As unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, who is 21-0, 17 K0s, and ranked as high as No. 2 welterweight in the world by the WBO behind champion Manny Pacquiao, prepares to defend his NABA and NABO titles against Puerto Rico’s Irving Garcia (17-4-3, 8 KOs) on July 9 at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, he…
Peter Mitrevski Jnr is confident of shocking Martin Murray after being whipped into shape by Anthony Mundine. The Aussie (23-6-1) challenges the St Helens’ man (19-0) for the vacant Commonwealth middleweight title at Bolton Arena on Friday July 16. Mitrevski Jnr, 30, has spent the last two months locked away in Sydney sparring with Australia’s…
Morden’s British Light Welterweight Champion Lenny Daws is brimmingwith confidence ahead of his title defence against unbeaten English ChampionSteve Williams this Friday night at York Hall, BethnalGreen. The 12 roundBritish Championship contest between the two champions will be headlining theMatchroom Sport in association with Hennessy Sports event which will be shownlive on Sky Sports HD…
Ukrainian star Yuri Nuzhnenko has promised to shatter Matthew Hatton’s world title hopes. Magic Matthew (39-4-2) will be on a brink of achieving his boxing ambition if he successfully defends his European welterweight title against his mandatory contender at Bolton Arena on Friday July 16. Nuzhnenko is a former interim WBA title holder. He suffered…
On Saturday July 17th at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Philadelphia’s up and coming welterweight prospect, Raymond “Tito” Serrano (12-0, 6KO’s) will look to continue on his path up the contender ranks when he takes on Ghana’s Ayi Bruce (6-2, 4KO’s). Serrano-Bruce is scheduled for eight rounds, and will be one of the co-featured bouts…
This past Friday night boxing fans were treated to the network broadcast debut of top junior welterweight prospect, Joseph Elegele on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. Fighting out of Melbourne, Florida, Elegele faced off against William Walton of Salt Lake City , Utah in the scheduled six…
The weigh-in for the July 9 Mike Jones-Irving Garcia fight will take place at 5pm Thursday, July 8, at the Atrium (6th floor) in Bally’s Hotel & Casino and it is open to the public. Jones will defend his NABA and NABO welterweight titles in a scheduled 12-round bout against Garcia on a show dubbed…
Sensational young prospects Randy Caballero and Gabino Saenz scored first round knockouts this past Friday night in the off-TV portion of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. After the ESPN2 broadcast went off the air, the loud and proud legion of fans from Coachella , California , cheered…
This past Friday night, welterweight contender Demetrius “The Gladiator†Hopkins looked dominant defending his WBC USNBC title, winning a unanimous decision over former world title challenger “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis. With the win, the Philadelphia native improved to 30-1-1, his second unanimous decision this year after moving up to the welterweight limit. Scores for Hopkins were…
Last night at Centro de Convenciones in Tlanepantla, Hugo Fidel Cazares and Ana Maria Torres were victorious, each retaining world title belts in explosive fashion. WBA super fly ruler Cazares, 32-6-2 (23), from Los Mochis, cemented his hold on the title with a seventh round finishing of NABA boss Everardo Morales, 34-15-2 (23), of Mexico…
Former WBA cruiserweight king Firat Arslan’s comeback dreams were ended last night at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart as he was defeated by ex-French heavyweight titlist Steve Herelius. Southpaw Arslan was dethroned two years ago by Guillermo Jones and the Suessen resident had high hopes against Herelius as the winner would cage the Interim WBA…
Two good fight cards took place in Oz earlier this week with some big names on the domestic scene in action along with a former world champion. Ex-two time WBA super middle kingpin Anthony Mundine made it down to light middle this past Wednesday, headlining a show at Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre against experienced Argentine campaigner…