A bevy of DiBella Entertainment youngsters, including superstar welterweight contender Andre Berto, have been added to the spectacular Jermain Taylor-Cory Spinks card set for Saturday night, May 19 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis.
Unbeaten Winter Haven, Florida native Andre Berto (17-0, 15 KO’s) takes on Martinus Clay (12-14-2, 4 KO’s) in a ten round …
Tickets for the Caesars Atlantic City-hosted welterweight doubleheader featuring Arturo Gatti vs. Alfonso Gomez and IBF Welterweight Champion Kermit Cintron vs. Walter Matthysse will go on sale to the public on Monday, May 14 at 3:00 pm ET, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Tickets, priced at $300, $200, $150, …
Miguel Cotto weighed 154 1/2 at his mandatory WBA 30-day safety weigh-in on Wednesday. The maximum weight for Cotto today was 168 pounds. The weigh-in was in Salinas, Puerto Rico.
“I’ve been working real hard for weeks,” Cotto said. “I know how tough (Zab) Judah is and I’m going to be prepared perfectly.”
Cotto …
On Saturday, June 16th IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lovemore N’dou (45-8-1, 30 KO’s) from South Africa defends his title against Brooklyn bad boy Paulie Malignaggi (22-1-0, 5 KO’s) at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.
In the co-feature, Curtis Stevens makes his HBO debut in a 10-round super middleweight battle against Andre Dirrell, the 2004 Olympic …
On June 9th the former undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio “Magic Manâ€? Tarver (24-4, 18KO’s) will vie for the vacant IBO Light Heavyweight title when he takes on Elvir “Kosovo Kidâ€? Muriqi (34-3, 21KO’s). This world championship doubleheader will also feature Chad Dawson (23-0, 15KO’s) making a voluntary defense of his WBC …
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Adrian Diaconu improved to 24-0 on Wednesday night, stopping Rico Hoye 42 seconds into the third round of their WBC light heavyweight elimination fight.
The Romanian born Montreal resident Diaconu, age 28, became the mandatory challenger for WBC champion Chad Dawson, who won the title with a Feb. 3 decision over Poland’s Tomasz Adamek.
The Michigan …
Diego “Chico” Corrales, who was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident Monday night in Las Vegas, was a mainstay on SHOWTIME.
A two-division world champion, the popular, crowd-pleasing Corrales fought 10 times on the network, nine times on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and once on “ShoBox: The New Generation.’’
“This is a horrible tragedy and a very sad …
Unbeaten middleweight sensation “Ireland’s” John Duddy headlines “Tomorrow’s Champions” in the 10-round main event against Dupre “Total Package” Strickland (18-1-1, 7 KOs) on May 18th at the famed Beacon Theatre in Manhattan.
The Northern Ireland born Duddy (19-0, 15 KOs), now living in Queens (NYC), is the reigning IBA World and WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion. …
2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada is back in action May 11 on “The Pride Is Back” card at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Estrada (8-1, 1 KO), fighting out of Providence, takes on heavyweight Robert Hawkins (21-7, 7 KOs), only five weeks after Jason pitched a shutout against veteran Zack …
