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…
Tonight, in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, at “Featherweight Fury!†Yuriorkis Gamboa will defend his WBA featherweight and IBF titles against interim WBA Super Featherweight Champion Jorge Solis and undefeated NABF & NABO champion Matt ‘Sharp Shooter’ Remillard of Manchester, Conn. will defend his featherweight titles against No. 1-ranked Mikey Garcia…
Heavyweight Tom Dallas increased his impressive record by scoring a third round KO over Hungarian Gabor Farkas. The eight-bout card from Gillingham, Kent also featured boxing brothers Vinny and Scott Woolford, who both won their contests. At the York Hall, Bethnal Green, Bristol Boxer – Darren Hamilton, won the Southern Area Light Welterweight Title when…
The final press conference and official weigh-in for tomorrow night’s International Boxing Challenge pro-am show, featuring the Interim WBC Latino Super Middleweight title fight between unbeaten Michael “The Brazilian Rocky†Oliveira (13-0, 11 KOs) and undefeated Argentinean prospect Abel Nicolas “El Princdipito†Andriel (10-0, 2 KOs), was held this morning in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Just one week ago Darren Hamilton was a virtually unknown fighter. However since his total dominating performance over Peter McDonagh, to lift the BBBofC Southern Area Light Welterweight title at Spencer Fearon’s Hard Knocks Boxing Promotions excellent ‘Shamrock Showdown’ event, Hamilton has been receiving glowing plaudits from the media and boxing circles, with many comparing…
Denton Vassell has revealed that he been preparing for his first Commonwealth welterweight title defence despite his dad’s death. The unbeaten Mancunian’s dad Mansell died earlier this year, but Denton bravely decided to push ahead with Saturday’s (March 26) clash against Namibian Bethuel Ushona.
Former Junior Welterweight World Champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi will step back onto the big stage against Puerto Rico’s Jose Miguel Cotto in a 10-round welterweight fight on Saturday, April 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on the “Action Heroes” HBO Pay-Per-View event.
From WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: The Japan Boxing Commission has established a specific bank account for donations to the Japan Relief Fund, which will be open until April 30, 2011. The World Boxing Council has also created a bank account in the United States, and all donations received will be sent to the Japan…