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| NEW YORK (Jan. 28, 2008) – A second light heavyweight world title fight has been added to the April 12 edition of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, Ken Hershman, senior vice president and general manager, Sports & Event Programming, SHOWTIME announced today. IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods will defend his title against IBO titleholder and former undisputed 175-pound kingpin Antonio Tarver at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa , Fla. Read the Full Story..... |
| TARVER vs. WOODS & DAWSON vs. JOHNSON IBF and WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLES ON THE LINE IN BIGGEST DOUBLEHEADER OF 2008 -- April 12, at St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa , Fla. -- -- Live on SHOWTIME, 9 p.m. ET/PT -- |
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| This is what I call an appetizer. If Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez III is the filet mignon of entrées than Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero vs. Jason “The American Boy” Litzau are certainly the Oysters Rockefeller of first courses. With a 1-2 combo like this one fight fans may just be stuffed before they can roll out the desert cart. Save the dates February 29th and March 1st, you won’t want to miss either of these awesome match ups. Read the Full Story..... |
| Guerrero and Litzau set to Lock Horns: Robert Guerrero defends IBF Featherweight Title against Jason Litzau By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| R-E-S-P-E-C-T Just a little bit; Jermain Taylor deserves more than he gets By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com Photo Credit: HBO Boxing |
| No chance. Essentially that is what former Middleweight champion Jermain Taylor has been given in his rematch against current top dog Kelly Pavlik. Since besting future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins twice and fighting Winky Wright to a draw Taylor has seen his stock plummet. Fairly or not Taylor has faced plenty of criticism. He defended his crown against blown up Welterweights in Cory Spinks and Kassim Ouma and to make matters worse he was less than impressive in doing so. Read the Full Story..... |
| What a fight! Fans saw straight up action from start to finish. Paul Williams was punished early by Carlos Quintana power shots before settling down and out boxing the determined Quintana during the middle rounds. Just when it appeared that Quintana may be fading, under the pressure of the long armed champion, he proceeded to pound left hooks into Williams’ brow. Quintana opened up cuts over both of Williams’ eyes and Quintana persistently targeted them. Read the Full Story..... |
| Paul Williams Punished by Carlos Quintana; Quintana captures WBO Welterweight Title By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com Photo Credit: Associated Press |
| B.J. Flores ends Darnell Wilson’s win streak; “Ding a Ling Man” Disappointing, out boxed by Flores By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| In an interesting match-up that had the potential to shake things up in the Cruiserweight division, Darnell “Ding a Ling Man” Wilson, 22-5-3 (19), took on the undefeated B.J. Flores, 20-0-1 (13). Wilson the current USBA Cruiserweight champion and the #9 rated Cruiser by The Ring Magazine was looking to continue his assent up the rankings by dominating the untested Flores. For Flores this bout means everything. This was the up and comers crack at national exposure, a marquee victory and in summation to take his career to another level. Read the Full Story..... |
| SHOWTIME will thrill boxing fans with an exciting and explosive light heavyweight championship doubleheader when International Boxing Organization (IBO) 175-pound champion and former undisputed light heavyweight kingpin Antonio Tarver defends his crown against International Boxing Federation (IBF) titleholder Clinton Woods at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa , Fla. on Saturday, April, 12. Before Tarver and Woods exchange leather, fans will enjoy the highly anticipated light heavyweight championship fight between World Boxing Council (WBC) titleholder Chad Dawson and former world champion Glen Johnson, making April 12 a can’t miss night of boxing. Read the Full Story..... |
| TARVER-WOODS, DAWSON-JOHNSON PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES XO CLUB AT ST. PETE TIMES FORUM-TAMPA, FLORIDA |
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| Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez successfully completed their World Boxing Council (WBC) mandatory pre weigh in one month before their third and final clash, Saturday, March 1 from The Home Depot Center in Carson , Calif. and live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Read the Full Story..... |
| On Target: Vazquez and Marquez Complete WBC Pre Weigh In |
