WBC Cabofe Heavyweight Champion, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, riding a 15-fight winning streak and is currently ranked # 17 by the WBC, is calling out James “Lights Out” Toney. “When I heard the news that James Toney wanted to start his own promotional company and headline his first show my eyes lit up,” said Quezada….
Former British super-middleweight champion Tony Dodson will now have to defeat a ‘friend’ in order to lift his old crown, following the withdrawal of Brian Magee from their March 28 dust-up. Due to Magee’s back injury, Dodson now locks horns with Merseyside rival Tony Quigley, a man he’d been helping prepare for his own bout…
© Lawrence Lustig In preparation to their Prizefighter lightweight tournament tonight in Glasgow, the principals all weighed in and under the agreed upon limit of 9st 11lb or 137 pounds.
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, has planned an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing set for this Friday, March 27 at the UIC Pavilion for it’s inaugural “Windy City Fight Night” event. “As we start our 12th year, the most important thing for 8 Count has always been the loyal support we’ve maintained from…
This time, Jermain Taylor is training for one thing, and one thing only. He wants his championship belt back. Taylor, who held the Middleweight Championship from 2005 through 2007, will get his shot at the WBC Super Middleweight belt when he faces current WBC titleholder Carl Froch on Saturday, April 25, on Showtime Championship Boxing…
“Lightning†Harry Joe Yorgey puts his undefeated record on the line March 28, when he faces fellow unbeaten junior middleweight Ronald Hearns in a 10-round bout on a special Saturday edition of ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. Yorgey is proud to have the opportunity…
Ryan Brawley believes recovering from a career-threatening injury will motivate him to Prizefighter glory on Tuesday, March 24. Brawley, 23, is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the £25,000 top prize in Barry Hearn’s latest all-in-one-night Prizefighter tournament, featuring eight British lightweights. He has won all nine of his professional contests in a stop-start three and…
It’s been nearly 10 years since any professional boxing promoter signed more than one member of a U.S. Olympic Boxing squad, but that drought is over with the recent signings by Goossen Tutor Promotions of 2008 Beijing Olympic teammates Shawn Estrada and Javier Molina. The Los Angeles-area natives and former Olympic team members will appear…
On March 20, 2009 , ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights Boxing Series†invaded beautiful Laredo, Texas, with an excellent fight card which drove the local and area contingent out in force as over four thousand rabid boxing fans crowded the Laredo Entertainment Center. The event was promoted by Banner Promotions and delivered nonstop action. What further…
Olympic Bronze Medallist David Price has warned trash-talking rival Tyson Fury that his taunts may land him in trouble with the lanky Liverpudlian – for a second time. Professor Price dealt Fury a one side-sided amateur defeat in 2006, and now, with both men gunning for glory as professionals, a second meeting between the pair…
© Lawrence Lustig Liverpool boxer Stephen Burke admits he faces a ‘make or break night’ in his career on Tuesday, March 24 as he bids to become Prizefighter Champion. Burke, 30, is one of eight British lightweights in Barry Hearn’s latest all-in-one-night Prizefighter tournament where the last man standing wins £25,000.
Chicago based ring announcer Thomas Treiber has taken over a new territory as England’s Hennessy Sports has made plans to utilize his world class skills for their monthly ITV boxing series. Treiber’s first trip to England was on December 6 as super middleweight Carl Froch won the WBC title against Jean Pascal in an outstanding…