Ireland’s top boxers will be honoured at the Irish Amateur Boxing Association hosted Annual Awards at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin on Saturday night. The Centenary year of Irish amateur boxing was another outstanding twelve months with numerous medals claimed in World and European competition and three places secured at the London 2012 Olympics.
A clash of styles, resulting in a nationally televised win albeit in non-entertaining fashion, was another learning experience for world-rated super middleweight contender “Dangerous” Dyah Ali Davis (21-2-1, 9 KOs) last week against Alfonso “The Tiger” Lopez (22-2, 17 KOs) in their 2012 season-opening ESPN Friday Night Fights show in Key West, Florida.
At this past Sunday’s annual “Salute To Philly Boxing†Awards Dinner, Joey Eye Boxing Promotions was selected at the 2011 Philadelphia Promoter of the Year. Joey Eye Boxing, which has been promoting fights for the better part of a decade, made a big splash in 2011 by promoting five big events at Harrahs in Chester…
The next installment of Hitz Boxing’s wildly popular “Fight Night at the Horseshoe†series will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Featured attractions include heavyweight contender “Merciless†Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) of Oak Lawn, Illinois; NABA-US Champion Yakubu “Black Mamba†Amidu (20-2-1, 18 KOs) of Los…
Kell Brook: “This fight has been a long time coming but I am just so pleased that we’re going to get it on – I want to prove on March 17 that I’m the number one Welterweight in Britain. Matthew is a proven fighter and as tough as they come and the Hatton’s have done…
Cruiserweight hopefuls Joell Godfrey and Henry Namauu will square off Saturday, January 21 in the ten round main event of Halquist Productions’ “Battle at the Boat 85†from the Emerald Queen Casino. The East St. Louis, IL based Godfrey received international attention as a participant on the fourth season of “The Contender,†although he was…
British duo to clash in “War of the Roses†at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield Kell Brook and Matthew Hatton will meet in the “War of the Roses†at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17 – live on Sky Sports. The top two ranked Welterweights in Britain will clash in a classic Yorkshire versus Lancashire derby…
A sensational undercard is being compiled by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing for their upcoming event, “KO At The TU” on Saturday, February 4th at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. World class prospects in the bantamweight division will clash in a scheduled ten rounder as undefeated Russian standout Sahib Usarov challenges Yan Barthelemy…
World renowned model and ring announcer Amy Hayes is the newest member of Halquist Productions. Dubbed as the “Lady of the Ringâ€, Hayes was featured in a special Playboy pictorial, shot at legendary Gleason’s Gym. She also appeared in Maxim, which included her in a boxing-themed shoot.
Paterson native and up-and-coming middleweight Richard Pierson will return to action Friday, February 17, 2012 as Gabe LaConte’s First Round Promotions presents a night of boxing at the Nutley High School in Nutley, New Jersey. Following nearly a two-year layoff from the squared circle, Pierson (9-2, 6 KO) put on an impressive show in his…
Three-time world title challenger Giovanni “EL Chico Malo†Lorenzo has read the reports of so-called contenders turning down the opportunity to face Ireland’s middleweight contender Andy Lee at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, March 17th and is chomping at the bit to get in the ring with that country’s favorite son on St. Patrick’s Day….
Fan favorite Chris Algieri will return to battle in his hometown of Huntington, New York at the Paramount Theater on Saturday, January 28th to face Curtis Smith of Atlanta, Georgia in a junior welterweight bout. Presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, the Algieri/Smith bout headlines “Rockin’ Fights”, an action packed evening of world-class professional boxing.