Featherweight Boxing News

Police say five-time world boxing champion Johnny Tapia has been found dead by a family member at his home in Albuquerque, N.M. The 45-year-old Tapia won five championships in three weight classes, winning the WBA bantamweight title, the IBF and WBO junior bantamweight titles and the IBF featherweight belt.

On May 5th, Floyd pulled out a unanimous decision in a bit of a grueling battle as he overcame the constant rushes of Cotto, ultimately prevailing because of his ability to evade punches and the sharp counters he offered in return.

Garcia has already signed his contract. Although Lewkowicz is not the promoter of either boxer, he secured the rights to promote the fight by winning the WBA's purse bid, held on May 3, with a winning submission of $440,000. "He need to talk to his promoter.

He's been ready for the title possibility and to be very frank if Bob calls me tonight and says the fight is next week, I will not hesitate to take the fight because Jeff is ready.' Mathebula who is about three inches taller than Donaire, has been sparring a lot against IBF No.

Patrick Okine has arrived in the UK after departing the country on Monday confident of claiming the Commonwealth Featherweight title when he faces current champion Lee Selby this coming Friday May 25 at the Newport Leisure Centre, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom.

Junior featherweight titlist Nonito Donaire, one of the top fighters in the world pound-for-pound, told manager Cameron Dunkin and promoter Top Rank that for his next fight he wanted an opponent who would motivate him.

Arenas, his brother Cesar Arenas and bantamweight Bolivar Osorio will face charges for robbery, according to Police Sub Commissioner Domingo Espitia.

Diego Magdaleno believed he would be fighting for a world title this year. After moving up in the WBC rankings, he might be right.

Malpartida dominated the action until Panamanian referee Gustavo Padilla stopped the fight.

Championship hardware will be on display when Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena has its first boxing show of the year Friday night.

Early on in his professional career, unbeaten featherweight Miguel Angel Garcia of Oxnard would fight in front of a few hundred people in large arenas.

In an earlier interview, Caballero was pushing to have the fight in either Panama or Las Vegas.

Others, are razor-thin close to getting their title shot, but all of them are intriguing for very different reasons.

Possessing a 38-11-2 record with 26 knockouts, Salido's road towards championship glory has definitely had its share of twists and turns along the way.

Aside from currently or having once called Oxnard home, all of these fighters won a world title belt in their first attempt.

The HBO televised doubleheader was going to feature a junior welterweight rematch between Amir Khan and WBA/IBF champion Lamont Peterson, and WBO super featherweight king Adrien Broner was going to defend his title against Gary Sykes in the co-feature. This past Monday, the event suffered a major blow when the Nevada State Atheltic Commission ... (more)

There was a television show in the late 1950s and early 1960s called "Have Gun Will Travel." It was about a cowboy for hire named Paladin who lived in San Francisco and roamed the Wild West as a sort of sleuth/soldier of war.

Moments ago, undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. released a personal photo via his Twitter account of him with super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell, Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa, and featherweight titlist Celestino Caballero.

If the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley, Jr. World Welterweight Championship pay-per-view undercard was a poker hand it would be two pairs of world title fighters, Arce High! Six gladiators will be going mano a mano in two world championship rumbles and a 10-round junior featherweight brawl.

Azkals - - CJ Corona impeachment - - Gloria Arroyo - - Jessica Sanchez - - Pacquiao Punch - - Ask PNoy - - Divorce Bill - - Reproductive Health bill - - Jose Rizal@150 - - PNoy: Ang Unang Taon - - Ex-Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez - - Maguindanao Massacre - SINGAPORE - Indonesia's Chris John recorded a unanimous points decision victory over Japan's ... (more)