Message from Mickey Helliet, Manager of Lewis Pinto It was with great sadness that early on Sunday morning (3rd June) I learned that my good friend and boxer Lewis Pinto had tragically taken his own life. Everyone at Hellraiser Boxing has been shocked and extremely upset by this terrible news. Lewis was a brave, motivated,…
It’s good to be king. It’s even better to be Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao. Pacquiao, who is not only an eight-division world champion and a Congressman, is also a die-hard Boston Celtics fan. And with Game 7 of the Celtics-Miami Heat playoff game beginning just hours before Pacquiao enters the ring against undefeated world champion Timothy…
Darren O’Neill and Adam Nolan, who have both qualified for the 2012 Olympics, and Joe Ward recorded a hat-trick of wins over Moroccan 2012 Olympics in France tonight. A nine-man Irish squad are in Calais competing in a Round Robin tournament with France, Germany and Morocco. Bray BC welterweight Nolan impressed en route to a…
#2 WBO; #4WBA #4WBC world rated cruiserweight BJ Flores 27-1 (18kos) watched intently as the fight this past Saturday took place between Lateef “Power” Kayode vs. Antonio Tarver. He was hoping with the Showtime exposure that one of the two boxers would emerge as a star. The bout ended in a draw. Neither guy moved…
Last weekend the renowned Resorts Hotel Casino in Atlantic City played host to a very successful All Star Boxing Legends Gala, and representing Find A Dream were world champion boxers Ray Mercer and Bobby Czyz. Find A Dream is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization geared towards to providing a safe and supportive environment for…
A nine-man Irish Elite squad arrived in France this morning for a Round Robin tournament with the host nation, Germany, Morocco and Sweden. The tournament begins in Calais tomorrow.
Rocky Fielding has signed promotional terms with Matchroom Sport and Eddie Hearn. The Prizefighter Super Middleweight II champion will fight for new promoter Hearn on July 7 as part of the exciting undercard of Kell Brook’s IBF welterweight clash with Carson Jones at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield.
Maurice Harris, Noureddine Meddoune, Marcelo Luiz Nascimento, Tor Hamer and Tom Little complete the line-up for the Betfair Prizefighter International Heavyweights II on Wednesday June 20 at York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. The quintet join former World title challengers Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson and Albert Sosnowski and Kent’s Tom Dallas in the 25th…
Hatton Promotions heavyweight hell raisers – Lucas Browne and Richard Towers, have been preparing for their big ‘Road to Glory’ contests by bashing each other! Australian champ ‘Big Daddy’ Browne and 6ft 8in Towers are in a training camp together at the famed Ingle gym in Sheffield.
Top Rank announced today that the June 9 Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley WBO welterweight championship event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will be available live on both pay-per-view television and online.
The boxing community was saddened on Sunday when longtime Philadelphia personality Rob Murray, Sr. succumbed to cancer. Murray was a well known fight figure for three-plus decades as he managed, trained, promoted and did almost everything around Philadelphia boxing.
WBO Interim Cruiserweight Champion Ola Afolabi watched with interest on Saturday night as cruiserweight contenders Antonio Tarver and Lateef Kayode squared off in a twelve round bout on Showtime from The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.