Ray ‘Sucra’ Oliveira, a one time light welterweight contender attempting a comeback at age 41 as a light heavyweight, five years out of the ring, has failed the pre-fight physical at Foxwoods. The announcement put Oliveira’s comeback on hold. Many in the boxing world had expressed concern that Oliveira had taken too much damage after…
Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation fights were scheduled for 20 rounds, but prospects Tim Coleman and Archie Ray Marquez only needed a total of six to score quick KOs on Showtime from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. In the main event, Coleman (18-1-1, 5 KOs) was aggressive, scoring a knockdown in the second…
Former undisputed and two-time World Heavyweight Champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (48-7-2, 39 KOs) continues his comeback Saturday night at the Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Panama, at the WBA KO Drugs Festival. Rahman has scored three impressive knockouts since his December 2008 unsuccessful challenge for Wladimir Klitschko’s IBF and WBO Heavyweight Championships. He…
Three-time world title challenger Antwun “Kid Dynamite†Echols has replaced “Sucra†Ray Oliveira as Joey “KO Kid†Spina’s opponent for tonight’s main event on the “Last Man Standing†card in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Echols (32-14, 28 KOs), who lost a pair of world title fights to Bernard Hopkins and…
Heavyweight Amir “Hardcore†Mansour will appear at Bally’s Event Center in Atlantic City, N.J., on Saturday, Oct. 30. Mansour emerged victorious on Aug. 27 at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino when he felled Sam Brown in round two with a right hook, sending Brown crashing to the mat where he lay motionless for several minutes….
It’s boxing’s hottest series, and this Thursday, September 30, Golden Boy Promotions and AEG’s “Fight Night Club” will kick off the fall fight season at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia with a junior welterweight contest featuring fan favorite Jessie Vargas against Oxnard’s Pablo Sarmiento, as well as a co-main event with unbeaten Las Vegas prospect Anthony…
The World’s only Arab Heavyweight boxer, Hammersmith, London based Iraqi, Ali Adams came face to face with former WBU Heavyweight Champion Matt Skelton ahead of their upcoming meeting at the massively successful Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter series, which makes it’s welcome return to York Hall on Saturday the 9th October with Heavyweights IV.
Andy Lee, Kronk Irish middleweight star headlines the ‘Fight Night at the Horseshoe’ boxing series promoted by Hitz Boxing this Saturday night (October 2nd) at the luxurious ‘Venue’, Horseshoe Casino, Hammond , Indiana . Lee laces up his gloves in his 25th outing as a professional, in a 10 round bout against veteran fighter, Troy…
Hitz Boxing will be hosting a very special night of boxing on Saturday, October 2 at The Venue at the Horseshoe Casino, just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago. Crowd-pleasing Irish middleweight prospect Andy Lee will be the featured fighter of the evening. After a successful amateur career including an appearance at the 2004 Olympic Games…
his Saturday night at the Turning Stone Casino and Resort, undefeated Middleweight prospect, Isaac Rodriguez will look to capture the WBC/USNBC championship when he tussles with Samuel Miller in a twelve round main event that will highlight a seven bout card. Rodrigues of Brazil moved to the city of Belem at the age of seventeen…
By Per Ake Persson Sauerland Event again join forces with P3 Boxing in Finland for a big show with Carl Froch taking on Arthur Abraham at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki November 27 in the third round of the Super Six Tournament. Local fans will also be happy to see European Union heavyweight champ Robert…
Veteran contender Glen “The Road Warrior†Johnson has been tapped to replace the injured Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic and is preparing to meet Allan Green in a Group Stage 3 bout on Saturday, Nov. 6, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, it was officially…