There were a few decent fight cards in the states aside from the big Bradley vs. Abregu bill and we kick things off on Friday with the return of former two-weight world champion Zab Judah to the light welter division. 32 year old southpaw Judah, 39-6 (27), a full five years removed from his last…
The top bantamweight in the sport was back in action last night as Fernando Montiel defended his WBC and WBO titles by crushing challenger Rafael Concepcion within three rounds at Palenque de la Feria in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapa, Mexico. Montiel, a longtime WBO super flyweight kingpin who started adding bantamweight trinkets to his collection last…
Ex-WBO/WBC light welter champ Timothy Bradley successfully moved up to welter last night at Augua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA, handing Argentine slugger Luis Carlos Abregu his first career defeat. Bradley, 26-0 (11), pressured the visitor relentlessly, putting the pressure on from the start and simply outworked his South American foe. Although Bradley was…
On Saturday night, before a packed house at the Tropicana showroom in the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented an action packed eight bout card. The event, shown live on PPV, featured knockouts, upsets, and just all around great fights. The show was headlined by David Tua defending his WBO Asian Pacific…
Let’s Get It On Promotions and current USBA light-heavyweight champion, Otis “Triple OG†Griffin, have entered into a long term promotional agreement. Griffin, with a record of 22-6, 9 KOs is also ranked #10 in the world in the IBF. Griffin, who was the winner of Fox’s The Next Great Champ boxing reality TV show…
Power-punching David “Tuamanator†Tua isn’t looking past his opponent tonight, former world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz†Barrett, despite being mentioned as a future opponent for world champions David Haye and the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali. Tua trained in Jersey City, New Jersey to prepare for Saturday night’s 12-round main event fight on the…
Bob Arum: The purpose of this call is to bring you up to date to all that has happened. About two months ago, just after the Mayweather-Mosley fight, I got a call from Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, who asked me frankly whether myself and Manny Pacquiao wanted to do the fight against…
IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs) will defend his titles against Russian Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KOs) on September 11. Venue will be the Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt, Germany, which will have a capacity of 54,000 on fight night. The Commerzbank-Arena is the home of German soccer team Eintracht Frankfurt.
With exactly one month remaining until two of the top fighters in the world enter the ring at the Bell Centre in Montreal, current WBC Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1-0, 16 KOs) and undefeated American Pound for Pound superstar and two-time world champion “Bad†Chad Dawson (29-0-0, 17 KOs) hit the scales for their…
© Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing Promotions Undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter Timothy Bradley, his opponent, undefeated Top-Five-rated welterweight contender Carlos Abregu, No. 1 junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo and his opponent, former WBA super welterweight champion Joachime Alcine hosted their final news conference today at Agua Caliente Casino…
“Magic” Matthew Hatton attempts to keep the Hatton family flag flying when he makes the first defence of his European Welterweight title against tough Ukranian Yuriy Nuzhnenko in Bolton tonight. A pro now for 10 years, Matthew, not surprisingly, has lived in the shadow of more famous brother Ricky. However, with Ricky currently inactive this…
Following weeks of intense negotiations, Showtime Sports is proud to announce that Hennessy Sports and Sauerland Event—the promotional outlets for world-class super middleweight boxers Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham—have agreed to a location for their fighters’ crucial Super Six World Boxing Classic bout. On Saturday, Oct. 2, in the capital city/state of Monaco, Abraham and…