by David P. Greisman - Every year at this time of year, I help compile the "State of the Game" section for THE RING magazine, a feature that includes a list of the 10 longest-reigning titleholders in boxing. This year, I noticed something quite interesting. Two years ago today, the 10 longest-reigning titleholders were, in order...
Jonas “Zorro’ Sultan of the famed ALA stable of Cebu retained his Philippine super flyweight title with a spectacular 5th round knockout of game but unranked challenger Rommel Oliveros on the undercard of a terrific “Pinoy Pride 36” fight card at the St. La Salle Coliseum before a sell-out crowd in Bacolod City on Saturday night.
Legendary matchmaker Hedi Taouab (Touab Mohamed Hedi) has passed away in Koblenz (Germany) at the age of 68. Born in Tunisia in 1947 Hedi (as everybody knew him) became a household name in boxing as matchmaker for Universum. He was with promoter Klaus Peter Kohl almost from the beginning in the late 80´s and as Universum grew so did Heid´s matchmaking.
Under Dawgs Boxing is proud to announce the signing of heavyweight Kenny Lemos to an exclusive 3 year promotional deal.
Justin Fortune Interview - INDIO, Calif. -- Former WBO junior welterweight world champion, "The Siberian Rocky", Ruslan Provodnikov is deep in training in Indio, Calif. with his trainer Joel Diaz for his June 11 main event bout with John Molina Jr. at The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) .
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Nick Casal is by no means a rookie. He’s been a highly-regarded prospect. He’s fought several times in Las Vegas. He’s appeared on undercards beneath decorated world champions. But the reality is that all of those things happened while he was 25 years old or younger. And now that he’s seven months from turning...
Under Dawgs Boxing is proud to announce back to back shows in Denver, Colorado. After signing off on a venue, Under Dawgs Boxing will host live boxing on June 18th and September 3rd from The Glitter Dome in downtown Denver.
Unbeaten featherweight Francisco De Vaca faces Gustavo Molina tonight on an Iron Boy Boxing card.
It used to be every young Brooklyn kid’s dream, fighting the big fight in front of a packed arena and winning a world championship. Your friends and family cheering, that special girl smiling, and you, bloodied, battered, but unbowed, getting your hand raised.
Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, is taking a hard line with any ranked fighter who decides to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics. AIBA sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships. The AIBA has been trying to build its own professional version of boxing, where boxers would retain their Olympic eligibility, through the team tournament league known as World Series of Boxing and AIBA Pro Boxing.