Month: January 2009

ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner was very pleased with the spectacular performance of his rising Cuban stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night … Read more

10.01.09 – by James Slater – Unbeaten 29-year-old cruiserweight contender B.J Flores, 21-0-1(13) is looking ahead to a big and excitement-filled 2009. Thought by some to have an IBF world … Read more

Chicago fan favorite Eric “EL LOCO” Estrada will battle Canadian prospect Steve Cannell in a six round super bantamweight bout on Friday, January 23rd at Cicero Stadium, it was announced … Read more

10.01.09 – Daniel Santos will make his first defense of the World Boxing Association super welterweight championship he won in July when he faces interim World Boxing Council super welterweight … Read more

By Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson: A lot of so called boxing experts and writers are talking about the lack of excitement in the heavyweight division and how there are no American … Read more

By Per Ake Persson: The dispute between WBA supermiddle champ Mikkel Kessler and Team Palle is a big story in Denmark. Kessler claims in one interview that the dual role … Read more

by James Slater – Legendary Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera remains in the hunt for “one more” world title fight, focusing at age 34 on the world lightweight crown. Coming … Read more

By Ted Sares: That shot he threw against Pegues, thank God his head didn’t wind up in the third row…It was vicious, but that is what our sport is. — … Read more

HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 8th, 2009- The day before super middleweight star Edison “Pantera” Miranda and junior middleweight contender Sechew “The Iron Horse” Powell step into the ring and begin their … Read more

by James Slater – You have to go back a while to remember a time when 31-year-old WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch had anything nice to say about Welshman Joe … Read more