Yusuf Mack Boxing News

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012 Fight Card

By Peter Wells: Tomorrow night Don King at the age of 79 is still doing business and has set up another great show. Unfortunately IBF Cruiserweight champ Guillermo Jones won’t be fighting on the card but that doesn’t mean we’re not in for a treat.

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise goes back to Missouri for an action-packed tripleheader when DEVON ALEXANDER VS. LUCAS MATTHYSSE, TAVORIS CLOUD VS. YUSAF MACK AND BERMANE STIVERNE VS. RAY AUSTIN is seen SATURDAY, JUNE 25 at 9:45 p.m. (live ET/ taped-delayed PT), from The Family Arena in St. Charles, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports [...]

PHILADELPHIA (June 17, 2011)—Next Saturday night in St. Charles, Missouri, Yusaf Mack of Philadelphia will attempt to follow in the legendary shoes of Bernard Hopkins and capture a slice of the Light Heavyweight championship as he takes on Tavoris Cloud for Cloud’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) title.

Raymundo Beltran 134.2 vs. Carlos Vinan 133.4 12 round USBA Lightweight Title Bout

Minneapolis, MN (December 27, 2010) – USBA Light Heavyweight titlist Otis “Triple OG” Griffin and Yusaf Mack will battle it out to become International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Tavoris Cloud’s mandatory challenger when they meet Friday, January 7 in the main event of “New Year’s Bash” from the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis.

By Eric Thomas: Rather than take on two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson in his next fight on December 17th, IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (21-0, 18 KO’s) is likely going to be facing either Otis Griffin (23-6-2, 4 KO’s) or Yusaf Mack (28-3-2, 17 KO’s) next in a bout that will be taking [...]

PHILADELPHIA (May 14, 2010)—World ranked Light Heavyweight Yusaf “Mack Attack” Mack will make his return to Philadelphia when he headlines a big night of boxing on Friday night June 4th at The Legendary Blue Horizon. The card is promoted by Blue Horizon Boxing Promotions Inc. and SAM Promotions.

By Jim Dower: 41-year-old former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson (50-13-2, 34 KO’s) turned back the clocks tonight in taking out 30-year-old Yusaf Mack (28-3-2, 17 KO’s) in the 6th round in an IBF light heavyweight title eliminator bout at the NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Yusaf Mack v Glen Johnson has finally been confirmed as the main event on ESPN on the 5th February in Glen Johnson’s home town of Florida at the NSU Center Arena in Miami. The Super Bowl weekend fight is almost guaranteed to be a cracker, both fighters know this is there big chance to get [...]

Yusaf Mack is upset following the cancelation of the card on the 30th January, Mack has had a rough time over the last few months, first a contest with Karo Murat falling through and now the fight with Glen Johnson. Mack said “I understand why the show has been cancelled and my heart goes out [...]

NABA light heavyweight champion Yusaf Mack, 28-2-2 (17), is ready to go for his January 30th showdown against former IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson, 49-13-2 (33). This fight will be a IBF title elimination bout, with the winner earning a shot at IBF champion Tavoris Cloud, 20-0 (18), for his belt. Speaking of his [...]

By Jason Kim: Light heavyweight Yusaf Mack (27-2-2, 16 KOs) pulled off a huge upset on Friday night, defeating top rated Chris Henry (23-2, 18 KOs) by a 12-round split decision at the Wicomico Civic Center, in Salisbury, Maryland. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 115-112 and 113-115. Mack, 29, making only his 4th fight [...]

Boxing sensation James DeGale has been backed as one to watch in 2009 – alongside US President elect Barack Obama. The Olympic middleweight gold medallist has been picked by Britain’s longest running Afro-Caribbean newspaper The Voice as one of the faces of the New Year.

By William MacKay: The hard-punching light heavyweight Yusaf Mack (25-2-2, 15 KOs) defeated Daniel Judah (22-3-3, 10 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Wednesday night at the Aviator Sports Arena, in Brooklyn, New York. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, 97-92 and 97-92, all for Mack. Judah, 30, the brother of former welterweight champion [...]

Former Heavyweight Champion of the World Larry Holmes has dismissed the current crop of heavyweight boxers as nothing more than ‘big and strong guys who don’t know how to fight.’ Speaking to Setanta Sports News Holmes said: “If you want to prove yourself as a champion, you have to fight everybody and anybody who comes [...]