Former world title challenger Tony Petronelli will be honored for 40 years of dedication to boxing May 20 at Joe Angelo’s Café in Brockton, MA. Petronelli was co-managed and co-trained by his father, Pat, and uncle, Goody, the same combination that handled world middleweight champion “Marvelous†Marvin Hagler. Tony, 42-4-1 (22) captured the NABF, United…
Six-division world champion, No. 1 pound for pound kingpin, boxing’s top attraction, the best fighter of his era…call him what you want, but one thing is certain, boxing finally has a super hero and his name is Manny Pacquiao! Ricky “Hitman” Hatton, 45-2 (32), from Manchester, England, the junior welterweight champion who had never lost…
© Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Six-time world champion in five weight divisions, Floyd “Money” Mayweather, has returned to the sport. He will immediately put his undefeated record on the line when he faces the dangerous and highly touted five-time world champion in three divisions Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez in “Number One/Numero Uno” on Saturday,…
Click for larger image © Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Ahead of tonight’s massive fight card at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, the principal boxers all weighed in. 12 rounds, IBO Light Welterweight title Ricky Hatton: 140 lb Manny Pacquiao: 138 lb
Undefeated Carlos Abregu met the canvas twice last night before sending Irving Garcia there with just one second remaining in the fourth round for a TKO win in the welterweight main event on ShoBox: The New Generation. It was an action-packed fight that had the Chumash Casino Resort crowd on its feet cheering for more…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Carlos Abregu puts his unblemished 26-0 (21) record on the line tonight as the Argentine slugger will face Puerto Rico’s Irving Garcia, 17-3-3 (8,) in the 10 round welterweight main event at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, CA.
Legendary boxers James “Buddy†McGirt, Sr. and “Irish†Micky Ward began a friendship in 1986 that continues today. They will reunite May 22 at “Rage At The River,†promoted Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment, Inc. as head trainers of fighters on that show. McGirt, two-time world champion in two different weight classes and former Trainer of…
Featherweight sensation Jennifer Salinas will return to the squared circle this Saturday night, May 2 in a scheduled four round bout against Christina Leadbetter at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Returning after a two and half year absence following the birth of her second child John-Pablo, 26 year old Salinas is currently training under…
Super middleweight contender Jesse Brinkley has added former world champion Jermain Taylor to his “hit list†for a showdown this year. Taylor is coming off a very hard fought battle against WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch this past Saturday, a fight he was winning on the scorecards before being stopped with just seconds left…
With six pro fights under his belt since turning pro last September with Seminole Warriors Boxing, unbeaten prospect Danny O’Connor is now ready to move up to six round bouts and preparing to go down to the lightweight division. 2004 US Olympic Team alternate O’Connor, 6-0 (2), is coming off an impressive win by four…
After months of back and forth trash talking, Star Boxing’s WBA#5, WBC #10, and IBF #13 world rated heavyweight contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson, 21-0-1 (8), will face off against two-time world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett, 34-7 (20), on May 15 in the main event of ESPN2’S “Friday Night Fights” at The Concert Venue…
Philadelphia’s favourite light middleweight contender, Jamaal ‘Da Truth’ Davis, 9-4,, better known around the boxing scene as ‘Tyson’, returns to his old hometown stomping ground, The Legendary Blue Horizon, this coming Friday night. His opponent at the Russell Peltz Boxing/Joe Hand Promotions May 1 event is Bahamas hard man Jerome Ellis, 11-9-2.