In an unusually busy 24-hour span, Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions busied themselves with several major signings to ensure summer fights for some of their bigger stars. Golden Boy, which lost Khan-Peterson II and Ortiz-Berto II to positive VADA test results from Peterson and Berto, rebounded with replacement bouts for their fighters as well as the announcement of two … [Read more...]
Heavyweights Johnathan Banks and Nicolai Firtha Take to the Ring on Saturday, February 18th
Johnathan Banks (27-1-1, 18 KOs) will face Nicolai Firtha (20-9-1, 8 KOs) on the undercard of Vitali Klitschko vs. Derek Chisora on Saturday, February 18th. Banks is a former cruiserweight titleholder, and he has spent the last several years working under Wladimir Klitschko. His last eight bouts have been fought at heavyweight, and since the beginning of 2010, Banks has had … [Read more...]
Heavyweight bout rescheduled: Johnathon Banks vs. DaVarryl Williamson, Friday December 9th
Johnathon Banks (27-1-1, 18KOs) will face veteran fighter DaVarryl Williamson (27-6, 23KOs) this Friday, December 9th in Germany on the undercard to Gennady Golovkin (21-0, 18KOs) vs. Lajuan Simon (23-3-2, 12KOs). The fight was originally scheduled on the undercard of the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Jean-Marc Mormeck fight scheduled for Saturday, December 10th but was rescheduled … [Read more...]
Klitschko Dominates Adamek, McCloskey Decisions Prescott; The Saturday Euro Report
Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw, Poland-- Pure domination would be the word to describe Vitali Klitschko's (43-2, 40 KOs) seventh straight WBC heavyweight title defense against Poland's Tomasz Adamek (44-2, 28 KOs). From the opening bell to the ref's merciful decision to stop the contest in the 10th, nothing varied from the typical Vitali Klitschko script. The defending champ … [Read more...]