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February 15, 2007 | Silverhawk Boxing presents IBA World Super-Cruiserweight Champion Patrick Nwamu (12-1) and unbeaten 18-0 World - Rated Contender B.J. Flores March 2nd at the Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Exclusive; ?Sugar? Shane Mosley Final Training Camp Photo Gallery! All photos by Rick Pineda BOXINGKINGDOM.NET
 Huge Photo Gallery! |  | (FEB 9) "Sugar? Shane Mosley had his final training session last night at ?Big? Tony Rila?s private IBA gym in Las Vegas, prior to his highly anticipated match up against Luis Collazo, Shane looked great last night putting the final touches on his workout and his weight was perfect for his weigh-in today at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. More Ponce De Leon defends IBA Title
(FEB 5) IBA World Jr. Featherweight Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon fresh from his title winning effort against Al Seeger makes the first defense of his title when he meets World Rated Gerry Penalosa March 17th, 2007 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. (JAN 30) On January 26th, on the ?Blood, Sweat and Guts?, card, that was promoted by Silverhawk Boxing in association with Ron Remus Productions, at Destiny?s Nightclub of Orlando, Florida, Stevie ?Little but Bad? Johnston made won the vacant IBA Lightweight title by majority decision over Tyrone Harris. The judges scores were 114-114, 116-112, and 115-113. Johnston is now 40-4-1 and Harris falls to 18-3. Duddy-Bonsante headlines ?Erin Go Brawl?
January 25, 2007 |  | NEW YORK CITY ? IBA middleweight champion ?Ireland?s? John Duddy defends his world title for the first time, as well as his WBC Continental Americas belt, March 16 against The Contender 1 star Anthony ?The Bullet? Bonsante, headlining the ?Erin Go Brawl? pay-per-view event, live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Full Story Press Conference | | Bailey defends title
January 22, 2007 | January 19th: At Mallory Square in Key West, Florida Randall Bailey won his seventh bout in a row and the first defense of his America's Jr. Welterweight crown with a second round TKO over late sub Harrison Cuello. Promoter: Warriors Boxing | | Johnston & Harris meet for IBA
World Title
January 18, 2007 | Lightweights Stevie 'Lil But Bad' Johnston (36-4-1) and Tyrone Harris (18-2) meet for the vacant IBA World title January 26 at 'Destinys' in Orlando, Florida. Silverhawk Boxing promotes. Exclusive Training Camp Photo Gallery of Juan Urango
January 16, 2007
Photo Gallery |  | IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Juan Urango (17-0-1, 13 KOs) gets a good sweat going tonight at ?Big? Tony Rila?s private IBA Gym here in Vegas prior to his championship fight on Saturday night at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, when he faces unbeaten two division world champion Ricky ?Hitman? Hatton (41-0, 30 KO?S). All Photos by Rick Pineda of Boxingkingdom.net | | Williams and Echols even after '12'
January 16, 2007 | On January 12th, despite point deductions for low blows in rounds seven and nine Super-Middleweight Rubin Williams held heavy handed Antwun Echols to a twelve round draw in their IBA World title fight this past Friday night at the 'Palace' in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Scores by the judges read 113-114 (Williams) 115-111 (Echols) while the third judge saw it even at 113-113. With more than 10,000 fans on hand a rematch seems likely.
Promoter: Silverhawk Boxing | | Bonsante dominates Vanda, takes
America's Title
January 16, 2007 | On January 12th, Middleweight Anthony Bonsante scored his biggest win in nearly four years with his decisive win over rival Matt Vanda at the 'Target Center' in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past Friday night. Bonsante won on all cards at 98-92 and 98-91 twice and now finds himself on a short list of opponents scheduled to meet IBA World Champion John Duddy on
Madison Squares Garden's ST. Patrick's Day show in March.
Attendance: 8,200 Bonsante-Vanda winner in line for Duddy title shot
January 8, 2007 |  | MINNEAPOLIS (January 8, 2007) - Much more than bragging rights and regional title belts will be on the line Friday night (Jan. 12) when Minnesota middleweight champion Anthony "The Bullet" Bonsante fights Minnesota archrival Matt "The Predator" Vanda, headlining "Bad Blood" in the 10-round main event for the state title and vacant IBA Americas championship, at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Full Story | | Rubin Williams and Antwun Echols top January Calendar
January 3, 2007 | The 'Palace' in Auburn Hills, Michigan plays host to Super-Middleweights Rubin Williams and Antwun Echols when they meet for the vacant IBA World Belt January 12th. Also on the same date in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Middleweights Matt Vanda and Anthony Bonsante take their long standing grudge to the ring when they meet for the vacant IBA America's title. | | Butler & Santiago move on
December 14, 2006 | (DEC 14) At the Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino, in Hallandale, Florida, Berry Butler and Sam Reese traded knockdowns in a wild opening two rounds before Butler emerged the winner by unanimous decision in the first round of the IBA America's Light heavyweight Championship. Butler found himself on the deck in the opening round but turned the the tables on Reese with two knockdowns in round two. Full Story | | IBA releases Castaneda
December 7, 2006 | (DEC 7) Following his ten round non-title loss to rated contender Demetrius Hopkins the International Boxing Association has withdrawn title recognition from Champion Rogelio Castaneda. Castaneda won his title by decision against Tomas Barrientes and recorded knockout wins over Ernesto Zepeda and Craig
Weber in his two successful title defenses. The IBA thanks Mr. Castaneda for his contribution to betterment of the organization and wishes him much success in the future. Thank you Rogelio.
