rooms in Newmarket, Suffolk on Saturday 30th April. The special event, named ‘Return Of The Mac’, is headlined by Newmarket Light Middleweight prospect ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese, with support bouts…
A year ago, undefeated prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate†Quillin packed his bags and headed West, moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in what can only be described as a culture shock experience. Quillin, who was rated as high as No. 5 by the IBF before a series of unfortunate circumstances (broken hand, hairline fracture of…
In Barnsley, Yorkshireman Neil Beevers won by third round TKO over Sean McKervey of Coventry to take the British Masters Welterweight Title. The Carl Greaves promoted fight-night also featured an international bout between Alexei Collado of Cuba and Jose Saez of Argentina. Collado won by third round TKO in the scheduled eight round Super Bantamweight…
© Majestic Last Thursday, in the Astor Film Lounge, Berlin, Germany, The Majestic Film Company played host to more than 100 Media Representatives as they attended a press conference with brothers Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko. They were there for the presentation of a 30 minute clip from the documentary film entitled ‘Klitschko’. The film ‘Klitschko’…
David Haye’s sparring partner Fres Oquendo will fight in Prizefighter International Heavyweights on Saturday 7 May at London’s Alexandra Palace – after the Hayemaker recommended him to promoter Eddie Hearn. The 18th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournaments sees overseas fighters compete for the first time and Oquendo will be in the mix…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Mexican legend Erik Morales very nearly pulled off a major upset last night at Las Vegas’ famed MGM Grand but the former three weight world champion lost a majority decision to Marcos Rene Maidana for the Interim WBA light welter title. Career light welter Maidana went…
Super middleweight Robert Stieglitz retained the WBO title last night at Bordelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany after challenger Khoren Gevor was disqualified. The bout was a contentious affair from the beginning as short southpaw Gevor had difficulty getting close to Stieglitz, who responded to the challenger’s rushes by backing up to maintain distance. Gevor did manage…
Heavyweight Tony “TNT†Grano got back on the winning track tonight in the main event on “The Willie Pep Boxing Classic,†presented by Hard Hittin’ Promotions, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Grano improved his record to 18-2-1 (14 KOs) with a sixth round technical knockout of crafty veteran “Diamond†Dominique Alexander (20-11-1, 10…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Can 34 year old former three weight world champion Erick Morales compete against one of today’s top light welterweights? The Mexican legend will answer that question tonight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV as he faces Marcos Maidana for the Interim WBA title. From 1997…
In a night that saw three undefeated prospects lose their perfect records on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime, Dyah Davis upset super middleweight prospect Marcus Johnson via unanimous decision by the scores of 98-91 twice and 96-93. In the co-feature bouts, New York’s Gabriel Bracero handed Danny O’Connor his first loss via unanimous decision…