USA Contender Boxing Team Defeats UK Team!! |
| 3/30/2007 9:29:00 PM |
| With a final score of USA 4 and UK 2, the USA team of fighters that comprised mostly of participants from the hit TV reality show "The Contender" won their first transatlantic contender challenge. The challenge was held on Friday evening in Newcastle, England. The match was decided when the former WBC super middleweight champion Robin Reid won an eight round unanimous... Read More |
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Boxing Promoter Felix Zabala Asks For Investigation on De Jesus! |
| 3/28/2007 1:30:00 PM |
Boxing promoter Felix "Tuto" Zabala Jr. has asked the Florida State Boxing Commission to suspend lightweight Alex "Pollo" De Jesus. De Jesus, who was scheduled to defend his WBO Latin title last Friday against the challenger Humberto Tapia, failed to make the appropriate weight. De Jesus came in under by five pounds over the contract weight. Zabala says that De Jesus... Read More |
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Boxing in Chicago Heats Up! |
| 3/26/2007 11:31:00 PM |
With several official events now scheduled for Chicago, and several more that are in the planning stages, there will be enough excitement for the boxing fans of the Windy City this spring. The first event is set for Saturday, April 7th, at the Par A Dice Hotel and Casino in East Peoria, Illinois. Undefeated Middleweight Michael "Midnight Stalker" Walker will fight against... Read More |
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Kessler Shuts Down Andrade! |
| 3/25/2007 11:57:00 PM |
Mikkel Kessler, the WBA/WBC super middleweight champion has defended the title successfully via an impressive unanimous decision over Librado Andrade in front of nearly 25,000 spectatos at Copenhagen's Parken Arena. This arena is the national soccer stadium of Denmark. Scores of 120-108 were on all cards and the win was obvious. The fight was very intense and Andrade moved... Read More |
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Promoter Don King Meets The Pope! |
| 3/22/2007 7:08:00 PM |
Don king got a front row seat at Pope Benedict XVI's audience at the Vatican City in Rome on Wednesday. King wore a conservative dark blue suit with his trademark hairstyle neatly flattened for the papal event. "I was thrilled to be there. It was a deep spiritual experience," King said. 75-year-old King was seated in the front row on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica and... Read More |
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Corrales and Clottey Ready For War! |
| 3/21/2007 10:43:00 AM |
Top contender Joshua Clottey and former two-division world champion Diego Corrales will collide on April 7th in what both boxers term a "must win" fight. Corrales is set to move up two weight classes when he fights Clottey in an event that will be nationally televised. This fight will take place at Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Missouri. Corrales said on Thursday, "I chose... Read More |
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Former Lightweight and Jr. Welterweight Contender Victoriano Sosa Retires! |
| 3/20/2007 3:45:00 PM |
News from the Dominican Republic says that former lightweight and Jr. welterweight contender Victoriano Sosa is retiring from boxing at the age of 32 years. Sosa battled against Paul Spadafora for the IBF lightweight title and came extremely close to winning the belt. Spadafora was knocked down twice in the third round, but miraculously survived the remaining rounds and... Read More |
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Four-time Boxing Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield Busts Up Maddalone! |
| 3/19/2007 11:02:00 AM |
On Saturday night at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield battered Vinny Maddalone for a win in the third round by TKO. Maddalone was opened up by an unintentional head butt in round one. Holyfield continued to work on Maddalones' face after that and in the third round, the trainer for Maddalone, Al Certo,... Read More |
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Marquez Dethrones Barrera! |
| 3/19/2007 10:54:00 AM |
Two of Mexico's best went head to head in a fight for the WBC super featherweight championship. WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez won the WBC super featherweight title from the defending champion Marco Antonio Barrera on Saturday evening at the Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Las Vegas. Barrera definitely had the edge in the first half of the fight. In round... Read More |
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Don King Gets Caught In The Melee Between Boxing Cruiserweight Titans Jean-Marc Mormeck and O'Neil "Supernova" Bell |
| 3/19/2007 10:19:00 AM |
On March 17th, boxing cruiserweight titans Jean-Marc Mormeck and O'Neil "Supernova" Bell went head to head in a fight for the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association cruiserweight titles. In their first fight, Mormeck surrendered these titles to Bell and was determined in Saturday's fight to win them back. "I felt the whole country of France on my shoulders going... Read More |
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Briggs and Ibragimov Boxing Site Named! |
| 3/16/2007 11:15:00 PM |
Golden Grain Promotions and Seminole Warriors Boxing have announced that they have found the location for the WBO Heavyweight Championship and have secured it for the bout between the Briggs and Ibragimov. Briggs will be defending his championship against the number one contender Sultan Ibragimov. The 12,000 seat Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow will host this clash of the... Read More |
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WBC Interim Welterweight Boxing Champion Sugar Shane Mosley Wants to Fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
| 3/15/2007 8:42:00 PM |
The WBC interim welterweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley says that he would like to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. after his Golden Boy Promotions partner Oscar De La Hoya finishes with teh 'Pretty Boy' scheduled on May 5th. Mosley quotes, "I am looking at Floyd Mayweather Jr, and win lose or draw against Oscar De La Hoya, I think that the networks want to see me and... Read More |
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Boxing Promoter Don King to Meet the Pope! |
| 3/14/2007 9:59:00 PM |
So, Don King is scheduled to meet with the Pope on March 21st. Don King will have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome Italy. "I am standing in the need of prayer," King told the press from Paris where he is now promoting the cruiserweight rematch between O'Nel Bell and Jean-Marc Mormeck. Before his pilgrimage to Rome, Don King will be honored at a... Read More |
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World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Briggs KOs Miami Heat Mascot! |
| 3/14/2007 9:42:00 PM |
So it was Miami Heat's last home game this past Sunday against the Washington Wizards. The honorary guest at the game was Shannon Briggs himself! The Heat were victorious against the Wizards and Briggs scored a nice right swing directly into the face of the mascot (playfully of course)! Shannon Briggs will be defending his title against Ibragimov. We can be rest assured... Read More |
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World Heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs Answers Ibragimov! |
| 3/13/2007 7:55:00 PM |
So Briggs has released a statement regarding the fight between him and Ibragimov. "They aren't showing me the respect you should show a world champion..."
The statement that Shannon Briggs has released is as follows in response to the press release from challenger Sultan Ibragimov: "I'm the Heavyweight Champion of the whole world, so it doesn't matter where I defend the... Read More |
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Heavyweight Boxer Sultan Ibragimov Annihilates Javier Mora in 46 seconds |
| 3/12/2007 11:35:00 AM |
It was a busy night in Madison Square Garden on March 10, 2007 with 2,478 spectators at the Sultan Ibragimov and Javier Mora fight. Ibragimov showed that he was definitely ready to fight for a world heavyweight championship against Shannon Briggs by making quick work of Javier Mora. The fight began when both fighters came out to the ring swinging wildly intending to score... Read More with Video |
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