News: Alex Perez; Beltran vs Meza-Clay; Danny Jacobs
Alex “The Brick City Bullet” Perez, 10-0, 6 KO’s captured the WBC’s CABOFE (Caribbean Boxing Federation) Welterweight title on March 14th In Puerto Rico. He came off of a 15 month layoff…
Boxing Archive: April 2009
Historical Boxing247 coverage published in April 2009.
Jem Driscoll: Peerless Brilliance
By Mike Casey - Great fights are never truly forgotten. The unique strength and tapestry of boxing’s jungle wire, coiling down through the decades like a great python, is too rich and…
WBC Strips Timothy Bradley, Junior Witter and Devon Alexander Will Meet For Vacant Belt
by James Slater - Less than a month ago, 25-year-old Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley scored his biggest win to date, when he defended his WBC light-welterweight title and won the WBO version…
Froch-Taylor To Be Replayed Tonight On SHOWTIME; Thursday On Super Channel
Carl Froch, the undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion from Nottingham, England, came to America determined to make a lasting impression on U.S. fight fans. And that, to say the…
Cory Spinks: Hard To Keep A Good Champ Down
By Michael Herron: Throughout his boxing career 5-time champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks has been called many things, feather-fisted, a runner, fragile, boring, but after Friday night’s victory over fellow St.…
UK Boxing: Jamie Moore; Tony Jeffries; Frankie Gavin
Less than two months after winning the European title, English light middleweight Jamie Moore will be back in action this Saturday, May 2, headlining the biggest show this year in Britain. The…
The Heavyweights-Hiker Looks Ahead At The May Fight Docket
By Paul McCreath - After a fairly quiet month of April things are promising to get a little more lively during May. The most important bout will not take place until nearly…
Rising Star Daniel Jacobs Added to Pacquiao – Hatton Pay-Per-View Undercard
LOS ANGELES (April 27, 2009) – Rising middleweight star and one of boxing’s hottest prospects, Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs, has been added to the much anticipated May 2nd pay-per-view undercard of…
Roach Says Pacquiao Will KO Hatton And Then Hatton Will Fight Amir Khan
by James Slater - Great trainer Freddie Roach, who handles pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan (among others) says that after "Pac-Man" KO's Ricky Hatton this coming Saturday in Las Vegas,…
News: Vinny Maddalone; Jackson Asiku; Timothy Bradley
28.04.09 - When Star Boxing’s fan favorite heavyweight Vinny Maddalone (31-5, 22KO) steps into the ring this Tuesday, April 28th against Benji “Boom Boom” Baker (18-6, 9KO) at Russo’s On The Bay…
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