30.08.05 – World-ranked lightweight Eldo Elder, born and raised in Atlanta and now living in Newnan, Ga., faces former two-time world champion Lakva Sim of Los Angeles in a 12-round World Boxing Association title-elimination bout on a card promoted by Guilty Boxing in association with Sampson Lewkowicz and sponsored by Nafta Moskva Sept. 16, in The Arena at Gwinnett Center […]
30.08.05 – KO Chicago Radio returns to the airwaves tonight at 6:20pm on WJJG AM-1530. Back on the air every Wednesday night KO Chicago Radio features the finest in weekly discussion about the local and national professional boxing scene. The listener call-in number is 708-493-1530.. Topics this week include a re-cap of the Fernando Vargas “Return To Battle” card, “Viva […]
30.08.05 – By Fadi Khawaja: Boxing is commonly viewed as a brutal sport dependant on brawn and not brains. This is a complete misconception and as the novelist WC Heinz once said, “boxing is too intricate an art for the average person, fight fan or not, to comprehend.” To become successful in boxing and truly understand the game it takes […]
30.08.05 – By Tony Nobbs: On June 24 at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, Rob Calloway lived up to his pre fight reputation as a hardened world class campaigner by capturing the vacant WBF heavyweight championship with a unanimous decision over Australian contender Bob Mirovic. After twelve tremendous rounds ‘The All-American Prizefighter’ was crowned new champion via […]
30.08.05 – By Tony Nobbs: Shannan Taylor’s IBO middleweight title shot has been re-sceduled to early November. Taylor, 33, will challenge Raymond Joval which will be the Bulli Blaster’s biggest test since 2001 with the fight “99.99 percent certain to be in Newcastle”. Originally pencilled in for September 19 (the day after Peden-Barrera) then October 10 (the day after Corrales-Castillo […]