List of more Withdrawals
Zikov still Unbeaten, wins America's
Welterweight Title
(NOV 29) At the 'Sports Palace' in Kazan, Russia this past Saturday night,Vladimir Zikov (Zee-Kov) pitched a near shut-out against tough Mexican Jose Juan Bermejo (20-3-2) winning by TKO when Bermejo could not continue after round ten. Bermejo had his moments but it was the unbeaten Zikov who controlled the tempo from start to finish leading on all cards by scores of 100-90, 99-91 and 100-90 when Bermejo's corner called a halt to the action. Zikov improves to 18-0-4KO's.Promoter: Rinat Yusupov Attendance: 3,000+ Maldonado Takes IBA Featherweight Title with Razor-thin decision..Link to 15rounds.com
By Michael Swann (ringside) Daniel ?The Sandman? Maldonado, 20-2 (13), edged Jose ?The Terminator? Gonzales by split decision, 116-111, 114-113, and 111-116 to take the IBA featherweight title last night at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Kentuckian Maldonado was floored in round five but came on strong in the final third of the fight to squeeze out the win. 15 Rounds saw the fight 114-113 for Gonzales. Unbeaten Zykov in Welterweight
Title Match
(NOV 15) On November 25th at the Sports Palace in Kazan, Russia promoter Rinat Yusupov presents Vladimir Zykov (17-0) and Jose Juan Bermejo for the IBA America's Welterweight Title. Vera Win IBA SuperMiddleweight championship
Photo by J & P Photography
November 6, 2006 |  | (NOV 6) On Saturday night at the Coushatta Casino and Resort, in Kinder, Louisiana, Brian Vera (168lbs) of Austin Texas, became the new IBA Continental Super Middleweight Champion by TKO over Etienne Whitaker (166) of Warren Ohio. Baldomir loses in Vegas
(NOV 5) At the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Floyd Mayweather JR. scored a wide points win over defending IBA World Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir by scores of 120-108 twice and 118-110. With Baldomir's loss the IBA title is now vacated.
In other IBA News
(NOV 5) Cecilio Santos is the new IBA World Bantamweight
Champion. Santos pitched a near shut-out against game late replacement Alex 'Ali' Baba at the Miccosukee Resort and Gaming Casino in Miami, Florida on October 27th. Promoter: Tuto Zabala JR. De Leon Wins IBA Title!
October 22, 2006
Photo by Chris Cozzone |  | (OCT 22) Last night at the Don Haskins Arena in El Paso, Texas, on the HBO PPV card, Daniel Ponce De Leon won by an 1:43 seconds, eighth round TKO over Al Seeger. De Leon improved to 30-1, scoring the 28th early stoppage of his boxing career. De Leon won the IBA Jr. Featherweight world title belt. | Seeger - Ponce De Leon
Make Weight
October 20, 2006
Photo by Trina Ortegon |  | (OCT 20) Both IBA Champion Al Seeger and WBO Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon officially weighed in at the division limit of 122 pounds for their Jr. Featherweight Unification battle tomorrow night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. Broadcast Live on HBO/PPV. Boxeo TELEMUNDO ?Special Edition? at Miccosukee Resort & Gaming on Friday, October 27, 2006
October 18, 2006
Press Release |  | Miami, Florida- Boxeo TELEMUNDO will have a ?Special Edition? Championship Boxing on Friday, October 27 at the Miccosukee Resort and Gaming in Miami, Florida. In the main event Welterweight Prospect Joel ?El Depredador? Julio of Monteria, Colombia, fighting out of Miami, will face WBO Latin & WBA FEDECENTRO Champion Cosme ?Chino? Rivera..Full Story Retooled Bailey takes Title
(OCT 14) At the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida former 2-time World Champion Randall Bailey won his sixth straight bout, stopping New Mexico's Shawn Gallegos while taking home the IBA Continental Jr. Welterweight title. Gallegos, a late substitute for Cesar Bazan, tried to trade punches with the heavy handed Bailey and paid the price. With Bailey landing punches at will referee Tommy Kimmons stopped the one sided bout at 1:55 of round eight, improving Baileys record to 34-5-1 with 31 KO's.. Promoter: Warriors Boxing Pavlik & Pierre meet for continental
super-middleweight title
(OCT 8) Unbeaten and World Rated Kelly Pavlik (28-0-25KO) meets 18-2 Lenord Pierre November 2nd at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. Top-Rank promotes and broadcast live on 'Versus'. Former Champs meet for IBA
Title
(OCT 8) Former World Champions Randall Bailey and Cesar Bazan battle for the vacant IBA Continental Jr. Welterweight title October 13th at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Former Champs meet for IBA Title
