According to Ernesto Castellanos of Esto.com.mx, former world champion Israel Vazquez (44-4, 32 KOs) and his manager Frank Espinoza have accepted terms by Vazquez’ promoter Golden Boy Promotions for a fourth bout with former world champion Rafael Marquez (38-5, 34 KOs)
Two-time and reigning World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “The Russian Giant” Valuev isn’t letting constant trash- talking by 3-time world cruiserweight champion David “The Haymaker” Haye get into his head as he makes final preparations for Saturday’s “David vs. Goliath” world title fight being broadcast in North America live ...
Boxingtalkers should not be surprised if Don King Productions winds up signing WBO junior middleweight champion Sergei Dzinziruk to a promotional contract. It would also be far from shocking if his first fight under the DKP banner took place against IBF champion Cory Spinks
WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev remembers the day when he first saw David Haye. Valuev remembers like it was yesterday, when he saw Haye at the press conference to announce the fight with Wladimir Klitschko - later cancelled when Haye withdrew with an injury. Valuev was upset with the infamous ...
WBA super-fly champ Nobuo Nashiro (13-1-1, 8 KOs), 115, Japan, kept his belt as he battled a grueling fight en route to a split draw with ex-WBO 108-pound ruler Hugo Cazares (30-6-2, 22 KOs), 114, from Mexico, over hard-fought twelve rounds on Wednesday in Osaka, Japan
Former two division belt holder Ricardo Mayorga has filed as federal lawsuit in Miami, Florida against promoter Don King, alleging that King failed to arrange fights for him. He also alleges violations of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act with claims that King set up a conflict of interest when ...
In six-round light heavyweight contest, the very talented and very dangerous Ismayl Sillakh, was way too much for Ray Smith. Smith boxed very tentatively from the outset, looking like the beaten fighter from the beginning, despite entering the ring with a very respectable record
In a clash of former world champions known for their left hooks, Roy “Captain Hook” Jones, Jr. (54-5, 40 KOs) schooled Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (25-3, 17 KOs) over ten one-sided rounds on Saturday night at the MS Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. An extremely sharp Jones methodically battered Lacy, ...
In a huge upset, previously unbeaten German heavyweight Steffen Kretschmann (13-1, 12 KOs) was unexpectedly knocked out in the opening round on Friday night at the Hermann-Neuberger-Halle in Voelklingen, Germany, by seemingly shop-worn Russian veteran Denis Bakhtov (30-5, 19 KOs), who was however ranked #14 by the WBA
Wladimir Klitschko again proved his dominance of the heavyweight division, stopping Ruslan Chagaev in a hastily put together title fight Saturday night before 61,000 fans at a German soccer stadium. The IBF and WBO champion added the Ring Magazine belt to his haul, knocking Chagaev down in the second round ...
