It has been confirmed today that the highly anticipated step-up in class for welterweight sensation Kell Brook against Michael Jennings is off due to Brook suffering from a virus infection. The intriguing contest was due to take place at The Echo Arena in Liverpool will now probably be re-scheduled.It’s not yet known if Sky Sports has pulled the plug on broadcasting the … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2009
Abraham vs. Dirrell, Jan 23
The dates for the next round of bouts in Showtime’s Super 6 Boxing Classic are going to be released after Mikkel Kessler defends his WBA super middleweight belt against unbeaten American Andre Ward next month.With some inside news, The Boxing Tribune has found out that the fight between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell will be on the 23rd of January, in an unnamed venue in the … [Read more...]
Cintron Stops Ramos in Homecoming
Kermit Cintron RTD 5 Juliano RamosFormer welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-2-1, 28 KOs) made his debut in Puerto Rico a spectacular one by stopping Juliano Ramos (15-3, 12 KOs) of Brazil by fifth round TKO on Saturday night at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The bout was the main event of a special edition by DiBella Entertainment’s “Broadway … [Read more...]
Rojas Decisions Mbamba in Veracruz
WBC Interim Super Flyweight champ, Tomas Rojas (32-11-, 22 KOs) successfully defended his title against South African, Evans Mbamba (16-1, 8 KOs) in Rojas' hometown of Veracruz.Mbamba lit up pre-fight press conferences by deriding Rojas and insisting that the interim champ was "nothing." However, from the opening bell, Mbamba had difficulty closing the gap against the much … [Read more...]
Adamek Stops Golota in 5
In Poland's biggest boxing contest ever, former IBF Cruiserweight champ, Tomasz Adamek showed his class and stopped four-time Heavyweight world title challenger, Andrew Golota, in the 5th round of their scheduled 12.From the very beginning, Adamek's advantage in hand speed was obvious as he often got off two or three shots while Golota was still reacting to the first.Golota was … [Read more...]