(OCT 3) Former World Champions Randall Bailey and Cesar Bazan battle for the vacant IBA Contnental Jr. Welterweight title October 13th at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Albert retains title, Reese moves
up 9-23-06: At Mallory Square in Key West, Florida IBA Continental Jr. Middleweight Champion Eromosele Albert retained his title by TKO over game Jeremy Yelton. Time 1:32 round three. More Results | | | | (SEPT 29) Tonight at the 'Theater' inside of the Madison Square Garden, in New York, John Duddy, 160, won a 12-round unanimous decision over Yory Boy Campas, 159½, and won the vacant world IBA Middleweight title. Final judges scores were 115-113, 117-111, and 116-112. Promoter: Irish Ropes & DRL Promotions Last night in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in front of a packed house of over 2,500, Holly Holm, 140, successfully defended her IBA Jr. Welterweight title, against Jane Couch, 140, of the UK. The judges scores were 100-90 on all cards. The card was promoted by Fresquez Productions, Inc.
Bobby Gunn (16-2, 13 ko?s) won the vacant IBA World Cruiserweight Title Saturday at the LCO Casino in Hayward, WI. The main event featured Gunn who realized his dream, with a decisive win over Shannon Landberg, now 58-12-3, 26ko?s, in the 7th round. Referee Steve Smoger the third man in the ring, lived up to his World Class reputation and controlled the action from the opening bell allowing the ?fighters to fight,? while delivering a fair and exciting title match to the world. Full Story
Gunn bounces back
By Norm Longtin
September 19, 2006
Photo: Richard King |  | With World-Class Steve Smoger acting as the third man in the ring there was little chance that Bobby Gunn would receive a replay of the events that occurred in Nashville, Tennessee earlier this year. Those events and the DVD account that would follow have become a must course for many on how not to officiate a boxing match. Full Story Juarez Visits IBA Gym
September 13, 2006 |  | Boxingkingdom.net was able to catch an exclusive private training session with featherweight contender and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Rocky Juarez (25-2) while training today at ?Big? Tony Rila?s IBA gym in Las Vegas, Nevada as he gets ready for his rematch against legend Marco Antonio Barrera (62-4) in a big PPV clash on Saturday at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. All photos by Rick Pineda Boxingkingdom.net
| | IBA vacates Light-Heavyweight
World Title
September 12, 2006 | (SEPT 12) With his recent loss to IBF Champion Light-Heavyweight Clinton Woods the IBA has vacated the title formerly held Glen Johnson. Johnson shall enter the IBA World Ratings in October as a contender and is still eligible to compete for IBA honors in the future. Mares and Gonzales Train at IBA Gym
All photos by Rick Pineda boxingkingdom.net
Photo Slideshow
|  | (SEPT 11) Today at the IBA Gym, in Las Vegas, Nevada, a couple of the Golden Boy boxers trained. Abner Mares is set to fight this Friday in Chicago, at the Arogan Ballroom, and Jhonny Gonzales from Mexico will be fighting Saturday at the MGM undercard on the Barrera card. Also featured in the photos is trainer Oscar Suarez (white hat.) IBA World Jr. Featherweight Champion Al Seeger is set for his toughest battle to date when he finds himself in the ring with heavy handed WBO Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon, on October 21st in El Paso, Texas. More to Follow.... | Gunn/Landberg & Duddy/Campas -Top Mid-September's IBA Schedule More |  | (SEPT 8) On a 'Rock Solid' boxing promotion with the IBA World Cruiserweight title on the line Cruiserweights Bobby Gunn and Shannon Landberg square off September 16th at the LCO Casino in Hayward, Wisconsin while Middleweights John Duddy and Ramon 'Yory Boy' Campas meet for the IBA World Middleweight Title inside Madison Square Garden on September 29th. Full Details | | 'Baby Face' vs Wyatt at the
'Garden'
September 4, 2006 | Current IBA America's Jr. Middleweight Champion Julio 'Baby Face' Garcia (38-2) defends against once beaten Joe Wyatt underneath the John Duddy & Yory Boy Campas IBA World Middleweight Title fight scheduled for September 29th at New York's Madison Square Garden. | | Peter splits Toney over 12
rounds
September 4, 2006 | At the Staples Center in Los Angeles California Nigerian Samuel Peter became the new IBA Heavyweight World Champion by defeating defending champion James Toney by split decision in a closley contested contest this past Saturday night. Two judges preferred the heavier punches of Peter (116-111 - twice) while the third saw the ring generalship of Toney as the deciding factor
