iBN Sports, an internet broadcast sports television network, has partnered with Frank Luca’s Crown Boxing to bring expanded pay-per-view boxing coverage to the iBN Sports Al Bernstein Boxing Channel. The partnership provides Crown Boxing the opportunity to expand its reach by broadcasting live events online hosted by Al Bernstein at www.ibnsports.com. The first event will…
The 910th Airlift Wing will unveil a C-130H Hercules cargo transport aircraft honoring Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik, Youngstown’s world champion boxer. The unveiling ceremony is scheduled for today, Tuesday, August 4 at 1 P.M. in Hangar 302. 910th Airlift Wing commander Col. Karl McGregor, Kelly Pavlik, members of Team Pavlik and members of the base…
Currently playing host to Premier League football, Hull City F.C.’s KC Stadium will welcome big-time boxing and one of its former stars to the city on September 27 when “Hayemaker 9” arrives. Headlined by former Hull City player Curtis Woodhouse, the bill will be a non-TV show, designed to kick off the new boxing season…
Living legend Roy “Captain Hook†Jones, Jr. is a Pensacola icon and 100 miles down the Gulf Coast in Biloxi, where he headlines the August 15th “Hook City†pay per view against former 2-time world champion Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy, the 8-time world champion is unbeaten in three previous fights there and nearly as popular…
Longtime New England boxing promoters, Jimmy Burchfield and Rich Cappiello, have joined forces and pooled their resources under Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) banner. Burchfield, operating out of Providence (RI) for the past quarter-century, and the Brockton (MA)-based Cappiello have been the two most dominant boxing promoters in New England for the past…
By Per Ake Persson Bullit Knockout Promotions in Poland will stage their first show of the new season October 17 or 24 in either Lodz or Warzaw. It could be a big show topped by Andrew Golota vs Tomasz Adamek with welters Rafael Jackiewicz and Jan Zaveck in a IBF eliminator while light heavies Dawid…
Currently ranked in the top five in the world by the WBO and IBF, bantamweight sensation Abner Mares is on a collision course with the division’s elite. On Thursday, August 27th, Mares touches down at Club Nokia at L.A. Live in Los Angeles to fight in the main event on the latest edition of the…
Through 17 professional fights, Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs has passed all of his tests with flying colors, winning each bout impressively against increasingly tougher opposition. On Saturday, August 22nd, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Jacobs will face his stiffest challenge to date when he battles veteran contender Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith in a…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In a tremendous all-action fight, underdog Tyrone Harris shocked talented, once-beaten lightweight prospect Marvin Quintero with a eighth round TKO victory Friday on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation. In the co-feature, bantamweight prospect Chris Avalos (11-0, 9 KOs) kept his unbeaten record intact with a second round TKO over…
Cruiserweight contender Andres Taylor returns tonight, August 1st at an action packed evening of world class boxing presented by Chet Koerner’s TKO Boxing Promotions at the Sovereign Bank Baseball Stadium in York, PA. Fighting out of Johnstown, PA, Taylor , 8-1-1 (4KO’s), will square off against Lake Charles, LA native Roy Ashworth, 5-4-0 (1KO) in…
Delvin Rodriguez, his opponent Isaac Hlatshwayo and the rest of the participants of the Star Boxing promoted card weighed-in yesterday at the Mohegan Sun. Rodriguez vs. Hlatshwayo is for the vacant IBF Welterweight Championship of the World, and is a much anticipated rematch of their highly entertaining bout that took place back in November of…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing All four fighters in Saturday’s Showtime world championship doubleheader made the 140-pound weight limit during Friday’s weigh-in at the Cahuilla Ballroom at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA.