It was over quickly, and in brutal fashion. Curtis “Showtime” Stevens (25-3, 18 KO’s) regained the NABF middleweight title with a first round knockout of Saul Roman (37-10, 31 KO’s) at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut in the main event of tonight’s “Fight Night” card on NBC Sports. It was Stevens left hook that did the work, dropping Roman just over a minute … [Read more...]
NBC Sports Fight Night Triple-Header: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Fight Night on NBC Sports Network returns this Saturday, August 3 from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Billed as the headlining bout will be middleweight contender Curtis Stevens (24-3, 17 KOs) against journeyman Saul Roman (37-9, 31 KOs), with “Fast” Eddie Chambers’ (36-3, 18 KOs) cruiserweight debut against Thabiso Mchunu (13-1, 10 KOs) … [Read more...]
Eddie Chambers Undergoes Surgery Today
By Gary Purfield Towards the end of the first round in his recent bout with Tomasz Adamek, Eddie Chambers stopped in the center of the ring, looked at his left arm in pain, and then attempted to continue fighting. He would have zero use of that left arm the rest of the night. Recently it was confirmed that Chambers tore a tendon in his bicep and he will have surgery … [Read more...]
Adamek Staying Active: Returns September 8
By Gary Purfield Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (46-2, 28 KO) gets back into the ring on September 8 from his regular home front of the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Fresh off a controversial win over Eddie Chambers in the last Fight Night card on June 16 Adamek will get back into action against an opponent TBD. Adamek and Chambers met two weeks ago looking to … [Read more...]
Adamek Wins over One-Armed Chambers, Jennings Stays Undefeated
Ringside report by Gary Purfield Tomasz Adamek won a unanimous decision over a one armed Eddie Chambers in the main event of the NBC Sports Fight Night card in a bout that was far closer than indicated by the controversial scorecards turned in at the end of the night. The heavyweight bout that was a twelve round affair from Adamek’s home base the Prudential Center in … [Read more...]