Sheffield boxing’s best talent will fly the flag for the Steel city when Hatton Promotions roll into town later this month. Impressive prospects Adam Etches, Scott Jenkins, Richard Towers and Jezz Wilson are among the local hopefuls boxing at Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday September 24.
It was going to be a November to remember for boxing fans, as Mexican knockout artist Alfredo Angulo was scheduled to make his return to the HBO airwaves for a WBC title elimination bout against unbeaten Vanes Martirosyan in a dynamite matchup of former Olympians…or so fight fans thought. Instead, Angulo and his promoter, Golden…
Jimmy Lange knocked Raul “El Toro†Munoz down three times in the sixth round to notch a TKO win and win the vacant WBU 154-lb championship. The victory brings Lange’s record to 37-4-2, 24 KOs, while Munoz falls to 22-15-1, 16 KOs. It was the Great Falls fighter’s 13th headlining show at the Patriot Center…
Mexico City’s Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano, the WBC’s leading available contender and a young and hungry Mexican phenom has agreed to step in and face Erik Morales on next Saturday’s “Star Power” mega-event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Vincent “Vinsanity†Arroyo made the most of his return to the red corner by turning in a gritty unanimous decision performance over Hector “El Flaco†Sanchez by the scores of 98-92 twice and 96-94 on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime. In the evening’s co-feature, Lateef “Power†Kayode scored a unanimous decision victory by the…
WBF Women’s Light Welterweight Champion Myriam Lamare of France decisively defended her title on Friday, September 9, at the Stade de l’Est in Saint Denis, Reunion with a wide unanimous decision over the game but outclassed Lely Luz Florez from Columbia. Lamare, who’s company LM Sport Events promoted the bout , was making the second…
Deepest condolences to Bob Arum and his family on the passing of Bob’s sister, Sari Rosenbaum, 76, of Portland, Conn., who passed away Friday morning after battling cancer. Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11 at Congregation Adath Israel (8 Broad St., at Church St., Middletown, Conn. 06457), beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sari is…
All of the “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” fighters will make their only appearance together for the “Star Power Star-Studded Photo-Op” at 5 Towers on Universal Studios CityWalk in Universal City, Calif on Monday, September 12 at 5PM. The event will kick-off fight week activities for the mega-event which is taking place at MGM Grand…
Unbeaten NABF Featherweight Champion Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano steps-up one weight class for her first world title fight, when she takes on WIBF Inter-Continental lightweight titlist Kimberly Connor in a 10-round bout for the vacant IBF Female junior lightweight title, Saturday night at home in Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports Complex. “It’s wonderful,†Amanda remarked about…
On Thursday afternoon, the media gathered at Club 1849 in the SoHo section of New York City for the final press conference before Saturday night’s big fight card at The Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York. In the main event, Amanda Serrano will take on Kimberly Connor for the IBF Super Featherweight championship. Undefeated…
Give Vincent “Vinsanity†Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs ) a brutally cold Buffalo winter day to train and he’s as happy as can be. The 24-year-old explained why and answered other questions just days before his 10-round welterweight fight against Hector “El Flaco†Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs) on ShoBox: The New Generation, Friday, Sept. 9 live…
Champion Myriam Lamare of France and challenger Lely Luz Florez of Columbia made weight for their WBF Womens Light Welterweight title bout which takes place tomorrow night at Stade de l’Est in Saint Denis on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. WBF Women’s Light Welterweight Championship, 10 rounds Myriam Lamare: 63.4 Kg…