On Saturday night, the action in Argentina took place at Club Once Unidos in Mar De Plata as IBF light flyweight kingpin Luis Alberto Lazarte outfought Nerys Espinoza over 12 tough rounds. Espinoza came into the bout having failed to unseat the champion in two previous title bids but the Nicaraguan held a massive height…
Felix Sturm reasserted his claim on the WBA middleweight title tonight with a dominating performance at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany in front of an adoring hometown audience. The Leverkusen born Cologne resident bounced back from 14 months away from competition and met the challenge posed by Dominican Republic native Giovanni Lorenzo. During the pre-fight…
It’s a good night south of the border this evening as there is major level boxing in not only Guadalajara but also in Monterrey with the WBO flyweight, WBC light fly and Interim WBA super feather titles all up for argument. We hit the ground running at Guadalajara’s Coliseo Olimpico De La UG where hometown…
Slovenia got a rare turn on the word stage tonight as favorite son Jan Zaveck returned home from Germany to put his IBF welterweight championship up for grabs against heated rival Rafal Jackiewicz at Sportpark Arena in Ljubljana. These two met before and there was still bad blood on tap from their initial November, 2008…
Big time boxing returns to The Land of Silver this evening as ageless local icon Luis Alberto Lazarte endangers his IBF light flyweight crown for the first time when he meets Nicaraguan slugger Nerys Espinoza at Club Once Unidos in Mar Del Plata. After a long career spent winning and losing regional minimumweight, light fly…
WBA middleweight champ Felix Strum ends 14 months of inactivity tonight when he faces challenger Giovanni Lorenzo at Lanxess Arena in Cologne. Sturm, 33-2-1 (14), was last in the ring in July, 2009 when he decisioned Khoren Gevor over 12 tougher than expected rounds and tonight the 31 year old local man will be looking…
Former University of Rhode Island football player Vladine “Mr. Providence†Biosse overcame the first knockdown of his career to keep his undefeated record intact in tonight’s main event on the “Labor Daze†card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
This Saturday, September 4th Commonwealth super featherweight champion Ricky Burns, 28-2 (7), meets WBO champion Roman Martinez, 24-0-1 (15), at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. Also on the bill, Commonwealth featherweight champion John Simpson, 21-6 (9), faces off against Stephen Smith, 10-0 (6), in a British title eliminator, with the winner fighting Martin Lindsay. Stephen Smith has,…
The team of Hammersmith, London based Iraqi heavyweight Ali Adams called the ‘big guns’ in to help him prepare for his upcoming appearance in 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.
Widely considered to be one of female boxing’s best pound for pound fighters, Moreno Valley, California’s Kaliesha West will return home to fight in Southern California on Saturday, September 18 to face South Carolina’s Angel Gladney for the vacant WBO Bantamweight Title on the off-television portion of the “200: Celebrate and Dominate” Mosley vs. Mora…
It’s the biggest celebration in the history of Mexico, and on Wednesday, September 15th, at the Las Vegas Hilton, the Mexican Bicentennial will bear witness to some fistic fireworks. Roy Englebrecht Promotions, in association with Promociones del Pueblo and Corona Extra, presents a world championship doubleheader in The Theater at the Las Vegas Hilton that…
Scotsman Willie “Hands of Steel†Limond, WBU Lightweight Champion, will be a plaid matador to Mexican bull, 5-time world champion in three different weight classes, Erik “Terrible†Morales, in their September 11 showdown that headlines the “Mexican Fiesta†Pay-Per-View show live from Mexico City.