Saturday night in Denver, Colorado, Robert Rodriguez and Fidel Maldonado, two of boxing’s brightest young prospects, thrilled local fight fans with spectacular first round knockouts. Fighting out of nearby Greeley, Colorado, 19 year old super bantamweight Rodriguez improved to 4-0, dropping pro debuting Michael Montalbano three times in the initial stanza on his way to…
Barry McGuigan has called for the Prizefighter Super Middleweights to match the heart and strength of Willie “Big Bang†Casey when the aim to lift the trophy on Wednesday June 30, live on Sky Sports. Irish legend McGuigan was ringside when Casey stormed to victory in the super-welterweights the last time Barry Hearn’s eight-man, one…
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr continued his campaign at middleweight last night, turning back John Duddy at the famed Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. Chavez was coming off his only previous appearance at the weight, a ten round points verdict over Troy Rowland that was later declared a no contest due to illegal substance use and…
Tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, middleweights Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and John Duddy face off in a WBC title eliminator that also will deliver the WBC silver crown to the winner. Both Duddy, 29-1 (18), and Chavez Jr, 40-0-1 (30), have attractive records and both boxers sell loads of tickets to massive…
Last night at Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England, heavyweight Tyson Fury defeated arch-rival John McDermott in a rematch to capture the vacant English title. The pair met last September at the same venue with Fury pulling out a highly controversial points verdict but this time opponent McDermott did not bring the same level of opposition….
CES puts on the “Pride & Power” fight card tonight at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. NABA Heavyweight Championship, 10 rounds Tony Grano: 218.5 lb Nicolai Firtha: 254.5 lb
Back on the road to a world title shot, bantamweight contender Jose Navarro will headline the next edition of Golden Boy Promotions’ “Fight Night Club” in his hometown of Los Angeles on Thursday, July 22 at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia in a six round fight. The co-featured bout on the hit monthly boxing series will…
© Rafael Soto / Top Rank Ahead of their WBC Silver title clash tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, middleweights John Duddy and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr hit the scales yesterday. WBC Silver middleweight championship/Title Eliminator, 12 rounds Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: 160 lb John Duddy: 159 lb
When capturing the WBA Light Heavyweight Championship in just his 10th professional bout back in January, Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) entered the boxing record books for winning a major world title in the light heavyweight division with the fewest number of fights in his professional career, beating Jeff Harding’s record established in 1988 after…
After a spectacular event in March that saw lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo score another big win, Golden Boy Promotions returns to the Auditorio Plaza La Condesa in Mexico City with an exciting fight card on Friday, June 25 that will be broadcast throughout Latin America on HBO Plus’ “Next Boxing Generation” and on TeleFutura’s “Sólo…
Ohio heavyweight Nicolai “Stone Man†Firtha has made multiple visits to New England visiting relatives, but this Saturday night he’ll make his first business trip there, challenging Hartford heavyweight favorite Tony “TNT†Grano in the 10-round main event on the “Pride & Power†boxing show, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES),…
Middles Gennadyi Golovkin and Milton A Nunez are now tentatively set fight for the WBA “standard” title July 31 in Culiacan, Mexico. Junior welter Zapir Rasulov, 22-0, and holder of three Youth “world” titles appears on the undercard.