David Tua fights the 50th fight of his career in Gotham Boxing’s main event on Friday night, November 3, at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City against Abraham “The African Assassin” Okine.
Former heavyweight champion of the world John Ruiz, who is ranked #1 by the WBA, is training in Las Vegas with his new head trainer, Manny Siaca, Sr., for his November eliminator against #2 ranked Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Shannon Briggs, ranked #3 by the WBO, had an open workout today at the Central Boxing Club in preparation for his challenge to WBO heavyweight champion Sergei Liakhovich at Chase Field in Phoenix Saturday night.
On Halloween in 1948, Max Schmeling fought his final bout, losing a ten-round decision to Richard Vogt in Berlin.
I sincerely hope that “they” go overboard when I’m napping in my bed ‘o dirt, as many folks have while summing up the life of Trevor Berbick, the Jamaican born heavyweight who held the WBC title for eight months in 1986, and retired with a 50-11-1 mark in 2000.
Shannon Briggs gets another chance of a lifetime on Saturday, Nov. 4, when he takes on WBO heavyweight champion Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich in Scottsdale, Arizona (Showtime).
Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich, hailing from Belarus but not now living and fighting out of Scottsdale, Arizona, will defend his WBO title against Brooklyn’s own Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs, the No. 3-ranked WBO contender, this Saturday on Showtime Championship Boxing.
In front of a large crowd in Mexico City, Morales tipped the scales at 142 lbs. Pacquiao, who weighed in at his trainer Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif., came in at 138¾ lbs.
On this day in 1974, Muhammad Ali won the heavyweight title for a second time, knocking out George Foreman in the eighth round in Kinshasa, Zaire.
On this day in 1956, Wilfredo Gomez was born in Los Monjas, Puerto Rico. Fittingly given the nickname, “Bazooka,” Gomez’s fighting style was one of the most devastating attacks boxing has ever seen.
