© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The four outstanding, talented athletes who will compete in The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All live on Showtime, made weight on their first attempts Friday at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash.
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Prior to their clash tonight at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Casino, WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan and his challenger Marcos Maidana weighed in yesterday. WBA Super Lightweight Championship, 12 rounds Amir Khan: 140 lb Marcos Maidana: 139 lb
In one of the biggest upsets in Aussie boxing history, light middleweight world title contender Anthony Mundine was knocked out in five rounds by the far less experienced Garth Wood in a bout held at middleweight on Wednesday at Acer Arena in Homebush, Australia. Former two-time WBA super middleweight champion Mundine, 35, had campaigned at…
Ring 8 has donated a table of eight to the Wounded Warriors Project at the veteran boxing group’s 24th annual Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony, Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 PM/ET), December 19 at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The promoters and fighters involved with The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – took center stage on Thursday in the final press conference to discuss the two Semifinal bouts set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 11, live on Showtime at 9…
Headlining “Hammond Havoc” will be former IBF super featherweight World Champion and reality star of ESPN’s The Contender series: Steve “2pounds†Forbes in a showdown against Roberto “El Viejo†Valenzuela. Forbes (34-8) is coming off a tough decision loss (majority draw) to Harrison Cuello in March 2010, after knocking out a game Jason Davis in…
Massive Jamaican heavyweight prospect Lenroy “TNT†Thomas returns to battle this Saturday night, December 11th against veteran Arron Lyons, as the special attraction six round bout at Day I Rise, an action packed evening of professional boxing at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida. Day I Rise is headlined by the homecoming return of former…
Unbeaten junior middleweight Denis “Da Momma’s Boy†Douglin will take another step up in competition when he faces Matt Berkshire over eight rounds Friday, December 17 at the Doubletree Hotel in Monroeville, PA. Berkshire holds a solid 11-2-2 professional record and has 5 wins by way of knockout. The Morgantown, WV native’s two setbacks each…
Click the above Image for more Photos by Jane Warburton Saturday night, at the Hilton Hotel in Coventry, England, Les Allen Promotions hosted a Dinner Show which featured three contests. Kevin McCauley (Halesowen) v Sean McKervey (Coventry) 10 x 3 Welterweight Contest This was McCauley’s first defence of the Midlands Area Welterweight Title he won…
The fight between IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko and his opponent Dereck Chisora (UK) had to be cancelled. The two heavyweights were supposed to meet at SAP Arena Mannheim, Germany, this Saturday, Dec 11. After an initial diagnosis, Klitschko suffered a torn abdominal muscle on his left side during his afternoon training…
One of the most highly rated and decorated Jr. Boxer’s in recent memory in the United Kingdom is set to take his professional career on the road and invade America the same way the Beatles did some forty-five years ago from the same city of Liverpool, England. Peter Taureo Gallagher Jr. who was a two-time…
Four of the top super lightweights in the world will put their skills and wills to the test Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, but before the televised fights begin, an elite eight who will put their combined 94-0 record on the line in stellar undercard action. Stepping through…