Baldomir/Forrest Weigh-In at 154 Pounds
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 a 12-round…
Boxing Archive: July 2007
Historical Boxing247 coverage published in July 2007.
Sechew Powell Signs With Warriors Boxing
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 has shown…
Shamone Alvarez Headlines Friday Night Fights on August 31st
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 in the…
Mayweather To Fight Hatton in December
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 December 8,…
Amateur Boxing: Karl Dargan Closes Pan Am Games Competition with Light Welterweight Gold
(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 de Janeiro.…
Should Zab Judah Move down To The Junior Welterweight division?
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 Vasquez (22-10-2,…
Frank Maloney Mourns Fallen Giant James Oyebola
(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 the sport…
Boxing Commentary: The Opportunity
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. Today, the…
Israel Vazquez Poised to Regain Title Aug. 4
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 (41-4, 30…
Glengoffe Johnson V Fred Moore… Nobody’s Perfect, But Johnson Comes Mighty Close
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 get over…
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