Heavyweight boxing hasn’t been kind to Steve “USS” Cunningham (27-6, 12 KO’s), but despite his setbacks, the former IBF cruiserweight world champion returns Saturday night to face Natu “The Truth” Visinia (10-0, 8 KO’s), a 30 year old rookie out of Lakewood, California. The scheduled 10 round contest headlines the latest edition of NBC’s Fight Night with former USNBC and NABF … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – April 3rd – April 9th, 2014
4/3 - Leonard Zappavigna (31-2, 21 KO’s) vs. Shuhei Tsuchiya (15-3, 13 KO’s) - The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, Australia Zappavigna looked like he was headed for big things when he beat Ji-Hoon Kim in an IBF eliminator nearly four years ago. After losing his world title shot to Miguel Diaz, he was stopped in his next bout by Ammeth Diaz and has reverted to … [Read more...]
Broner stops Rees in five, the rest of the HBO action
by Tim Harrison Adrien “The Problem” Broner (26-0, 22 KOs) made good on his promises to make short work of his opponent on Saturday night when he stopped a gutsy Gavin “The Rock” Rees (37-2-1, 18 KOs) in five rounds on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. And on the undercard, Sakio Bika scored a decision win over Nikola Sjekloca to earn the … [Read more...]
Terrazas blasts Palma, Godoy decisions Baldomir; The rest of Saturday’s action
For the fight report from the Juan Manuel Marquez/Brandon Rios card, click HERE For the fight report from the Tyson Fury-Martin Rogan card, click HERE For the fight report from the Garrett Wilson-Andres Taylor card, click HERE Arandas Municipal Auditorium, Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico-- Rising Mexican junior featherweight star, Victor Terrazas (33-2-1, 19 KOs) battered and … [Read more...]
4-Round Boxing News Brief (Escobedo-Juarez, Star Power PPV Card Rounded-Out, More)
-- Lightweight contender, Vicente Escobedo (23-3, 14 KOs) will be taking on former six-time world title challenger, Rocky Juarez (28-8-1, 20 KOs) September 23 at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Juarez is 0-4-1 in his last five. -- Daniel Attah (26-7-1, 9 KOs) is signed to face veteran, Edner Cherry (28-6-2, 16 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight bout, September 23 … [Read more...]