Wednesday night, world ranked Andy Lee (29-2, 20 KO’s) grabs the headlining role on Lou DiBella’s Broadway Boxing card. The Irish middleweight meets Darryl Cunningham (28-4, 11 KO’s) in the 10 round main event, part of a nine bout card at BB Kings Blues Club in New York City. Lee, the former NABA and NABF middleweight champion, is coming off a 10 round decision win over … [Read more...]
Taylor, Dirrell Stop Overmatched Club Fighters in Ring Returns
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California--After twenty-six months away from the ring, former middleweight world titlist, Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 19 KOs), stopped overmatched Maryland club fighter, Jessie Nicklow (22-3-3, 8 KOs) in the eighth round of their scheduled ten. Taylor dominated throughout and performed as expected against a fighter whose greatest claim to … [Read more...]
Andre Dirrell Comes Back in a Post-Super Six World
By Gary Purfield Friday night on the undercard of Jermain Taylor’s return, Super Middleweight and former Super Six competitor Andre Dirrell, 19-1 (13 KO), makes his return to the ring after twenty-one months out of the ring. Dirrell takes on Darryl Cunningham 24-2 (10 KO) in a ten round bout from the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California on a special edition … [Read more...]
Pavlik Withdraws from Saturday Showtime Fight; Future with Top Rank Unsure
Former middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik, has pulled out of this Saturday's Showtime bout with Darryl Cunningham, forcing the televised ShoBox special as well as the live card at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, OH to be cancelled. It has been reported that Pavlik and his team were unhappy about the money guaranteed by his promoter, Top Rank, for a pending bout with IBF … [Read more...]