Featherweight contenders Billy “The Kid” Dib (31-1, 19 KOs) and Jorge “Baby Face” Lacierva (39-7-6, 26 KOs) will face off at the Olympic Park Sports Centre in Homebrush, New South Wales, Australia on Friday, July 29. The winner will claim the vacant IBF featherweight title, most recently held by Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa. The 25-year old Dib will be making his second … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Tyson Fury: Making a name for himself
by Sean Morehouse When I sat down to watch the British heavyweight title fight last weekend, I didn’t have much in terms of expectations. From my previous experiences watching Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora, I had decided that Chisora was a crude, mentally unstable brawler and the six-foot-nine Fury was a bit of a sideshow attraction that might sell some tickets but wasn’t … [Read more...]
Family of Butch Lewis Speaks, Arrangements Announced
Press Release NEW YORK —Butch Lewis, legendary boxing promoter and manager, film and music producer, dealmaker and humanitarian, will be celebrated at his home-going service on Monday, August 1, 2011 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. The Reverend Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy. Lewis died of natural causes at his home in Bethany Beach, … [Read more...]
Vanes Martirosyan: Fear Him, Duck Him, You Can’t Escape Him
by Fox Doucette Followers of the 154-pound division know that right now that weight class is wide open, with a slew of not-quite-there-yet fighters competing in what amounts to a free-form sort of tournament to decide who will reign as the division's king. Once Miguel Cotto finally hangs up the gloves as the division's consensus #1 guy, he is going to pass the torch to … [Read more...]
Peterson-Cayo, Miranda-Despaigne, Must-See TV: FNF Preview
by Fox Doucette Here at The Boxing Tribune, dumping on the sanctioning bodies is our second-favorite spectator sport behind the Sweet Science itself. But we've got to give some credit where it's due here---the IBF, in its effort to find the mandatory challenger for newly-crowned junior welterweight champ Amir Khan (who took the belt from Zab Judah last week), has given us, and … [Read more...]