Speed – Its an old boxing adage that “speed kills” and right now no one has more speed than Manny Pacquiao. Its not just that Manny is fast with his hands, but as seen in his match with Oscar De La Hoya, he also has fast feet. Cotto was able to keep up with Shane [...]
Like many women in Argentine politics, Marcela Acuña draws inspiration from Eva Peron. “She faced obstacles and she wasn’t accepted by everybody,” says Ms. Acuña. “But she never stopped caring about the common people and never stopped fighting.” Of course, Evita never had a right cross like that of Ms. Acuña. The reigning women’s junior [...]
Las Vegas, EU.- Ya hay fecha para el regreso de Floyd Mayweather. El ex mejor boxeador libra por libra dio a conocer que su pelea frente al mexicano Juan Manuel Márquez (50-4-1, 37 nocáuts) será el próximo 19 de septiembre en el MGM Grand en Las Vegas, luego que el estadounidense se lastimara las costillas [...]
Farrah Fawcett, my dear friend passed away at the UCLA in Los Angeles today ; she was the wife of my dearest friend Ryan O’Neal, a long fan of boxing and of the WBC. She had many years of fighting cancer with courage and determination . I ask all of you to please join me [...]
The first ever women’s heavyweight championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
MIDDLEWEIGHT (160# / 72.575 kg) CHAMPION: WANG YA NAN, CHINA WON TITLE: JANUARY 26, 2008 DEFENDED: NOVEMBER 8, 2008 Wang Yanan of China celebrates after defeating Akondaye Fountain of the United States during a WBC female middleweight championship at the 2008 WBC World Championship Boxing on November 7, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. [...]
5’11½” super middleweight WBC WORLD CHAMPION Natascha Ragosina was born Natalja Jurjewna Ragosina on April 5, 1976 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. She began combat sports at the age of 18, as a kickboxer. Within two years she had won the 1996 European championship, a feat she repeated two years later in 1998. Success took her to [...]
El combate entre el nicaragüense René González y el mexicano Reyes Sánchez por el título mundial juvenil ligero del CMB terminó con empate técnico, en la función realizada esta noche en la Arena México de esta ciudad. En la semifinal de la cartelera “Par de Ases”, la pelea entre “Superchirizo” González y Sánchez resultó accidentada, [...]