It will be the veteran warrior against the young turk fighting in his home town when Team Freedom Promotions, Inc. presents “Battle For Pride,” a super welterweight showdown featuring Mexican great Yory Boy Campas, the former world champion, against Matt Vanda, the local hero, live on Pay-Per-View on Friday night, June 24, from the Target…
To President Gilberto Mendoza: I am proud to be the World Boxing Association Heavyweight Champion. As the first Latino to ever win the world heavyweight title, it is an honor that I have fought for or defended nine times since August of 2000. It has come to my attention that, behind my back, James Toney…
Russian born, Israeli raised heavyweight prospect Roman Greenberg (18-0, 13 KOs) fights Saturday night in Las Vegas for the second time in his young career and he appreciates the significance of headlining in the modern-day Mecca of Boxing. “It’s great,†Greenberg remarked about fighting in Las Vegas. “I’ve fought here once before, but this time…
Main Events is pleased to announce that thanks to the release of production holds and sponsorship holds, a limited number of tickets have become available for purchase to the June 25 Arturo Gatti-Floyd Mayweather WBC super lightweight championship showdown at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy…
The WBA super middleweight championship of the world is still in the grasp of Danish fighter Mikkel Kessler thanks to his unanimous decision win over Australian former champion Anthony Mundine. In a dominating performance, on the score-cards at least, Kessler remained undefeated at thirty-six wins with no losses and keeps himself viable for high-profile unification…
Former World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Gerry “Geronimo†Penalosa (48-5-2, 33 KOs) headlines “Friday Night Fights,†promoted by Knockout Boxing in association with the Rivera Brothers, Friday evening (June 10) at the National Guard Armory in Lynn, Massachusetts. Penalosa, reigning WBF super flyweight champion, fights out of his native Philippines. He has been inactive…
Former two-times WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide has a shock in store for the cruiserweights of the world. The 33-year-old from Norwich – who has recently recovered from a hand injury – is planning an excursion into the division. “My promoter Mickey Hennessy is letting me loose on all the cruiserweights out there,†said Hide….
When undefeated Tomasz Adamek (29-0, 20 KOs) won a majority decision over Australian Paul “Hurricane†Briggs to win the vacant World Boxing Council light heavyweight title at the United Center in Chicago on May 21, he knew he had done something special. Still, the first Polish boxer to win a world title in the United…
Boxing king Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be one of the celebrity judges when King of the Cage (www.kingofthecage.com/ring-girls), the world wide recognized mixed martial arts competition spearheaded by owner Terry Trebilcock and agent Steve Karel, moves into the forum of adult-branded pay per view for the first time when it presents KOTC’s Cage Girls Uncensored,…
He is a boxing pro and a believing muslim. And now Mohammad Abdullaev, 31, is facing his dream fight at the „Mecca of Boxing“, New York ’s Madison Square Garden . Abdullaev (15 victories, 12 KOs , 1 loss) challenges the unbeaten superlightweight world champion (WBO) Miguel Cotto (23-0/19 KOs ). The fight draws big…
RED CORNER BLUE CORNER JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS – 10 ROUNDS Dmitriy Salita vs. Louis Brown Brooklyn, NY/Odessa, Ukraine Indianapolis, IN 21-0 (12 KO’s) 14-1 (10 KO’s) JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS – 8 ROUNDS Edgar Santana vs. Derrick Moon New York, NY Fort Worth, TX 13-2 (9 KO’s) 10-8-1 (2 KO’s)
Arturo “Thunder†Gatti is a special guest on Thursday’s two-hour New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show – hosted by Ted Bodenrader, Anthony Pepe, Rick Brutti and Joe Bills – airing between 6-8 PM/ET on Boston’s Boxing Station, The Zone (1510 AM). Gatti will be joined by his manager, Pat Lynch, and New York Daily News…