Month: July 2007

TACOMA, Wash. (July 27, 2007) – Former World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir weighed-in at an even 154 pounds Friday, the day before he meets Vernon Forrest in … Read more

HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 27 – A native of the same Brooklyn neighborhood that produced former world champions Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, junior middleweight contender Sechew Powell … Read more

HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 27 – With his dominant 12 round win over rugged contender Jose Luis Cruz in June, unbeaten Shamone Alvarez showed that he was ready for prime time … Read more

27.07.07 – By Richard Rodriguez: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (38-0, 24 KOs) and Ricky Hatton (43-0, 31 KOs) are reportedly going through the final stages of plans for a bout in … Read more

(RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL) – Light welterweight Karl Dargan (Philadelphia, Pa.) closed both the 2007 Pan American Games and his amateur career with a gold medal on Saturday in Rio … Read more

27.07.07 – By Scott Frake: Zab Judah (34-5, 25 KOs) the former light welterweight and welterweight champion of the world will return to boxing ring on September 7th against Edwin … Read more

(James Oyebola pictured on right) 27.07.07 – The tragic death of former British heavyweight champion James Oyebola earlier today has sent shockwaves through the UK fight fraternity. Having retired from … Read more

26.07.07 – By Eric R. Sloan: Every twenty years or so, the boxing gods provide us with potentially great contemporaries who must walk through one another to achieve boxing immortality. … Read more

LOS ANGELES, (July 27, 2007) – A few teenagers, out of school on summer vacation, stand near the weight room of the South El Monte Boxing Club watching Israel Vazquez … Read more

By Wray Edwards: Photos © Wray Edwards/ESB There are some things in life which make benchmarks by which many other things can be measured. While waiting for Clinton Woods to … Read more