MAURICIO HERRERA READY FOR HIS CLOSE-UP ON SHOBOX: The New Generation UNBEATEN JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT FACES FORMER WORLD CHAMP ANCHONDO ON DEC. 4 ORANGE, November 30 – Unbeaten in 13 pro fights, junior welterweight prospect Mauricio Herrera has paid his dues and earned accolades from boxing insiders as having the potential to one day rule the [...]
By Mario Cabrera, Jr Tuesday December 1st at 1pm there will be an open to the public media workout for Bay Area Filipina boxing Sensation, IBA World Champion Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton who will fight for the WBO World Championship this Friday at the HP Pavillion in San Jose. This is Ana’s 2nd consecutive World [...]
FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BRIGGS RETURNS ON HUSTLER BOXING Former WBO Heavyweight Champion, Shannon Briggs (48-5-1, 42KO) has just been added to Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing upcoming, “Hustler Boxing” card at the Manhattan Center this Thursday December 3rd. Briggs, who hails from nearby Brooklyn, will be returning from a two-year hiatus from the ring when he [...]
JONES HOPING FAMILY PRIDE CAN TAKE HIM TO PRIZEFIGHTER GLORY BARRIE Jones has an added incentive to win Friday’s Prizefighter Light-Welterweights – family pride. Jones, 24, stepped into the Prizefighter line-up as a short-notice replacement after Barry Morrison had to withdraw due to illness. Three of the eight contenders – Jones, Gavin Rees and Jason Cook [...]
By Jim Amato In many of my past articles I have touched on boxers who came so close to winning a world title but just fell short. Talented fighters who I have no doubt in today’s four title per weight division format would have garnered a piece of the pie. The extremely gifted Howard Davis [...]
By: Michael Seiler In Showtime’s lightweight main event, Martin Honorio (27-4-1, 14 KO’s) scored a 10 round unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten John Molina Jr. (18-1, 14 KO’s). Entering the fight, Molina had knocked down the opposition 26 times in 15 of his 18 fights. Also, Molina knocked out 6 of his opponents in [...]
By: Michael Seiler In an 8 round super bantamweight bout (122 lbs.), Rico Ramos won a competitive, one-sided decision over Alejandro Perez. Alejandro Perez put the pressure on Rico Ramos early, scoring with body punches and left hooks in the 1st round. Ramos tried to find his range with the jab and landed some left [...]
Sharkie’s Machine By Frank Gonzalez Jr. November 29, 2009 “Ali Funeka Beats Joan Guzman and Scores a Draw in Quebec City” It was another black eye for boxing Saturday night in Quebec City, Canada, where South African Lightweight Ali Funeka (30-2-3, 25 KO’s) faced Joan Guzman (29-0-1, 17 KO’s) of the Dominican Republic for the [...]
Kiilu, Onyango, Kavulani & Kanoga victorious in Nairobi. By Geoffrey Mpenda at Ringside. On a small show staged by Denmark’s Risum Boxing at the Pal Pal Gymnasium in Nairobi on Saturday (11.28.09), four local match-ups entertained a fair number of spectators who all gained admittance for free. The main event saw David “Silent Danger” Kiilu beat [...]
By: Michael Seiler Lucian Bute had something to prove in his rematch with Librado Andrade. In their first encounter, Bute was controlling the fight until he got tired in the 12th round. With three seconds left in the bout, Bute backed into the corner and Andrade nailed him with a right hand. Bute dropped to [...]
By: Michael Seiler Ali Funeka battled Joan Guzman to a 12 round majority draw. This was a bout that Funeka clearly should have won. In the opening round, Guzman came out firing lefts and rights to the body of the taller Funeka. Funeka was not really snapping his jab, rather he was pushing it out [...]
By Jim Amato What happens when the unstoppable force meets the unmovable object? Let me rephrase that. What would have happened if Joe Frazier and Ron Lyle would have hooked up in the mid-1970s? It is too bad this fight was never made. It was discussed on occasion, but to the best of my knowledge [...]
Jeff Monson (31-9, 2 KO’s, 20 Submissions) vs. Travis Fulton (191-45-11, 61 KO’s, 124 Submissions) – MMA Heavyweight Fight Live on www.NESportsTV.com PPV December 12, 2009 $9.95 USD (International Conversion Rates Apply) Birmingham, AL – Former UFC Heavyweight title challenger Jeff Monson (31-9, 2 KO’s, 20 Submissions) will headline an NESportsTV.com mixed martial arts broadcast [...]
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Last week, Providence, Rhode Island’s favorite son, 2007 Amateur World Champion and 2008 U.S. Olympian, Demetrius Andrade (8-0, 6KO) (who is co-promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Banner Promotions) held his inaugural “Knock Out Hunger” turkey drive at the West End Community Center in downtown Providence. The event was a huge success, feeding hundreds [...]
Butler service for Barker Darren Barker has been hit with late change of opponent ahead of tomorrow night’s vacant British Middleweight title showdown at the Brentwood Centre. Former British Champ and original foe Wayne Elcock was forced to pull out earlier this week due to a stomach virus but promoter Mick Hennessy moved quickly to [...]
Ex-British champ Mutley fighting for his future at Prizefighter FORMER British Champion Young Mutley believes his boxing future is on the line in next week’s Prizefighter Light-Welterweights. Mutley, 33, has seen his career go backwards in the last two years after he lost to Colin Lynes in July 2007 with the British and European belts up [...]
Barker looking for Super Six of his own Unbeaten Middleweight “Dazzling” Darren Barker admits he’s been casting an envious eye towards the Super Middleweight division and the exciting new Super Six World Boxing Classic. Barker’s stable mate and reigning WBC World Champ Carl Froch is one of the “Super Six” battling it out for Super [...]
A magazine subscription makes a great gift. R.I.P Arturo Gatti (1972 – 2009)
By Jim Amato Long before Mark McGwire was launching tape measure home runs in Oakland and acquiring the nickname “Big Mac”, West Coast sports fans used to cheer the feats of another “Big Mac”. MacArthur Foster a heavyweight boxer from Fresno, California won his first 24 professional bouts all by knockout. Six came in the [...]
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