Former two time World Champion Byron Mitchell has promised to end the hype surrounding unbeaten Cork based Cuban Luis “El León” Garcia when they meet at The University Arena in Limerick on November 6th on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory. The scheduled 10 round bout will be part of the undercard to…
Gary Shaw announced today that undefeated Cuban super featherweight prospect Luis Franco has joined the roster of Gary Shaw Productions. Franco, 28, was a member of the 2004 Cuban Olympic boxing team and has over 400 amateur bouts under his belt, including two victories over WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa.
The Las Vegas Valley will begin reaching new record temperatures on Monday October 18th, 2010. This prediction comes as Jason “Friday the 13th†Douglas, Professional Fighter from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada arrives at the McCarran airport. Wednesday at the Press Conference (12 noon) he will meet Face to Face with his opponent from the Valley, Henry…
Vitali Klitschko continued his dominance over the heavyweight division last night, winning a resounding 12 round decision over challenger Shannon Briggs at the 02 Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The towering Ukrainian slugger controlled the action from the first round, working the right hand behind the jab to very good effect, taking the early rounds with…
It could be called a matchup over 10 years too late. Two heavyweight veterans meet tonight for the WBC heavyweight title when the German based Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko makes his fifth defence, facing Shannon Briggs in Hamburg. For Klitschko, this is his third reign as a world heavyweight champion. Back in 1999, Klitschko bludgeoned the…
IBF super middle ruler Lucian Bute retained his title in dominating fashion last night on home ground at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Challenging Bute was American veteran Jesse Brinkley, who had earned the mandatory IBF position by winning nine straight contests, including a title eliminator against Curtis Stevens in January. But Romanian born Montreal…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing It may not have been an artistic success, but comebacking former light heavyweight world champion Antonio Tarver accomplished what he set out to do Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime.
Showtime Networks Inc. is proud to announce that the World Light Heavyweight Championship fight between future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and young upstart WBC Champion Jean Pascal will be televised live on Showtime. The 12-round world championship bout, originally proposed as a pay-per-view event in the United States, will be held in Pascal’s home…
King Arthur Abraham´s first face-to-face meeting with Carl “The Cobra†Froch on neutral territory was certainly one to remember as they wasted no time to exchange pleasantries during today´s kick-off press conference in Helsinki, Finland. In Group Stage 3 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, the two superstars will lock horns at the famous…
Click the above Image for more Photos of Rendall Munroe Rendall Munroe arrived in Tokyo yesterday lunchtime and settled in straight away -meeting with media and getting on with training. Leaving England Tuesday morning with his Dad – Alan, trainers Mike and Jason Shinfield along with nutritionist Hardip Singh, Munroe will spend the next ten…
Mike Tyson is a larger than life figure known throughout the world as “The Baddest Man on the Planetâ€; whether or not it is from his in the ring accomplishments or out of the ring exploits, one would be hard pressed to find someone who has not heard of “Mighty†Mike. A modern day punching…
Sensational prospect James “Keep em’ Sleepin†Stevenson will make his highly anticipated return Saturday, October 23 when he battles once beaten Phillip McCants in the main event of Baltimore Pro Boxing’s “Who’s The Man II†at the Pikesville Armory.