| Even though we are currently in a Boxing Boom, it’s not often we see a Good Fight and when it’s all over, a Justified Decision. Sometimes we see an exceptional fight, but can argue over who won, unless of course there was a knock out involved. Last night, as the Main Event of HBO’s Boxing After Dark Series, Carlos Quintana out-worked the previously unbeaten Paul “The Punisher” Williams to become the NEW WBO Welterweight Champion. The entertaining fight was broadcast live from the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. Read the Full Story..... |
| Quintana Out Works Williams For WBO Title Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| Bernard Hopkins waits for the beginning of today's press conference at the Planet Hollywood Restaurant in Times Square, New York City. Calzaghe and Hopkins will meet in the Planet Hollywood Ring in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2008 for The Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship in a bout televised live on HBO. |
| Photos From Hopkins vs. Calzaghe Press Conference in NY! Photo Credit: Hoganphotos.com/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| Photos From Hopkins vs. Calzaghe Press Conference in LA! PHOTO CREDIT: Hoganphotos.com/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| World Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins (right) addresses the media as trainer Freddie Roach (left) listens on at a press conference today at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss Hopkins' April 19, 2008 fight against World Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe in the Planet Hollywood Ring in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two will fight for Hopkins' Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship in a fight that will be televised live on HBO. |
| World Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins (left) and World Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe (right) meet face to face at a press conference today at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss their April 19, 2008 fight in the Planet Hollywood Ring in Las Vegas, Nevada for Hopkins' Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship title in a fight that will be televised live on HBO. |
| Photos From Hopkins vs. Calzaghe Press Conference in LA! PHOTO CREDIT: Hoganphotos.com/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| OPEN MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES ISRAEL VAZQUEZ AND RAFAEL MARQUEZ Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, South El Monte Community Center Photos: JORGE GARCIA |
| Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez participated in a public open media workout Monday as they continue to wind down preparations for their highly anticipated rubber match, “Final Confrontation” for the WBC/The Ring Magazine super bantamweight title this Saturday, March 1, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Vazquez-Marquez I and II produced the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007, with the second bout winning Fight of the Year and Round of the Year honors. Now the Mexican warriors face each other in the final battle for honor, pride and 122-pound supremacy on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9 p.m. ET/PT delayed on the west coast). Read the Full Story..... |
| Six-division and Ten-time World Champion boxer Oscar de la Hoya (left) speaks to the media as Former World Champion Steve Forbes (right) looks on at today's press conference at The Nokia Theater in New York City to announce their upcoming May 3, 2008 bout at The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA and which will be televised live on HBO. Read the Full Story..... |
| Oscar De La Hoya vs. Steve Forbes NYC Press Conference Photo Credit: Hoganphotos.com/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| Live from the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino a great night of exhilarating boxing took place. Broadcast live on ESPN2 and promoted by Star Boxing the show featured an intriguing Welterweight match-up between a fairly well established young fighter, Delvin Rodriguez, versus an aging but undefeated veteran in Troy Browning. A bit of a crossroads fight for both men with Rodriguez looking to reaffirm himself as a viable prospect/contender in the games hottest division and Browning seeking a signature win to legitimize his unbeaten record and further his career which at 40 years old has presumably passed him by. Read the Full Ringside Report..... |
| Star Boxing Shines at Mohegan Sun; Delvin Rodriguez and Ali Oubaali notch decisive victories By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com From Ringside |
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| Joe Calzaghe addresses the media with Bernard Hopkins today, February 19, 2008 at the Planet Hollywood Restaurant in Times Square New York City. Hopkins and Calzaghe will meet in the Planet Hollywood Ring in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2008 for The Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship in a bout televised live on HBO. |
