The Elite Heat Boxing Team is made up of an extremely special group of inner city kids who have chosen the sport of boxing as their focus and have obtained monumental success on a national level. Based out of the Elite Heat Boxing Gym in Newark NJ, the kids who make up “the team†can…
Ireland’s talented young boxers are scheduled to fly out to Bulgaria this morning (June 22) ahead of the opening bell for the eagerly anticipated 2012 EUBC European Junior Championships. The Continental deciders glove off at the Festivalna Hall in Sofia on Saturday, June 23rd.
The Seminole Hard Rock Casino hosts Saturday’s “Viva Don King II” boxing card in Hard Rock Live at Hollywood, FL. Vacant NABF Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Tony Grano: 221.5 lb DaVarryl Williamson: 215 lb
Two young, exciting, classy, established world champions, both from the United States, both in their primes and both widely recognized as the best in their weight class, will clash when undefeated Andre “SOG” Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) defends his WBA and WBC super middleweight championships against once-beaten WBC light heavyweight titleholder “Bad” Chad Dawson (31-1,…
This Saturday night Hector Camacho Jr. will be stepping into the ring against Bernardo Guereca and looking to get back on track to working towards a potential middleweight title fight. Camacho Jr. (53-4-1, 28 KO) is 10-1 in his last 11 fights, with his only loss coming at the hands of David Lemieux for the…
© Lawrence Lustig American Tor Hamer beat pre-tournament favourite Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson to win the Prizefighter International Heavyweights live on Sky Sports at York Hall, Bethnal Green. New Yorker Hamer met Atlanta’s former World title challenger Johnson in the all-US final after both men impressed on their way to the shoot-out for the £32,000 winner’s…
Tonight, June 22, talented, up-and-coming super featherweight prospects Aalan Martinez (12-1-1, 8 KOs) and Ramon Valadez (11-1, 6 KOs) will battle in an eight-round bout at the Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, Calif. The bout titled “New Blood” is promoted by Thompson Boxing Promotions in association with Boxing 360.
© Lawrence Lustig Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson believes he will knockout all three opponents on his way to victory in tomorrow night’s Prizefighter International Heavyweights at York Hall, Bethnal Green live on Sky Sports HD1 from 9pm. Punters have been backing Kingpin with tournament sponsors Betfair and the man who took Vitali Klitschko the distance when…
Interesting news came from the world of sports this week when Forbes Magazine announced that their annual list of top paid athletes is headed by two boxers, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao at #1 and #2 respectively. Its with great pride that the promoters involved in The Boxing Promoters Association had such a prominent role…
In addition to his consistency within the ring, one thing that stands out in super middleweight Richard Pierson’s career is the number of fights that continue to fall through for the rising star. Last week Pierson was supposed to go to battle for the WBC Fecarbox Super Middleweight Title, but never had a chance to…
Former Three-Time World Champion Humberto “Zorrita†Soto will seek to join rare company among active fighters with 60 wins as he pursues his 60th professional victory when he faces the always-dangerous and hard-hitting Lucas Matthysse in a battle of world-ranked super lightweights in the co-featured fight on Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, June 23 live…
Fighters spoke in front of the press for the final time today before the “Viva Don King II†boxing card takes place on Saturday in Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Promoter Don King hosted the press conference, and all participants promised their best performance possible when they…