By Alexey “Oscar” Potapov Photo by Andriy Novak Former WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (21-2-2, 7 KOs) is preparing for a fight on August 28 against an opponent to be named. The bout will take place at the European Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Until then, he will be training at a training camp locally. After [...]
Promoter J Russell Peltz promised a return to the glory days of Philadelphia boxing and Friday night’s all-Philly war at the Arena in South Philadelphia delivered on that promise. USBA junior middleweight champion Derek ‘Pooh’ Ennis (22-2-1, 13 KOs) pounded out a hard fought majority decision over ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado (14-5, 8 KOs) in a [...]
Big-punching super middleweight Francisco Sierra (22-3, 21 KOs) scored an impressive and bloody seven round technical decision over previously undefeated contender, Donovan “Da Bomb” George (20-1-1, 17 KOs) on Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. George was rocked in round one, and staggered again in round two with blood gushing from [...]
Cruiserweight Troy Ross, winner of Season 4 of The Contender television series, has called out IBO Champion Danny Green describing him as a fraud. “He defended his title against a guy who hadn’t fought in nearly 3 years last week, who was a light heavyweight that had retired on medical grounds,” stated Ross. “In his [...]
For the first-time ever, millions of action sports thrill-seekers will see the UFC® and its matching event numbers racing around the ESPN X Games this weekend live on ESPN, all as part of a cross-promotional partnership with PMR Motorsports. ESPN viewers and X Games fans packed inside the LA Coliseum won’t miss the trademark UFC [...]
Jon Jones Faces Vladimir Matyushenko This Sunday In San Diego: Plus a middleweight showdown between Mark Munoz and Yushin Okami – Sunday night at 9pm ET / 6pm PT Live on Versus See The Premiere Episode Of Ultimate Insider Now On UFC.com: Hosted by Arianny Celeste, featuring a hot Octagon Girl photoshoot, plus Joe Rogan interviews Jon [...]
The September 11 Wladimir Klitschko/Samuel Peter bout from Frankfurt, Germany, beginning at 5PM ET, will be streamed live in the United States on ESPN3.com. As for TV coverage, ESPN Deportes will air the fight on tape-delay at 8PM ET and ESPN will show a tape of the fight the next day at 4:30PM ET. “We [...]
By Karl Freitag When Floyd Mayweather recently stayed at a luxury hotel in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, and it was hinted that Floyd might hook up with WBA super welterweight world champion Miguel Cotto, fueling speculation that the the pair would meet to discuss a super fight between the two superstars. However, that meeting never [...]
Weights by Andreas Hale Photo by Chris Cozzone Juan Manuel Marquez 133.5 vs. Juan Diaz 135 Daniel Jacobs 159 vs. Dmitry Pirog 160 Sakio Bika 166 vs. Jean Paul Mendy 167 Joel Casamayor 138 vs. Robert Guerrero 138.5 Jorge Linares 132.5 vs. Rocky Juarez 132 George Groves 169 vs. Alfredo Contreras 169 Seth Mitchell 243 vs. Derek Bryant 201 Frankie Gomez 139 [...]