Last Friday in the inaugural boxing card of Chicago Fight Club Promotion, held at Hanging Garden Banquets in River Grove, Illinois, led by the manager and promoter team of Wasfi and Cynthia Tolaymat, Osumanu Adama won the vacant U.S.B.A. and IBO Inter-Continental Middleweight titles with a mean looking fourth round knockout over Marcus Upshaw. An…
IBF featherweight king Yuriorkis Gamboa may have lost his WBA title on the scales before his fight last night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall but the former Olympic Gold Medallist from Cuba handed Mexican challenger Jorge Solis a complete and thorough defeat. The first round featured only mild action as the pair of combatants studied…
After suffering two defeats to Steve Molitor in IBF title fights over the last four years, Takalani Ndlovu gained revenge last night at Nasrec Indoor Arena in Johannesburg, capturing Molitor’s IBF crown. From the start, Ndlovu seemed to be a man on a mission, pushing the southpaw champion from Canada back with extra zeal and…
Last night at DIVS Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia, WBO middleweight king Dmitry Pirog kept hold of his title in a tougher than expected defense against Argentina’s Javier Francisco Maciel. Maciel had come into the clash without ever having fought outside of his homeland but the 26 year old showed no signs at all at being…
One of the sport’s flashiest champions is making a title defense tonight as Cuban speedster Yuriorkis Gamboa puts his WBA and IBF feather trophies up for grabs against Interim WBA super feather ruler Jorge Solis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Gamboa, 19-0 (15), has covered a lot of ground in his four year pro…
The latest installment of Steve Molitor vs. Takalani Ndlovu for the IBF title takes place tonight but on this occasion the super bantams will clash for the first time in Ndlovu’s homeland of South Africa, headlining a card at Nasrec Indoor Arena in Johannesburg. The pair’s two previous bouts took place at Molitor’s stomping grounds…
Russia’s premier boxer is back in action tonight as Dmitry Pirog will put his WBO middleweight belt on the line for the first time, meeting challenger Javier Francisco Maciel at DIVS Arena in Ekaterinburg. Pirog hasn’t been in the ring since winning the vacant title in July, 2010 with a masterful dismantling of highly touted…
Somebody’s “O†had to go in tonight’s Brazilian-Argentinean showdown between unbeaten prospects, as Michael “The Brazilian Rocky†Oliveira’s rising popularity in his native country continued to grow with his 10-round unanimous decision victory against a game Abel Nicolas “El Principito†Adriel, headlining the “International Boxing Challenge†pro-am event at Mauro Pinheiro Gymnasium in Sao Paulo.
When two-time world title challenger Bobby “The Celtic Warrior†Gunn heard future foe Ran Nakash agreed to face Marco Huck next Saturday in Germany, he understood the unbeaten Israeli’s motive. Typically, when a fight is built up over a period of time and one man goes in another direction, he is considered to be “ducking 
WBA Interim Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo ‘El Chacal’ Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KOs), arguably the greatest amateur boxer of all time, retained his world title last Saturday night by beating previously undefeated hometown favorite and former European champion, Willie ‘Big Bang†Casey (11-1, 7 KOs), in impressive fashion at City West Convention Center in Dublin.
With less than two weeks until the fight week festivities begin in advance of the April 9 “Action Heroes” pay-per-view event, four of the fighters on the stacked fight card are sticking to their workout and diet routines as their respective camps start to wind down.
Chicagoland fan favorites Donovan “Da Bomb†George and Adrian “El Tigre†Granados opened their training camps to the Chicago media on Thursday afternoon. Working the mitts and shadowboxing, both looked in great shape and very sharp as they wound down preparations for their upcoming bouts at Windy City Fight Night 16, presented by Dominic Pesoli’s…