| Photos From Hopkins vs. Calzaghe Press Conference in NY! Photo Credit: Hoganphotos.com/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| In a lopsided victory Wladimir Klitschko expectedly dominated the smaller, lesser skilled Sultan Ibragimov. Klitschko won decisively and collected another belt in a significant Heavyweight unification bout. The overly cautious approach which Klitschko used against Ibragimov frustrated the Madison Square Garden crowd that came out in anticipation of a knockout or at least an exciting fight. Read the Full Story..... |
| Klitschko defeats Ibragimov in a snoozer; Garden Crowd Disappointed By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Sylvester Stallone (left) greets World Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe (right) at a press conference today at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss Calzaghe's April 19, 2008 fight against Bernard Hopkins in the Planet Hollywood Ring in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two will fight for Hopkins' Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship in a fight that will be televised live on HBO. |
| Photos From Hopkins vs. Calzaghe Press Conference in LA! PHOTO CREDIT: Hoganphotos.com/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| Andre Berto stops Michel Trabant; Unbeaten Berto makes Trabant quit on his stool By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Andre Berto continues to impress by stopping Michel Trabant. Trabant, who had never been stopped, quit on his stool following the conclusion of round six. Berto snapped off nasty body shots and stinging jabs throughout all six rounds befuddling Trabant who consistently failed to let his hands go. The punctuation of Berto’s attack came in the 3rd round when Berto scored numerous vicious uppercuts. Read the Full Story..... |
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| In a controlled early going Jermain Taylor found success with his jab in between the busier Kelly Pavlik’s attack. Taylor carried the speed advantage with him to 166 lbs but it was Pavlik with more consistent pressure and a rock solid approach. Pavlik fought nearly an identical fight to his first meeting with Taylor and although the knockout didn’t come, his game plan prevailed. Read the Full Story..... |
| And Still Undefeated; Pavlik Picks Taylor Apart By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
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| Power Plus Potential; What the Fists of Edison Miranda are Loaded with By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| There is nothing a fight fan respects more than a warrior who gives everything he has regardless of the situation or who he is in with. Guys like Diego Corrales and Arturo Gatti are admired for more than just their winning records and epic battles. It is their unrelenting will to never give up no matter how much the deck is stacked against them. There is no quit, no cruising to a decision, no knowing when to say when with Edison “Pantera” Miranda. He knows only one speed, he fights only one way, and that is hard and fast inspiring fear in opponents and awe from spectators. Read the Full Story..... |
| John Duddy vs. Walid Smichet Feb. 23 on Klitschko-Ibragimov Undercard |
| NEW YORK (January 13, 2008) – Unbeaten world middleweight title contender “Ireland’s” John Duddy has returned from his native Emerald Isle to his adopted Big Apple home in Queens to fight in New York City for the first time since last May, taking on Walid “Temperate de Sable” Smichet (17-3-1, 13 KOs) in the 10-round, off-TV co- feature February 23 on the heavyweight champion unification show, headlined by IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko against WBO title-holder Sultan Ibragimov, at Madison Square Garden. Read the Full Story..... |
| Interview with Edison “Pantera” Miranda By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Edison Miranda – “I watched the last Lacy fight and was not impressed at all. I also watched the Contender and my feeling was the same about Bika. These guys are simply not at my level.” I caught up with the punishing power puncher Edison Miranda following his sensational knockout of David Banks on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. As always Miranda pulled no punches, so to speak, as he gave me his take on a second fight with Pavlik, his thoughts on Jeff Lacy and Sakio Bika and what a typical day of training entails. The once top rated Middleweight contender now inhabits the Super Middleweight division. And make no mistake about it he wants to fight the best the division has to offer. Here is what Pantera had to say, enjoy. PS: Firstly congratulations on an outstanding, sensational win over David Banks. Miranda: Thank you very much. PS: Since becoming one of the top rated Middleweights you recently made the move up to Super Middleweight. You fought Allan Green at a catch weight of 162 before meeting Pavlik at 160. When did you realize that physically you could no longer make the Middleweight limit? Miranda: I’ve always had trouble since I was a big Middleweight, but in the Pavlik fight my body would not lose the weight no matter what I did. I felt like I had an obligation to the fans to fight that night, but afterwards, I knew I had to consider going to Super Middleweight. Read the Full Interview..... |
