Former WBC jr. welterweight champ, Billy Costello, passed away earlier today after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 55. Costello, over the course of a 20-year career, won 40 of his 42 contests, capturing the WBC 140 lb. belt in 1984 with a TKO 10 win over defending titlist, Bruce Curry. Costello would go on to make three successful title defenses before dropping the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Edgar Sosa Continues Flyweight Campaign Against Julio Paz, Saturday
Former long-reigning jr. flyweight champ, Edgar Sosa (42-6, 25 KOs) will be taking on Julio Paz (12-1, 4 KOs) at the Plaza De Toros El Paseo in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Saturday night. The flyweight bout, scheduled to be twelve rounds for a marginal WBC flyweight title, is expected to be the lead-in to a shot at Pongsaklek Wonjongkam's WBC world flyweight belt. In … [Read more...]
Margarito-Cotto II, Handshake Deal Reached
The long-rumored rematch of 2008's Fight of the Year candidate is a step closer to becoming reality as reigning WBA jr. middleweight champ, Miguel Cotto, acknowledged that a handshake deal had been reached for a rematch with Margarito to take place on December 3 at either Madison Square Garden or a Las Vegas venue. At a Puerto Rico press conference to announce the signing … [Read more...]
Barros puts WBA featherweight title on the line against Caballero on Saturday July 2
Jonathan Victor Barros (32-1-1, 18 KO) and Celestino Caballero (34-3, 23 KO) will square off on Saturday July 2, 2010 at Polideportivo la Colonia, in Mendoza, Argentina. Barros’ WBA featherweight title will be at stake when two of the top featherweights in the world face off. Caballero held the WBA super bantamweight title from 2006 to 2009. Caballero added the IBF title to … [Read more...]
Fire and Ice: Haye-Klitschko Odd Couple Makes for Intriguing Battle
"What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?" - Rocky Marciano by Sean Morehouse In many parts of the world, the words of the Brockton Blockbuster may still ring true. In Germany, certainly, there isn’t much better than being part of the two-headed monster that is the Klitschko brothers. … [Read more...]