Darchinyan vs Burgos, Marquez vs. Vazquez moved to So. California!
Southern California fans take notice. The March 3rd card featuring Vic Darchinyan vs. Victor Burgos and dream match up Israel Vazquez vs. Raul Marquez has been moved from its original site of Las Vegas to the Home Depot Center in Carson California.
“Sugar” Shane Destroys Collazo
Manndalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV – Sugar Shane Mosley came back down to his natural weight of 147 pounds and cruised through a one-sided match against southpaw Luis Collazo from Brooklyn, NY. Mosley, now 35, proved that he still has what it takes to be the best welterweight around.
Hatton Drops IBF Title!
Ricky Hatton has decided to drop his newly crowned IBF LIght Welterweight title rather than fight #1 contender Lovemore N`Dou, according to Hatton`s management. Hatton and Jose Luis Castillo were set to fight in June for the title, but after N`Dou won his elimination fight, N`Dou`s management demanded that Hatton skip the fight with Castillo.
As reported earlier, a fight with Castillo has been planned for months and is a bigger sell to both HBO and American fight fans. It is also financially smarter for Hatton to go with a Hatton-Castillo fight, rather than a Hatton-N`Dou.
Mosley And Collazo Square Off Tonight!
Shane Mosley looks to continue his way back atop the boxing world when he takes on Luis Collazo tonight from Las Vegas, Nevada on HBO. Mosley (43-4, 37 KO’s) is coming off a successful 2006 campaign, earning back-to-back knockout victories against Fernando Vargas. Collazo looks to put a big nail in the coffin of Mosley’s luxurious boxing career.
Mosley And Collazo Both Make Weight!
Great news for fans: Both Luis Collazo and Shane Mosley made the 147 pound weight limit today. Both fighters weighed in at 147 pounds.
Full preview to be posted soon!
Super Featherweight Showdown between Humberto Soto & Humberto Toledo Headlines Next Fight Night Live Card on VERSUS
STAMFORD, Conn. (February 7, 2007) – An exciting 12-round showdown between Humberto Soto (40-5-2 with 24 KOs) and Humberto Toledo (26-2-2 with 15 KOs) two of the leading super featherweight fighters, will headline the next VERSUS Fight Night in collaboration with Top Rank Boxing on Thursday, February 22 at 9 p.m. ET from the Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, West Virginia.
Margarito-Williams To Fight!
Antonio Margarito`s manager Francisco Espinoza has stated that Margarito, the WBO Welterweight Champion, will take on Paul WIlliams in the upcoming months. It had initially been reported that Margarito would take on Miguel Cotto after Cotto`s fight with Oktay Urkal in March. Margarito would have been stripped of his title if he had avoided his mandatory fight with Williams.
Look for the winners of each seperate bout to fight in June or October for both the WBA and WBO titles.
Roy Jones Jr back in the Ring
Roy Jones Jr. will be back in the ring this Thursday, February 8th at 10pm ET/PT on this weeks installment of Spike TV`s “Pros vs. Joes”. This week, the Joes have to try and survive one round in the ring with Roy Jones. Also featured this week are former football great Eric Dickerson, 7 foot rebounding machine Kevin Willias, and former MLBer Vince Coleman
Vargas-Mayorga In May?
Word is spreading that Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga will square off May 5th. The rumored fight, which would go up against Mayweather Jr.-De La Hoya, is set to take place on SHOWTIME. Both fighters are coming off of knockout defeats and this could be their last shot at a championship run!
More news as we hear it!
Pacquiao, Arce, Chavez Jr Headline card in Texas
Macau will have to wait for the worlds most exciting boxer. Manny Pacquiao will be taking on his next opponent April 21st from the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. An opponent has yet to be named. Pacquiao (43-3-2, 34KO`s) comes into the bout after his 3rd round stoppage of Mexican legend Erik Morales.
Also on the Card, Mexican fan favorite Jorge Arce will be in action against Cristian Mijarez as well as Julio Caesar Chavez Jr
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