While WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko hasn’t even started his preparation for his next title defense on March 19th in Cologne, mandatory challenger Odlanier Solis and his team have already spent one week in their high altitude camp.
Let’s Get It On Promotions is pleased to announce the signing of super-featherweight prospect, “Lightning†Lonnie Smith (12-2-2, 9 KOs) to an exclusive promotional agreement. Smith, of Las Vegas, is coming off an explosive first round knockout of Jose Gomez January 7th. Lonnie, who also goes by “Lonnie Love†and “El Negro Mexicano†is known…
It’s official, Adamek-McBride will take place at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Rumors were flying that Tomasz Adamek, Jersey City, NJ, 43-1, 28KO’s, would be fighting in Poland this April. Kathy Duva, Adamek’s promoter and Main Events CEO, confirmed that the Polish boxing star will instead return to “The Rock” on April 23rd to take…
Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley will embark on a coast-to-coast U.S. media tour, beginning this Thursday, February 10, to announce their mega world championship rumble. Pacquiao and Mosley, who have won world titles in 11 weight divisions between them, will go toe-to-toe for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight championship on Saturday, May 7, at the MGM Grand…
American challenger Austin Trout went into opponent Rigoberto Alvarez’s hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico last night and walked out with the WBA light middleweight title belt around his waist after 12 rounds of action. 33 year old campaigner Alvarez had won the Interim version of the WBA bauble with a split decision verdict over lanky Japanese…
WBC super flyweight king Tomas Rojas returned to Japan again to retain his belt with a victory last evening over Nobuo Nashiro at Osaka’s Prefectural Gymnasium in a tooth and nail contest. Mexico’s Rojas previously held the Interim version of the title but was KO’d in two by Vic Darchinyan in 2009 when trying to…
Facing the toughest opponent of his short professional career, undefeated featherweight prospect and Cuban Olympian Luis Franco eked out a close split-decision victory over the extremely tough and powerful Leonilo Miranda in Friday’s main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez , Calif.
Craig Lyon will make the first defence of his English bantamweight title against Josh Wale later this month in a fascinating Lancashire-Yorkshire battle. They will clash on the undercard when Stephen Foster Jr’s defends his European super-featherweight title against Belgium’s Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Arena on Saturday 26th February.
Undefeated featherweight prospect and former Cuban Olympian Luis Franco and knockout artist Leonilo Miranda both weighed in at 126 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. Franco (8-0, 5 KOs) will square off with Miranda (26-2, 25 KOs) in his toughest test to date in the 10-round featherweight main…
Stephen Foster Jr is waking up every morning and forgetting that he will be defending his European super-featherweight championship later this month. The Salford boxer puts his title up for grabs against mandatory contender Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Friday February 26. Foster, 30, caused one of the upsets…
Unbeaten junior middleweight Denis “Da Mommas Boy†Douglin will look to take another step in the right direction when he battles cement fisted veteran Doel Carrasquillo Friday, February 18 at the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, MD.
Fox Deportes’ premiere boxing series, “Top Rank Live,†knocked-out the competition by delivering the highest boxing ratings in U.S. Latino sports-cable network history. With nearly 400,000 viewers, the network was first for the night in Prime and Late Fringe on Saturday, January 29th. The heavy-hitting two-hour broadcast featured a throw down between top contender Julio…