By Richard Eberline September 11th, 2006 All Boxing Previews
As part of the buildup for two separate installments of Showtime Championship Boxing, two of the principal fighters, Sergei Liakhovich and Joel Casamayor will hold open workouts for the media this week at two popular local boxing gyms.
Headliner of the Don King Productions bill at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on 4 November, WBO Heavyweight Champion Liakhovich, 23-1 (14), who defends his belt against ex-world title challenger Shannon Briggs, 47-4-1 (41), is scheduled to workout for the media in attendance on Tuesday, 12 September.
Former world titlist Casamayor, 33-3-1 (21), who challenges WBC Lightweight Champion Diego Corrales for the third time on a Gary Shaw promotion on 7 October at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, is set to workout on Wednesday, 13 September.
The first world heavyweight championship ever staged in the state of Arizona is shaping up as a day and night--sun and stars--event with the retractable roof open at Chase Field >
Don King will be at Chase Field in Phoenix on Wednesday to kick off the local promotion for the first world heavyweight championship ever staged in Arizona: "Red November... >
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-7-1, 28 KOs) has signed a contract to fight former WBO title-holder Serguei “White Wolf” Liakhovich (23-2, 14 KOs) on October 13 >
From left to right: Challenger Fernando Angulo (left) and WBA Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz (right) both weighed in at 134 pounds today at Tradiciones >
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-7-1, 28 KOs) has signed a contract to fight former WBO title-holder Serguei “White Wolf” Liakhovich (23-2, 14 KOs) on October 13 >
WBA #2-rated former WBO Heavyweight Champion Sergei "White Wolf" Liakhovich (23-2, 14 KOs) and his manager, Ivaylo Gotzev, say they're enraged at the "weak attempts" being made by former WBA >
