Following his receiving the Ken Jones Amateur Boxer of the Year award, at the Boxing Writers’ Association awards dinner at the Millennium Hotel in London, European Bantamweight Champion Luke Campbell took a short break in the capital. Luke, who travelled to London from his home in Hull, was presented with the award in recognition of…
North American boxing fans can view the much-anticipated “David vs. Goliath†WBA heavyweight championship boxing match between Nikolai “The Russian Giant†Valuev and David “The Hayemaker†Haye, live on Pay-Per-View on Saturday, Nov. 7 from Nuremberg, Germany. Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia, is the two-time and current WBA heavyweight champion and has…
Promoter Gary Shaw announced today the addition of undefeated lightweight sensation Leonardo Zappavigna, known professionally as Lenny Zappa, to Gary Shaw Productions’ roster. Zappa will be making his U.S. debut on Saturday, December 12, on the non-televised undercard headlined by the Timothy Bradley vs. Lamont Peterson / Vic Darchinyan vs Tomas Rojas world championship doubleheader…
Back in 2004 just prior to winning the British Super Middleweight title an outspoken Carl “The Cobra†Froch made the British sporting public sit up and take notice with a venomous attack on some of the nations sporting icons including David Beckham, Tim Henman and Jenson Button. Froch described Beckham as being “under worked, overpaid…
Former world title challenger and current top rated super-middleweight contender, Edison “Pantera” Miranda (33-4, 29 KO’s), scored a spectacular 1st round KO over Mexican National Champion, Francisco “Panchito” Sierra (20-3, 19 KO’s), last night at Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA. Early in the round both fighters were feeling each other out. Sierra came out…
In the co-featured event tomorrow/Friday, Oct. 23, on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, Al Seeger will return to the ring for the time since last April 30 when his fight with Benjamin Flores ended tragically. Flores passed away five days afterward from head injuries sustained…
Dominating IBF bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko and No. 1-Ranked mandatory challenger Yonnhy “El Colombiano†Perez participated in a frightful media workout. The action took place at Perez’s gym in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., just nine days before their crucial world title fight on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, live on Showtime at 9 p.m….
On December 12th, Star Boxing’s undefeated heavyweight contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9KO) finally will have his chance to stake his claim as the best heavyweight in the world when he challenges Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko (38-2, 37KO) for Vitali’s WBC Heavyweight Championship at the Post Finance Arena in Berne, Switzerland.
Tecate, cerveza con carácter, announces the launch of a regional marketing campaign designed to bring boxing fans closer to the Nov. 14 encounter between Filipino star Manny Pacquiao (49-3, 37 KO’s) and three-time world champion Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KO’s) of Puerto Rico.
Chet Koerner’s TKO Boxing Promotions and PR Entertainment, Inc. presents the “Kardashian Charity Knock Out”, Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA. Kim, Khloe, and Rob Kardashian, along with Bruce Jenner and Scott Disick, will be auctioned off on CharityBuzz.com. The winning bidder gets to step into the ring and…
WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch will be back on British terrestrial TV screens this Saturday night when ITV1 viewers get a chance to see last weekend’s Super Six World Boxing Classic bout with American hotshot Andre “The Matrix†Dirrell. Froch handed the touted Dirrell his first ever defeat in front of a…
Former No. 1 junior welterweight contender Mike “No Joke” Stewart, of New Castle, DE, continues his comback when he takes on Louie Leija, of San Antonio, TX, in a scheduled six-round fight Saturday evening, Nov. 7, at Bally’s Atlantic City. Topping the seven-bout card is a scheduled 10-round contest between Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA,…