SYDNEY, Australia (August 24, 2005) – As the bell rang for the first round in last night’s IBF World championship bout in Sydney, you just knew...
There are those fighters who enter the professional ranks with stellar credentials and actually live up to their hype (Mayweather, De La Hoya, etc.), and then...
LOS ANGELES, August 24 – Due to a torn triceps muscle he got in training, former world champion Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson has been forced to...
WOBURN, Mass. (August 24, 2005) – A new and improved Juan “Golo” Gomez-Trinidad (23-4, 16 KOs) returns to the ring Saturday, September 17, at the Dana...
It’s “Hot Fights, Summer in the City” as promoter Lou DiBella continues his fistic renaissance in New York with a sensational card scheduled for Thursday, August...
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Aggression makes for a champion – sort of. As one of the basic principles in judging boxing, being an aggressive fighter can help...
Paul Malignaggi is a 5-foot 7-inch, 140-pound junior welterweight with a 19-0 (5 KOs) record. With his trainer Billy Giles by his side, Malignaggi returns to...
I recently read in a press release where there were 5000 tickets sold in the first three hours for the Antonio Tarver-Roy Jones rubber match, to...
Although he didn’t get much work, lightweight contender Juan Lazcano may have acquired something more important last week. Confidence. The Ring magazine’s #3 ranked lightweight wasted...
Legend states that Viking King, Canute the Great, once sat on the medieval seashores of England, resplendently robed atop his thrown and commanded the rising tide...
After Floyd Mayweather Jr. put a pasting on Henry Bruseles in January, in preparation for an Arturo Gatti fight which didn't even last as long as...
WAYNE, NJ (August 22, 2005) – Gary Shaw, CEO of Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, announced today he has signed an exclusive promotional agreement with three-time world...
The golden shadow always seems to be there, hovering over Fernando Vargas. It was there when he was putting together one of the finest amateur careers...
Professional boxing is a sport without a best bloopers DVD and it will stay that way for several reasons. For one thing, the sport’s strangest moments,...
Rosemont, Ill. (Allstate Arena) – In uncharacteristically workmanlike fashion, former world titleholder Fernando Vargas, 26-2 (22 KOs), Oxnard, Calif., 154, scored a clear ten round decision...
SATURDAY Rosemont, IL — Jr. Middleweights FRANCISCO VARGAS -300 JAVIER CASTILLEJO +260 Vargas might get more of a tussle than expected VARGAS–CASTILLEJO — Will go full...
He seems older than 27, but that’s what happens when you start hanging around the top of the world rankings when you’re barely old enough to...
EAST ORANGE, NJ (August 19, 2005) – Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, with a bid of $150,000, won the purse bid for the IBF bantamweight championship fight...
NEW YORK (August 19, 2005) – Antonio Tarver’s and Roy Jones’ names will forever be linked. They first met in the ring as 13-year-olds at the...
Saturday night on HBO “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas makes his return to the junior middleweight ranks after two bouts at middleweight. He tests his creaky back, dented...
