Three years ago, he would have been a massive underdog, but this is 2007, and Joshua Clottey (31-2, 20 KOs) dominated former champion Diego Corrales (40-5, 33 KOs) and took a unanimous 10-round decision win at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Missouri on Saturday night.
It may be time for Corrales to call it a …
Not that anyone expected otherwise, but Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather took part in the mandatory WBC 30-day safety weight check-in from their respective training camps.
A release states that Jose Penagaricano, the President of the Puerto Rico Boxing Commission, supervised De La Hoya’s weight check, which took place …
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Edison Miranda, the IBF’s top rated middleweight contender, and Kelly Pavlik, ranked first in the WBC, will collide in “The Right to Fightâ€? on Saturday, May 19th at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, atop the Jermain Taylor vs. Cory Spinks “Border Battleâ€? middleweight championship bout.
Miranda (28-1, 24 KO’s) scored a win over Allan Green …
Kevin “Kingpin� Johnson (14-0-1, 6 KOs) said he wanted to fight Philadelphia’s Malik Scott (27-0, 10 KOs).
So the two camps negotiated, but the Scott camp says Johnson asked for too much dough, considering what Showtime can offer per their ShoBox budget.
But Johnson, the Scott camp says, continued to call out Scott, even after …
It looked like Anthony Hanshaw, Gary Shaw, Roy Jones and promoter Lou DiBella were on the same page, and would come to terms so RJJ and Hanshaw could fight on June 2, in a 10-round light heavyweight bout that would have been broadcast live on SHOWTIME.
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Please note, fight fans, that HBO will run the Joe Calzaghe/Peter Manfredo fight on APRIL 7 at 5:00 p.m. (ET)/2:00 p.m. (PT), and will replay the fight later that same evening at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT), from Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on HBO.
Calzaghe (42-0, 31 KOs) from Newbridge, Wales defends his title against …
TSS contributor Bob Mladinich will be discussing and signing copies of his latest book, “Lethal Embrace,” on Thursday, April 5, 2007, at the Huntington, Long Island Barnes & Noble on Route 110 in Huntington Station.
“Lethal Embrace” chronicles the notorious Dolphin Fitness Club homicide in Amityville, Long Island, in January 2001. It was published by …
