IVAN CALDERON TO MAKE GARDEN DEBUT
IN WORLD TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST
TOP-RATED RODEL MAYOL
ON COTTO vs. CLOTTEY UNDERCARD!
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (April 25, 2009) — Undefeated two-time world champion IVAN “Iron Boy” CALDERON of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico will make his Madison Square Garden debut on Saturday, June 13, headlining the undercard of the big world championship welterweight [...]
Heavy duty underdog Billy Lyell, from Ohio, beat Irish John Duddy at the Pru Center in Newark, NJ on Friday night. It was a split decision. Scores were 98-92, 97-93, 94-96.
George Kimball was ringside, and said he didn’t have a problem with the scoring, and will send in a full report for TSS!
Duddly [...]
ROBERTO DURAN WORLD DAY
On behalf of the World Boxing Council, I wish to congratulate our great former world champion - but a world champion his entire life - Roberto Duran on the occasion of these festivities as a homage that is paid due [...]
The four world-class boxers who will fight tomorrow/Saturday, April 25, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) made weight Friday at Mashantucket, Conn.
In what will be a close, competitive, hotly contested match, Froch defends his WBC super middleweight title against former undisputed middleweight champion Taylor in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP [...]
Ex junior lightweight champion Kendall Holt, just off a disappointing loss to Timothy Bradley last month, plead guilty to money laundering charges. The 27-year-old New Jersey native brought money derived from drug dealing to his ex manager, Henry Cortes, who plead guilty to drug dealing in February. Here is a link to a story on [...]
“HATTON IS ABOUT TO STEP INTO QUICKSAND”
- World-Famous Freddie Roach
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (April 24, 2009) – Three-time BWAA Trainer of the Year, World-Famous Freddie Roach was all smiles on Thursday after five-division world champion and two-time BWAA Fighter of the Year MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO had finished his multi-hour training session at the Wild Card Boxing Club [...]
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LAS VEGAS (April 23, 2009) – Light heavyweight sensation Beibut Shumenov, arguably the most ambitious fighter in the world, has targeted WBO champion Zsolt “Firebird” Erdei after his May 9th IBA World title fight against former IBF super middleweight champion Alejandro “Naco” Berrio, outdoors at Khadjimukan Stadium in Shumenov’s hometown of Chimkent, Kazakhstan.
The star-studded May [...]
HOW THEY PICK ’EM: EXPERTS FAVOR TAYLOR
TO DETHRONE FROCH BY NEARLY 2-1
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009, LIVE AT 9 p.m. ET/PT ON SHOWTIME®
NEW YORK (April 23, 2009)–-Carl Froch is a supremely confident, unbeaten fighter who opted to come to America to defend his WBC 168-pound title against former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor this Saturday [...]
Helsinki´s Hartwall-Arena will host the first-ever heavyweight title fight on Finnish soil when WBA champion Nikolai Valuev takes on Ruslan Chagaev in an eagerly anticipated rematch on May 30. The Russian Giant (50-1, 34 KOs) is determined to avenge the only loss of his career. “The day has come to settle the score,” Valuev said. [...]