(115-112) in the fight. | | Bobby Gunn update
by Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada
August 24, 2006
| (AUG 24) Bobby "Braveheart" Gunn (15-2, 12 KO's) is currently training for a second chance at making a first impression. The Jordan, Ontario boxer will make his return to the ring on September 16th with his second opportunity to win the IBA Cruiserweight title and to impress upon boxing critics that there is a new force to be recognized with among the world's best Cruiserweights. Link to Fightnews.ca | | SHANNON ?SANDMAN? LANDBERG SPEAKS ABOUT UPCOMING IBA WORLD TITLE BOUT
August 23, 2006 | (AUG 23) West Lafayette, IN Having grown-up in and around boxing his entire life, Cruiserweight Shannon Landberg (58-11 w/26 KO?s) has seen and done most everything in the squared circle except win a Professional World Championship. On September 16, 2006 ?Sandman? gets his second crack at a World Title when he...Full Story Dean Chance Leaves Nothing To Chance
by Robert Mladinich of
thesweetscience.com
August 21, 2006 |  | As a baseball player, Dean Chance was a hard-throwing, right-handed starting pitcher with an unorthodox twisting windup. The Wooster, Ohio, native was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in 1960 when he was only 19-years-old. Although he never became a consistently dominating pitcher, Chance had an illustrious career that was highlighted by him winning the American League Cy Young Award in 1964 when he was only 23. more on the sweetscience.com | | Segura take's IBA
World Belt
August 18, 2006 | (AUG 18) At the Pasadena Convention Center in Houston, Texas unbeaten Giovanni Segura took home the vacant IBA Flyweight World title with a convincing fourth round (2:59) TKO over the experienced Jair Jimenez, 112 of Colombia. Segura moves his career mark to 15-0-1 with 12 KO's. Promoter: Top-Rank -Televised live on 'Telefutura'. | | Gainer in close
win!
August 13, 2006 | Derrick 'Smoke' Gainer shook off sixteen months of inactivity to eek out a split decision win over resilient veteran Phillip Payne last night at the Paragon Casino in Marksville, Louisiana. Gainer won on two cards by scores of 116-112 -115-113 while losing on the third at 112-116. With his win Gainer takes home the IBA America's Lightweight Title. Promoter: Joe De Guardia | | Segura & Jimenez meet for
World Title
August 8, 2006 | Mexico's unbeaten Giovanni Segura and Colombia's Jair Jimenez battle for the vacant IBA World Flyweight title at the Pasadena Convention Center in Houston,Texas August 18th. Top Rank promotes. | | Gainer to fight Payne
World Title
August 8, 2006 | On August 12th at the Paragon Casino in Marksville, Louisiana, promoter Joe De Guardia matches Lightweight's Derrick Gainer and Phillip Payne for the vacant IBA Lightweight America's belt. | | Nwamu wins at the 'Garden'
August 7, 2006 | Patrick Nwamu won his eleventh straight fight to improve to 12 wins against one loss while winning the IBA World Super-Cruiserweight title with a third round kayo of John Battle at New York's Madison Square Garden this past Saturday night.
Nwamu becomes the fourth fighter to have won this World belt following in the footsteps of past champions James Toney, Orlin Norris and Robert Daniels. Congratulations Patrick. Promoter: Lou Dibella | | | | 
2006 2005 2004
| | | | Roy Jones Jr. works out at the IBA gym...Jones spends time at the IBA gym in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photos by Tony Rila
|  | Exclusive Photo Gallery of Klitschko!
This week (April 7, 2004) at the IBA Boxing Gym, Wladmir Klitschko prepares for his fight that will take place this Saturday, on April 10. By Tony Rila |  | | Audley Harrison comes to IBA Gym in Vegas! (April 28, 2004)The IBA recently had Audley Harrison, 15-0-0 (11KO) of England, train at the IBA gym in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2000 Olympic gold medalist as a super heavyweight, is rated #10 with the IBA..Photos by Tony Rila |  | Case Returns! (June 2, 2004) Following a three and one half year hiatus from the sport of professional boxing, the highly respected and former IBA Vice-President Bob Case is once again the IBA Vice-President. "Three and a half years....has it been that long? Well, I'm back and anxious to take the IBA to the top of the sport" said Case.  | More to come | |  | | Want to know more about the International Boxing Association (IBA), check out the background of the organization and about the president, Dean Chance. |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
