Johnathon Banks Boxing News

The undercard for today’s fight night Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek weighed-in at (all kilogram): Mateusz Masternak 89.9 vs. Carl Davis 90.0

The fight between Luan Krasniqi and NABF Champion Johnathon Banks has been cancelled. The two heavyweights were supposed to fight in the Ludwigsburg Arena in Germany next Saturday, February 26. The tickets for the fight night were already sold out.

NABF Heavyweight Champion Johnathon Banks, 25-1-1 with 17 KOs, is getting ready to leave for Germany this Saturday to take on the popular Luan Krasniqi. Banks, rated #6 in the WBC and #13 in the IBF, will fight Krasniqi on February 26 in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

NABF Champion Johnathon Banks and former European Champion Luan Krasniqi participated yesterday in a press conference to announce their upcoming fight on February 26, 2011 at Arena Ludwigsburg (Germany). The winner of this heavyweight matchup will move a step closer of getting a world title opportunity.

By Chris Williams: In the latest boxing news, the IBF sanctioning bodies is putting together another tournament to pick a fighter to challenge International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s). This isn’t the first time that the IBF has done this, as they did in 2008 with Chris Byrd, Alexander Povetkin, Calvin [...]

Boxing results from the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Johnathon Banks D 12 Jason Gavern Nenad Borovcanin UD 6 Raymond Ochieng

Dennis Broadhurst: After a fairly dull fight with Chambers not seeming too interested, and being hurt late on in the fight, Eddie Chambers was eventually stopped with a left hook by Klitschko in the closing seconds of round 12. Full results from the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany: Wladimir Klitschko KO 12 Eddie Chambers Johnathon [...]

By Jason Kim: In the main event in the card, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) easily retained his heavyweight title with a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over a mostly offensively reluctant Kevin Johnson (22-1-1, 9 KO’s).

By Jim Dower: In a lackluster performance, cruiserweight contender Johnathon Banks (22-1, 15 KO’s) defeated heavyweight Javier Mora (22-5-1, 18 KO’s) by an eight round majority decision on the undercard of the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship match-up between champion Vitali Klitschko vs. Chris Arreola on Saturday night at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Big 6’7” Russian heavyweight contender Alexander Ustinov (17-0, 14 KO’s) has been added to the undercard of the September 26th title match between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko vs. American heavyweight Chris Arreola at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Ustinov will be fighting 40-year-old Cedric Boswell (30-1, 24 [...]

By William Mackay: Once again, middleweight prospect Andy Lee (18-1, 13 KOs) failed to look impressive, this time in defeating Latvian Olegs Fedotovs (10-6, 6 KOs) by a six round unanimous decision Saturday night on the undercard of the IBF/WBO heavyweight title match between Wladimir Klitschko and challenger Ruslan Chagaev at the Veltins Arena, in [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – It was all right hands on Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation. International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (37-1, 25 KOs) successfully defended his title against Johnathon Banks (20-1, 14 KOs) with a win by technical knockout at 1:30 of the eighth round.

By Sam Gregory: – Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – In tonight’s main event newly crowned IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek of Jersey City and Golwice Poland made his first defense of the title with an impressive eighth round stoppage over undefeated cruiserweight challenger Johnathon Banks in 1:30 of the eighth round

The always-exciting Tomasz Adamek will defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight title against undefeated Johnathon Banks in the main event this Friday, Feb. 27, on ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

SHOWTIME caught up with legendary trainer Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward on Monday for his thoughts on this Friday’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight title fight pitting champion Tomasz Adamek against Steward’s pupil, the undefeated Johnathon Banks in the main event Friday, Feb. 27, on ShoBox: The New Generation (live at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed [...]

By Sam Gregory: Friday night February 27th, Brick City boxing presents as its main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey Tomasz Adamek 36-1 who will be putting his undisputed cruiserweight title on the line in his first title defense against the undefeated 20-0 (KO 14) Johnathon Banks in a 12 round cruiserweight [...]

WORCESTER, Mass. (February, 19, 2009) – At large group of supporters attended today’s press conference in Worcester (MA) for unbeaten middleweight prospect Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez’ formal signing of an exclusive promotional contract with DiBella Entertainment.

When Jersey City’s Polish ex-pat Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek defends his IBF Cruiserweight title, on the 27th February 2009, against Detroit’s Johnathon Banks at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey; he will have an unexpected supporter cheering him on ringside, former Cruiserweight King Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham.

World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK (34-1, 30 KOs), from Youngstown, Ohio, is in his last 10 days of training for his rumble with No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 38 KOs), of Torreón, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. The Pavlik-Rubio world championship fight will headline an exciting card at soldout [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (29-2, 22 KOs) is looking to recapture his WBO title against number #1 ranked Johnathon Banks (20-0, 14 KOs) in February. Maccarinelli, 28, lost his WBO cruiserweight title in July, getting stopped in the 2nd round by arguably the best fighter in the cruiserweight division David [...]

Cruiserweight Enzo Maccarinelli (29-2, 22 KOs) will be facing number #1 ranked World Boxing Organization cruiserweight contender Johnathon Banks (20-0, 14 KOs) in February for the vacant WBO title. Banks, 26, severely sprained his ankle while training for his previously scheduled bout with Maccarinelli in December. The injury prevented Banks from taking the bout, making [...]