Month: May 2008

by James Slater: Former IBF cruiserweight champion “King” Arthur Williams fights again next Wednesday (May 21st). After turning pro way back in November of 1989, and at his current age … Read more

by Pavel Yakovlev (photos by Peter Mark Heintzelman) – This Saturday, highly touted middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez will seek his sixth professional victory in a card held at the Freeport … Read more

By Scoop Malinowski, Boxinginsider.com; This is it. These are the real warriors, the true champions. Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito are daring to see who is the best. They both … Read more

By James Slater: A recent article here on ESB pondered the notion of what would have happened had current light-heavyweight champ Joe Calzaghe met a former world champ at the … Read more

by James Slater: It is quite possibly the best fight that can be made in today’s welterweight division. Fight fans anticipate a spectacular, give-and-take war that will likely be the … Read more

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (May 15, 2008) – Now that Joan Guzman has vacated his WBO 130 pound title, the undefeated Dominican-born speedster is looking for a challenge at the lightweight … Read more

GOMEZ PALACIO, DURANGO, Mexico (May 15, 2008) – WBC champion Cristian Mijares fights WBA title-holder Alexander “El Explosivio” Munoz on Saturday night (May 17) in the first super flyweight unification … Read more

PRIMM, NEV. (May 16, 2008) — The Official Weigh-In, which is open to the public, for tomorrow night’s stellar card on HBO Boxing After Dark, takes place Today! in the … Read more

15.05.08 – by James Slater: Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi is confident he will both meet and then stop Ricky Hatton later this year. A return fight with his mandatory … Read more

HBO’s late-night boxing series presents a trio of emerging young stars in the toughest tests of their careers when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. DARLING JIMENEZ, JAMES KIRKLAND … Read more