Showtime plans on having the WBC light heavyweight title fight between champion Adonis Stevenson and Dmitry Sukhotskiy headline a four-bout card on December 19 at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec in the network's final card of 2014. On the undercard, Andre Dirrell (23-1, 16 KOs) will face an opponent to be named while light heavyweight prospect and Russian Olympian Artur … [Read more...]
Broadway Boxing at Roseland: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Lou DiBella’s Broadway Boxing is returning to the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Former regional titlist Gabriel Bracero, Luis Orlando Del Valle, Ionut Dan Ion, and former world champion Yuri Foreman are among the fighters appearing on the 10 bout card this coming Thursday, April 4th. Yuri Foreman (29-2, 8 KO’s), the former WBA middleweight champion, will meet Gundrick … [Read more...]
“Unfinished Business”- Selcuk Aydin vs. Ionut Dan Ion, Saturday November 26th
This Saturday, welterweights Selcuk “Mini-Tyson” Aydin (22-0, 17KOs) and Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion (29-1, 16KOs) will meet in the ring for a rematch. The first bout went the distance as Aydin walked away with a split decision win over Ion in June 2010. Aydin will be fighting in front of his home crowd and comes into the bout knowing that he sent Ion to the canvas in the first … [Read more...]
The 4-Round Boxing News Brief
* Former WBO jr. welterweight champ, Kendall Holt (27-4, 15 KOs) will take on 23-year-old prospect, Danny Garcia (21-0, 14 KOs) in a ten round bout, October 15 at The Staples Center as part of the Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson pay per view undercard. * WBC flyweight champ, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (82-3-1, 45 KOs) is signed to take on Mexico's Edgar Sosa (43-6, 26 KOs) October 28 … [Read more...]
Ramos and Decarie Do Enough; The Rest of Friday’s Action
Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey-- Rico Ramos (19-0, 10 KOs) showed the raw skills and abilities of a top prospect against the rugged Alejandro Valdez (23-5-3, 17 KOs) on Showtime's ShoBox program, but didn't shine the way many had anticipated. Ramos controlled the first half of the ten-rounder with his speed and athleticism, but Valdez slowly worked his way … [Read more...]