10/16 – Joseph Parker (10-0, 9 KO’s) vs. Sherman Williams (36-13-2, 19 KO’s) - The Trusts Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand “Tank” Williams is the latest on the New Zealanders run through the American stepping stones. So far Parker has faced familiar names like Frans Botha and Brian Minto, and puts his WBO Oriental and PABA heavyweight titles up in this one. Williams is a guy … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – November 8th 2013
Lee Haskins (28-3, 12 KO’s) vs. Jason Booth (37-12, 15 KO’s) – U.K. Haskins is the current BBBofC British bantamweight champ. He’s lost once in his last 12 outings; an eighth round stoppage to Stephane Jamoye that cost him his EBU bantamweight crown. He’s also held the BBBofC British super flyweight title, the Commonwealth super flyweight title, Commonwealth flyweight title, … [Read more...]
Salgado Defends IBF Title Against Barros on Saturday
Juan Carlos Salgado (25-1-1, 16 KOs) will defend his IBF super featherweight title against former featherweight world titlist, Jonathan Victor Barros (34-2-1, 18 KOs) on Saturday, August 18 at the Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo in Puebla, Mexico. Salgado is making the second defense of the vacant title he won in a 12-round battle with Argenis Mendez in 2011. The lanky Mexican … [Read more...]
Jhonny Gonzalez bests Elio Rojas in Cancun, Salgado decisions Honorio
Grand Oasis Resort, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico--In an entertaining prizefight between two quality pros, WBC featherweight champ, Jhonny Gonzalez (52-7, 45 KOs) took a decisive twelve round decision over WBC featherweight "Champion in Recess," Elio Rojas (23-2, 14 KOs) by scores of 117-111, 116-112, and 116-111. Making the fourth defense of the belt he took from Hozumi … [Read more...]
Jhonny Gonzalez–Elio Rojas Saturday in Cancun, Juan Carlos Salgado–Martin Honorio on undercard
Reigning WBC featherweight champ, Jhonny Gonzalez (51-7, 45 KOs) looks to make the fourth defense of his title against WBC featherweight "champion in recess," Elio Rojas (23-1, 14 KOs) at the Grand Oasis Resort in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico this Saturday. Gonzalez, who also had a two-fight reign as WBO bantamweight champ, won his current WBC strap by stopping Japan's … [Read more...]