News - Edison Miranda

There's a new player in the middleweight division and his name is Edison Miranda. The Colombian Miranda stopped longtime contender Howard Eastman in the seventh round in Hollywood, Florida to become the IBF mandatory contender to Arthur Abraham. Now 26-0, Miranda started slowly but showed his vaunted power when consecutive right hands bucked Eastman in the fifth. The experienced Eastman held on and survived the round and returned read more ...

Amid 90-degree temperatures and sweltering humidity Wednesday in Hollywood, Florida, the final press conference for the biggest ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights" telecast in years, featuring unbeaten Edison "Pantera" Miranda (25-0, 22 KOs) against "The Battersea Bomber" Howard Eastman (40-3, 34 KOs) in an IBF middleweight eliminator, only served to heat things up even more read more ...

The fighters were mostly in "good behavior mode" at Wednesday's press conference for "Rumble at the Rock" featuring David Tua vs Cisse Salif on Friday night. Tua (43-3-1, 25 KOs) and Salif (17-4-2, 16 KOs) were very respectful toward each other and simply said they're looking forward to the fight. Tua appeared to be in very good condition. read more ...