Two of boxing’s most popular and colorful personalities, two-time world champion “El Feroz� Fernando Vargas and three-time world champion Ricardo “El Matador� Mayorga, have agreed to face each other in a scheduled 12-round match fought at a catch weight of 162 pounds in what promises to be a knock-down, drag-out, fight-to-the-finish slugfest at STAPLES Center [...]
Word from the WBC that Maskaev has cold feet, and is resistant to signing on the dotted line to meet Sam Peter. It was presumed they would be meeting in NY on October 6….
“Due to the fact that the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, Oleg Maskaev of Russia, has refused, through his representative, to [...]
Joe Calzaghe, the Prince of Wales, will take on Mikkel Kessler at the Millennium Stadium on November 3, according to Sportinglife.com.
WBO super-middleweight champion Calzaghe–who last fought on April 7th against Peter Manfredo, will meet the Dane Kessler, who holds the WBA and WBC belts.
Promoter Frank Warren said to the website: “This is the biggest [...]
From a release from the promoter:
WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will defend his title against unbeaten No. 1-ranked Paul Williams in the main event on Saturday, July 14, at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
So who is going to triumph? The experts like the defending champion by nearly a 2-1 margin.
Of the 31 boxing media [...]
IBF light welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man� Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs), coming off of his masterful title-winning performance against Lovemore N’dou, is back home in Brooklyn and the outspoken, colorful boxer with a flair for controversy recently offered his views on everything from what it’s like to be a world title-holder at 26 to [...]
The latest boxing sensation from Mexico, WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares, headlines Friday night’s “La Batalla� pay-per-view event live from the Gomez Palacio in Durango, Mexico.
“La Batalla,� featuring three championships bouts from Mexico, will be broadcast live (10 PM/ET) and distributed for pay-per-view by Integrated Sports on the DISH Network, the leading PPV provider [...]
“The Homecoming,� featuring unbeaten middleweight sensation “Ireland’s� John Duddy, will be broadcast live Saturday (July 14) in the United States on cable pay-per-view starting at 5:00 PM/ET, 2:00 PM/PT from Dublin, Ireland.
The Duddy PPV event, produced by RTE and distributed by Integrated Sports, will be available via iN Demand and TVN for a suggested retail [...]
HBO spans the country with a tripleheader of welterweight action when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: ARTURO GATTI VS. ALFONSO GOMEZ, KERMIT CINTRON VS. WALTER MATTHYSSE AND ANTONIO MARGARITO VS. PAUL WILLIAMS is seen live SATURDAY, JULY 14 (9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT) from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ and the Home Depot Center [...]
Welterweight contender Joel Julio returns to the ring on July 11 in a special Wednesday edition of “Friday Night Fights,� it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Julio will challenge Cornelius Bundrage of “The Contender� in a 10 round contest from the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, CA. ESPN2’s broadcast [...]
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell still hasn’t let March 17th go. On that day in France, hometown hero Jean-Marc Mormeck turned a fight into a track meet in the final four rounds of his championship rematch with ‘The Supernova’ and heisted the WBA and WBC title belts via a controversial 12 round decision.
Now Bell [...]