| Ruiz vows to clean-up heavyweight division Starting Mar. 8 vs. McCline |
| LAS VEGAS (January 28, 2008) – Two- time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (42-7-1, 29 KOs), rated No. 3 by the WBA and No. 6 by the WBC, returns to the ring March 8 against Jameel “Big Time” McCline on the Oleg Maskaev-Samuel Peter card in Cancun, Mexico. “I’m getting ready to clean-up the heavyweight division, starting March 8 with McCline, and then I want the Maskaev-Peter winner,” Ruiz said from his Las Vegas training camp with head trainer Manny Siaca, Sr. Read the Full Story..... |
| UNDEFEATED PROSPECT ALFREDO ANGULO REGISTERS ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE FIRST ROUND KNOCK OUT Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at 11 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME Grand Casino Hinckley, Hinckley , Minnesota Photos By: Tom Casino - Showtime |
| HINCKLEY, Minn. (Feb. 1, 2008) – It was a cold night in Minnesota , but there were two action packed, sizzling fights on Friday night’s ShoBox: The New Generation. Alfredo Angulo stormed into the ring against Ricardo Cortes an undefeated prospect fresh off an impressive first round TKO with another tough challenge in front of him. He walked out victoriously once again, his unblemished record intact, with another knockout in the first stanza and world title hopes in his near future. Read the Full Story..... |
| When they first met Antonio Margarito was already an established champion with four title defenses on his résumé. Kermit Cintron was an undefeated up and comer with 23 knockouts in 24 fights as a pro. Although Margarito held an edge in experience and quality opponents faced it was Cintron who appeared to be the future. Five rounds and four knockdowns later Margarito had erased any doubt as to who the preeminent fighter was. Not only did Margarito drop Cintron four times, and add a serious blemish to his previously perfect record, but he cast a shadow of doubt over the future of the once prized prospect. Since suffering his first, and only, career loss at the hands of Antonio Margarito in 2005, Kermit Cintron has bounced back by rattling off five consecutive victories. Impressively all five wins came by way of knockout and more importantly during that same stretch Cintron captured the vacant IBF title by stopping Mark Suarez. Read the Full Story..... |
| Kermit Cintron vs. Antonio Margarito II The difference between Greatness and Gate Keeper By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Important Cruiserweight battle looming this Friday when Darnell “Ding a Ling Man” Wilson faces B.J. Flores in USBA Championship on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights on February 8 at Dover Downs Racetrack and Casino |
| The unsung cruiserweight division is fast becoming one of the most exciting in the boxing ranks. Along with the ESPN 2 telecast of Wilson-Flores, Showtime will broadcast the unification bout featuring WBO kingping Enzo Maccinerelli vs. WBC titlist David Haye on March 8 in London. Back to Ding A Ling vs. Flores. The victor will be declared the # 2 ranked contender in the IBF to belt holder Steve Cunningham, but Duva says “more importantly, the winner of this match will be the hottest contender in all of boxing, and an exciting and talked about fighter among boxing’s elite.”" Read the Full Story..... |
| HOLLYWOOD, FL, March 14 – It’s been a long couple of years for Glen Johnson as he’s waited for his chance to regain the world light heavyweight championship. Along the way he’s watched the big names at 175 pounds duck and dodge him while all he did was win, recently stopping the likes of Montell Griffin and Hugo Pineda in devastating fashion. But on April 12th, at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, Johnson will return to his home state to battle unbeaten young gun Chad Dawson for the Dawson’s WBC light heavyweight world championship. The bout is part of a Showtime doubleheader that includes another key light heavyweight bout between Antonio Tarver and Clinton Woods, fighters Johnson is very familiar with, having fought them a combined five times. “I have unfinished business with both Tarver and Woods, but first things first, and that’s Chad Dawson,” said Johnson (47-11-2, 32 KOs). “I give him credit for being the only one to step up and give me my shot, and I assure him that we can have a rematch after I take his belt on April 12th.” Johnson on Tuesday did his 30 day official weighin for WBC supervisor Bismarck Morales, weighing in at 186 pounds, just eleven pounds over the 175 pound light heavyweight limit. With just under a month to go before fight night, the 39-year old Johnson is raring to go and eager to take his rightful place atop the division once again. “This has been a great camp so far and I feel better than ever,” said Johnson, who upped his knockout streak to three in January as he stopped Pineda in eight rounds. “I can’t wait to get in the ring on April 12th and win the title back. It’ s been a long time coming.” |
| JOHNSON WITHIN WEIGHT LIMIT “THE ROAD WARRIOR” COMES HOME FOR CHALLENGE OF DAWSON |
