Orange, CA – Young prospects Josesito Lopez and Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. will be featured on the first Thompson Boxing Promotions event of 2006 planned for Friday, February 17, at the Doubletree Hotel, Ontario. “We are thrilled to kick off our busy year with two championship co-main events,” said promoter Ken Thompson. “These young fighters will thrill all those attending.” […]
31.01.06 – By Per Ake Persson: Ismail Abdoul and Don Diego Poeder will do it again April 25 in Deinze, Belgium. This time the vacant EU cruiser crown will be at stake. Their first encounter, for the vacant BeNeLux, ended with an upset win for Abdoul.. Finnish P 3 Boxing have offered Norwegian jr welter Geir Inge Jorgensen a fight […]
31.01.06 – By James Slater: Quite remarkably, Shane Mosley’s hand has been raised on only three occasions in his last eight fights. He lost back to back against Vernon Forrest, of course, then engaged in a no-contest, before getting the nod over De La Hoya in their rematch. He then lost back to back again, this time to Winky wright. […]
30.01.06 – By Benjy Swan: Following Arturo Gatti’s impressive destruction of Thomas Damgaard on Saturday night at Atlantic city, there’s been a great deal of praise pouring out from the media about how great Gatti looked, saying things about his courage to continue fighting with an injured right hand and so on. However, is it me or am I the […]
30.01.06 – By Jeff Bastasini: WBC featherweight champion, In Jin Chi lost his title on Sunday at the Fukuoka Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium, losing a 12-round split decision to Takashi Koshimoto, from Japan. For the 35-year old Koshimoto, it was the case of having too much speed, combined with a rock iron defense, that was the key to the victory over […]