With sadness and tears in my eyes my friend and mentor who was and is a huge influence on my life passed away on Sunday night. The great and one of a kind Jimmy O’Pharrow, who was affectionately known as Jimmy O. Jimmy O was 85 years old and is survived by his wife of…
Darren Barker is aiming to fight for the World Middleweight title in 2011 after signing a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport. The unbeaten 28 year-old had a frustrating year in 2010, with injury forcing him to pull out of defending his European and British belts against Matthew Macklin in September. Barker has set his sights…
Unbeaten Dominican knockout specialist Javier “El Abejon†Fortuna will be fighting for the vacant WBC Youth Featherweight Championship on the “Diamond Elite†card, headlined by 2010 Fighter of the Year Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez, March 12 at MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs), the reigning WBC Emeritus middleweight champion, takes…
Tottenham’s Michael Grant is set to return to the ring, after a year long sabbatical from the sport, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Unleash The Fury’ mega event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 5th March 2011. Michael, who was one of the most exciting young Light Welterweight prospects to explode on…
On Friday night March 18th boxing returns to the Harrahs Casino in Chester, Pennsylvania that will feature some of the Delaware Valley’s top prospects on a card promoted by Joey Eye Boxing along with David Feldman. “We had a great opening show here at Harrahsâ€, said promoter Joey Eye. “We had a few little rough…
The highly anticipated Cruiserweight clash between Toks Owoh and JJ Ojuederie, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Unleash The Fury’ super show at London’s York Hall on Saturday 5th March 2011, is off following Ojuederie pulling out, due to an injury sustained in training. Stepping up to the plate, to replace the injured Ojuederie, is #…
Four of Puerto Rico’s most promising young fighters were victorious on Friday night in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez, Thomas Dulorme, Jose Pedraza and Luis Orlando del Valle all kept their unbeaten records intact with intimidating displays of power.
WBC Emeritus middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez celebrates his 36th birthday today. Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs) is preparing for his March 12th showdown against reigning WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy “Razor†Dzinziruk (37-0, 23 KOs) in the 12-round main event for the vacant WBC Diamond middleweight title, live on HBO World Championship Boxing (10:30 PM/ET…
NABA Lightweight Champ Ready For Former World Title Challenger Fifteen fights into his professional boxing career and the trend is unmistakable; 23 year-old Logan Cotton McGuinness (14-0-1, 7 KO’s) keeps getting better and better. This past Saturday night at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre, in front of more than 5000 rabid fans, Orangeville, Ontario’s McGuinness made the…
The year’s most hotly anticipated clash at bantamweight turned out to be far less competitive than expected as the Philippine’s Nonito Donaire blew out Fernando Montiel to capture the Mexican’s WBC and WBO belts at Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas. Montiel started off cautiously and that proved to be a mistake as Donaire hit…
Felix Sturm returned to action Saturday night at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, retaining his WBA middleweight title against challenger Ronald Hearns. Hearns tried to leverage his advantages in height and reach but Sturm’s edge in quickness offset any momentum the challenger was trying to build and soon the champion was ahead on points. The…
IBF welter kingpin Jan Zaveck wowed a hometown audience in Ljubljana, Slovenia with a fifth round stoppage of opponent Paul Delgado at Sports Park Arena. It didn’t take long for the skill and experience advantage of the champion to show as Delgado was in deep water as early as the second frame, hitting the canvas…