The newly crowned NABF featherweight champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (14-0-1, 7KOs), and Andre Ward (1-0, 1KO), the only US Olympic gold medalist from the 2004 Games in Athens, will be featured on Youth Outlook TV every Sunday in January on the WB20 (check your local listings). After capturing the …
Read More »Showtime Replays Highlights.
Highlights from the best and most memorable fights of the year will be shown when SHOWTIME presents “SHOWTIME BOXING: Best Of 2004” on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The informative, fast-paced, entertaining thirty-minute telecast will be co-hosted by SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING’S Steve …
Read More »Main Events Newsletter.
WHO NEEDS PBS? ESPN2 will redefine the term “educational television” on Jan 21 when “Friday Night Fights Main Events Special Edition” features four boxers on its broadcast who have attended at least two years of college: Juan Diaz, Billy Irwin, Calvin Brock, and Clifford Etienne. Below is some educational information …
Read More »Maloney Confident in Harrison But Wary of Polo.
On January 28th Scott Harrison will defend his WBO featherweight title against a very dangerous opponent in the form of Victor Polo. It’s a fight that Scott wants in order to show the boxing fraternity and the American media that none of the other big names such as Marco Antonio …
Read More »Alcine to Face Bunema.
Quebec’s light middleweight prospect Joachim Alcine will return to the ring in mid-February against Alex Bunema. The fight will be held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Alcine’s last fight provided the chief support to Interbox mainman and former world champion Eric Lucas’s return to action. Alcine, who …
Read More »Marquez Requesting More Money.
WBA/IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez has made his voice heard ahead of his fight with Manny Pacquiao proposed for late February. Marquez, even in training has asserted that the fight remains a potential one only until his financial needs are met. Pacquiao is due to start his training for …
Read More »Harrison to Fight Polo.
As we reported yesterday, WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison is chasing a fight with super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera. But first, Harrison has one more picee of featherweight business to attend to before a summer match with the legendary Barrera can be secured. Harrison will fight Colombian Victor Polo …
Read More »Lockett Aims for British Title.
Hard-hitting Welshman Gary Lockett now has the British Middleweight title in his sights after his fight against Allan Gray on 21 January at the Bridgend Leisure Centre has been billed as an Official Eliminator. The twenty-eight-year-old from Cwmbran is delighted with the news and is expecting a tough fight against …
Read More »Boxing Radio Show Anniversary.
New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow might (Jan. 6) with the broadcast of its 55th show on WWZN 1510 The Zone in Boston. The two-hour show airs every Thursday night between 6-8 pm (ET) on 1510 AM and may also be heard live on the …
Read More »Larios to Defend Against McCullough
Fresh from his dominant showing against Australian contender Nedal Hussein, WBC super bantamweight champion Oscar “Chololo” Larios will make his next defense against Ireland’s Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCullough. The fight looks set for the date of the tenth of February with no precise site set. Larios has not lost a …
Read More »Tapia Returns This Month.
At thirty-seven years old, former three weight world champion Johnny Tapia makes his return to the ring against thirty-three year old Nicky Bentz in Hidalgo, Texas, USA later this month. Tapia won world titles at super flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight and continues to campaign in the featherweight division. The last …
Read More »Who’s Next for Trinidad?
In light of the breakdown in communications between promoter Don King and light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright, the possibility of fresh opponents for Trinidad opens up as a possibility. Even in the event of Wright being offered what he deems to be a suitable amount of money to fight …
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