**With Slideshow & Audio** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, Hatton Promotions held a press conference about their upcoming show on Friday, November 13 at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke. Headlining the bill is the IBO welterweight title bout between champion Lovemore N’Dou and challenger Mathew Hatton. On …
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Boxing Preview: Joseph Agbeko vs. Yonnhy Perez
Tonight at Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas, NV, IBF bantam champ Joseph Agbeko faces the challenge of Yonnhy Perez in what should turn out to be an epic battle. Agbeko, 27-1 (22), of Ghana, came out of nowhere in 2004 to lose a narrow IBF title challenge to Wladimir …
Read More »Boxing In Ireland: McCloskey Now Faces Rasilla For European Title
Paul McCloskey’s European title dream is still alive and well despite Souleymane M’baye’s withdrawl from their scheduled European Light Welterweight title fight at the Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt next Friday night, November 6. McCloskey had been set to challenge the Frenchman for his European crown but a bicep injury …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Joey Spina vs. Lou Del Vallle
CES promotes a fight card this evening at Mohegan Sun Casino, headlined by a light heavyweight clash between Joey Spina and Lou Del Valle. Light heavyweights, 10 rounds Joey Spina: 176.5 lb Lou Del Valle: 185 lb
Read More »Ex-Boxing Champ Marlon Starling Recalls His WBC Title Fight
The memories come flooding back when Marlon “Magic Man” Starling sits back and recalls the last world title fight to take place in Hartford, Conn., more than 20 years ago. The East Hartford resident who turned 50 years old in August can still remember specifics of the night he won …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Joseph Agbeko vs. Yonnhy Perez
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Don King Productions promotes an event this evening at Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas headlined by Joseph Agbeko’s IBF bantamweight title defense against Yonnhy Perez. IBF Bantamweight title, 12 rounds Joseph Agbeko: 118 lb Yonnhy Perez: 118 lb
Read More »Promoter Don King Reunites With Former Boxing Champ Mike Tyson
© David Martin Warr Don King and Mike Tyson have reunited. Tyson has joined the broadcast team to add color commentary to King’s “Halloween Thrilla” fight card Saturday (Oct. 31) from Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The exciting five-fight undercard will be offered globally on pay per …
Read More »Boxing Fans Invited To Greet WBO Champ Miguel Cotto At Las Vegas Airport
Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto breaks his Tampa training camp and heads to Las Vegas this Sunday, November 1. Cotto fans are invited to greet the champ at McCarran International Airport when he arrives at 3:55 p.m. PT on America Airlines #2249.
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Barker Meets Elcock For British Title Nov 28
Undefeated middleweight “Dazzling” Darren Barker will finally get the chance to add the British title to his Commonwealth crown next month when he meets former champ, Wayne “Mad Dog” Elcock for the vacant British title. The two men will clash live on ITV4 in the headline bout on a Hennessy …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Right Place At The Right Time
Sometimes in life you end up viewing something extraordinary—something you might have missed. That happened for me and all the fans that filled up the Mardi Gras Ballroom at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas this past Friday. We saw a fight of the year candidate. We were in the …
Read More »Celebrity Boxing: Rodney King, Jose Canseco Return To The Ring
Jose Canseco is ready to silence one of his critics—the hard way. Meanwhile, Rodney King isn’t turning the other cheek this time Former baseball star Canseco, a slugger at the plate, is now a slugger with his fists, and he has another Celebrity Boxing Federation (CBF) match scheduled to prove …
Read More »Golden Boy, Quaker State To Stage Boxing Exhibition At Las Vegas Speedway
Boxing icon and current Welterweight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley, junior welterweight contender “Vicious” Victor Ortiz and world-renowned boxing promoter Golden Boy Promotions will stage a boxing exhibition at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway pits on Saturday, October 31, the final day of qualifying at the Ninth Annual …
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