Boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather and WBC Welterweight Champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz will hit the road to officially announce their Mexican Independence Day welterweight mega-fight taking place September 17. The tour will begin at 12pm Tuesday, June 28 at Hudson Theatre in New York’s Time Square and end at 8pm at L.A. Live in Los…
World cruiserweight contender Troy Ross is experiencing abdominal pains and has been hospitalized in Toronto, where he is undergoing precautionary tests. He has been forced to withdraw from fighting June 24 on the “Friday Night At The Fights†show at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Ross (24-2, 16 KOs), a two-time Canadian Olympian, is…
Next Saturday night in St. Charles, Missouri, Yusaf Mack of Philadelphia will attempt to follow in the legendary shoes of Bernard Hopkins and capture a slice of the Light Heavyweight championship as he takes on Tavoris Cloud for Cloud’s IBF title. Mack of Philadelphia has been extra motivated by a man he calls one of…
The weigh in for former WBU/WBF Featherweight Champion Choi Tseveenpürev versus former IBO Featherweight Champion ‘Action’ Jackson Asiku and Southern Area Light Welterweight Champion Darren ‘Mr R&B’ Hamilton versus Midlands Area Light Welterweight Champion Dave Ryan, for the British Masters Light Welterweight title, took place today at The Real Fight Club in Shoreditch. The two…
Wednesday night at the 3 East Bar and Grill, Vincent Ponte along with Gabe LaConte hosted a press conference in advance of a championship night of boxing that will be headlined by Ossie Duran taking on Latif Mundy for the USBA Regional Middleweight title that will take place at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark,…
This morning, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. refused to appear for a court-ordered deposition in the defamation lawsuit filed by pound-for-pound champion and Congressman Manny Pacquiao in a Las Vegas federal court. Mayweather tried to postpone the deposition last minute, but Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Johnston denied his request and ordered Mayweather to appear for deposition today….
It was a typical marathon day for Don King, who will turn 80 on Aug. 20. He started at KTVI’s ‘FOX 2 News in the Morning” at 7 a.m. where he was interviewed by John Brown; visited with McGraw Milhaven at the Big 550 KTRS-AM on his “McGraw in the Morning” radio show; returned to…
Undefeated challenger Tyson Fury believes his July 23 showdown in “The Big Brawl†Pay-Per-View event against defending British & Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Dereck “Del Boy†Chisora, airing live from Wembley Arena in London, is merely the first step on his chosen journey The 22-year-old Fury (14-0, 10 KOs) will be challenging World Boxing Council (“WBCâ€)…
The International Boxing Organization has reached a verbal sanctioning agreement to fill its light heavyweight championship, which was declared vacant in May. IBO President Ed Levine said the organization “has been engaged in final negotiations with a qualified and highly-respected fighter†in the division and anticipates a deal being finalized soon.
Gleason’s Gym owner Bruce Silverglade, NABF featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano and award-winning boxing artist Gabe Parillo, Jr. will be special guest speakers Tuesday night (June 21, starting at 7 PM/ET) at Ring 8’s monthly meeting at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.
On Friday, June 17, Golden Boy Promotions returns to the Rio Grande Valley to feature one of the Valley’s own, Omar “Panterita” Figueroa Jr. against Puerto Rico’s Eric Cruz in the ten-round “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” main event at the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas.
Nick Blackwell’s secret weapon in his big fight on Saturday night could be his boyish looks. Blackwell will start the underdog to land the British, Commonwealth and WBA Intercontinental middleweight belts when he faces Martin Murray at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena. The 20-year-old is used to being written off.