Popular knockout artist Gary “Tiger” Balletto returns to action, after his recent stint with The Contender II, as the headliner on the December 1 “Jingle Bell Pop” Pro-Am show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence. Balletto (30-3-2, 25 KOs), former IBU World lightweight champion, hasn’t fought outside of The Contender II since…
Newly crowned IBA World middleweight title-holder “Ireland’s” John Duddy, rated No. 6 by the WBO and No. 9 by the WBA, realizes that he’s still developing into a world-class fighter. Ireland-native Duddy (18-0, 15 KOs), now fighting of out Queens (NY), learned an invaluable lesson in his last fight, September 29 in a unanimous 12-round…
Newark welterweight and former Royal Marine Andrew Alan Lowe is set to return to Stoke-on-Trent’s Kings Hall on 24th November and hopes see a reversal of his fortunes last time out. Lowe is scheduled to contest a six round contest but an opponent has yet to be confirmed. Making his professional debut in September, Lowe…
It’s fight week, and Spanish Harlem star Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (19-2, 12 KO’s) gets ready to take center stage in the main event against Meacher Major (11-2-1, 10 KO’s) this Wednesday night, November 15th, when DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City.
Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing is pleased to announce an agreement that it has entered into a partnership with Ronnie “The Rottweiler†Kerner. Gotham will serve as one of the producers of Kerner’s documentary, television and reality series projects, and Kerner will have an interest in all Gotham Boxing fight promotions.
Undefeated junior welterweight “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis (17-0-1, 9 KOs), a proud representative of his homeland of Greece, will come bearing the gift of leather on November 18 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas when he takes on hard-punching Ricardo Torres (29-1, 27 KOs) for the vacant WBO title to top the undercard…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing proudly announce their next event, an eight-bout night of professional boxing at “the most spectacular and grandiose theater ever built in the United States,†the Paradise Theater in Bronx, New York, on Friday, December 8.
At The 2006 WBC Convention held recently in Croatia, the following awards were given out for WBC Women’s boxing: Fighter of the Year : Jelena Mrdjenovich Fight of the Year: Yvonne Reis vs. Conjestina Achieng For the WBC Middleweight Title Promoter of the Year: Rock & Sock Promotions WBC Ambassador of Good Will: Sharon Anyos…
Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill: A Pro For 22 Years And Still A Force To Be Reckoned With Virgil “Quicksilver†Hill, 50-5 (23), has done it all. I don’t care who you name in this sport, current or past, Virgil Hill’s accomplishments thus far can compare to anyone’s. He is a five-time world champion, WBA Light Heavy…
Two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-6-1, 28 KOs) broke training camp Thursday in Las Vegas and is in Germany for Saturday night’s (Nov. 18) mandated WBA elimination fight against No. 2 rated challenger Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev (21-0-1, 17 KOs) in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Ruiz-Chagaev winner will be the mandatory challenger for…
Reports coming from England have Italian cruiserweight Giacobbe Fragomeni cutting a wide swath through a host of British sparring partners as the Continental visitor prepares for his European title challenge against Champion David Haye at London’s York Hall this Friday, November 17. “The Italians had trouble getting anyone to spar their bloke last week after…
Last night under the bright lights at Madison Square Garden in New York, IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko regained his pre-2003 form and displayed the best boxing skills in the division enroute to stopping an outgunned Calvin Brock in the seventh round. Maybe it came down to Brock not being prepared for this level of…