Super middleweight contender Joey Gilbert has opened camp in San Diego in preparation for his “Civil War†showdown with Jesse Brinkley on Saturday, February 14 at the Reno Events Center. “I’ve trained here numerous times, the weather and the facilities are very conducive to a great camp,†said the confident Gilbert. Working with trainer Richie…
Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis are ready to shine at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights†on January 9 at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts. The 2004 Olympic Gold Medallists had no spare time over Christmas or New Year’s but have been working hard at their training camp in Primm, Nevada.
British Lightweight Champion John Murray is aiming to make an early impression in 2009 and he believes he will become one of Britain’s new boxing stars this year. The Manchester lightweight defends his British crown against Lee McAllister at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan on Saturday, January 17, 2009, in a fight that will…
“Big Time” Bernard Dunne’s fight for glory is the acclaimed documentary which goes behind the scenes and features Dunne and his promoter Brian Peters as they travel the road to European title glory is now available to watch online from the RTÉ website
In a battle between Oscar De La Hoya, boxing’s top attraction, and Manny Pacquiao, the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, Pacquiao, a 2 -1 underdog, emerged victorious on December 6, stopping De La Hoya at the end of round eight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on a pay-per-view broadcast seen by over 1.25 million…
It was announced today that Golden Boy Promotions prospect Victor Ortiz was named ESPN.com’s Prospect of the Year. The rising star had a spectacular 2008, racking up three wins by knockout in three fights and will set his sights on a world title fight in 2009. Earlier this month, Ortiz was also named Sports Illustrated’s…
US Olympian Ricardo Williams will make his first local appearance in five years on Saturday, January 31 in the main event of “Homecomingâ€, an evening of world class professional boxing at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, presented by TMAX Events and TKO Boxing Promotions.
Forget the cold weather and the snow in Chicago. Skip the holidays. Junior welterweight prospect Ivan Popoca is too focused on the task at hand to pay much attention to either. Preparing for his next fight on Friday, January 23, the undefeated junior welterweight hasn’t stopped training through the holidays. Fighting five times in 2008,…
© Peter Frutkoff A capacity crowd turned out for the annual Ring 8 holiday party and awards dinner December 21 at Tony Mazzarellaʼs Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City, New York.
Former Kazakhstan Olympian Beibut Shumenov, 7-0 (5), fresh off of his impressive 10 round decision victory against Columbian knockout artist Epifanio “Diamente†Mendoza, is arguably is the most ambitious, fastest-rising prospect in boxing.
2004 US Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada, arguably one of the most decorated amateur boxers of the 21st century, is in many ways the United States’ top heavyweight hope to bring home a world title belt. Estrada possesses the quickest hands and feet in the heavyweight division, along with solid “whiskers,†and he has also…
On December 11, 2008, one of the fights of the decade took place in Newark, New Jersey between the then reigning IBF Cruiserweight king Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham from Philadelphia, PA and Polish born expat, Tomasz ‘Goarl’ Adamek, from Jersey City, NJ. After 12 action packed rounds, which saw Cunningham put on the canvas three times…