Five professional and three amateur bouts are scheduled to carry on the tradition created years ago of great fights being held in Oklahoma City on Tuesday nights. The event April 1, which is the second boxing event being promoted by CatBOX Entertainment at Remington Park, the last one being in November, 2007, once again promises…
By Per Ake Persson French junior middle Christophe Canclaux is still waiting for his shot at the WBA title held by Joachim Alcine, who´s now sidelined with an injury. Canclaux will stay busy with a fight lined up for either March 22 in France or will be on Sauerland´s show in Neubrandenburg April 12.
Ahmet Öner and Gary Shaw, the owners of Arena Box-Promotion in Hamburg, Germany, and Gary Shaw Productions in Totowa, NJ, respectively, announced a new joint venture today where GSP will be Arena’s exclusive US promoter.
He’s put in his time in the gym, he’s learned from the tactical mistakes of the past, and now former junior welterweight champion Juan Urango is ready to re-take his crown. But first, the “Iron Twin†must get by South American Champion Carlos Wilfredo Vilches on Wednesday, April 23rd, as ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights returns…
Clampitt fighting on for love of sport Manfredo-Benfield headline Friday night’s “Rumble at the River†at Twin River Event Center, RI Three-time world champion Jaime “The Hurricane†Clampitt, 2007 Canadian Female Fighter of the Year, defends her IWBF lightweight crown against GBU junior welterweight title-holder Belinda “Brown Sugar†Larcuente in Friday night’s 10-round co-feature on…
Gerry Cooney, one of the great boxers of his era and the former heavyweight contender from Huntington, Long Island, will headline “A Salute to Irish American Heritage” at Empire City at Yonkers Raceway on on Tuesday night, March 11.
In his first fight in hometown Aarhus in more than five years, Danish super middleweight Fawaz Nasir will be facing a tough challenge in former IBF Continental Africa champion Maneno “The Tanzanian Tyson†Oswald on the April 4 promotion at the NRGI Arena staged by Team Vester in cooperation with Risum Boxing.
Michael Acri Boxing Promotions presents the 2008 debut of undefeated former IBF lightweight champion “The Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora. Returning to the ring for the first time in over a year, Spadafora (40-0-1), fighting in a 10-round welterweight bout against an opponent to be named shortly, headlines a six-bout card at The Avalon Hotel in…
**With Slideshow** © David Martin Warr / DKP In preparation for tonight’s historic WBC Heavyweight title fight at Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico, all fighters on the card weighed in on Friday. WBC Heavyweight Championship Champion Oleg Maskaev: 243 lb Challenger Samuel Peter: 250.75 lb
Bob Arum: I’m here today in Los Angeles. Manny is doing a media workout later in the day. He’s, as he will tell you, fit and ready and raring to go. I can’t wait for March 15 because it’s a night that I’ve been anticipating as has so many fight fans for a long time….
Bradley Declared WBC 140 Lb Champ Witter’s Mandatory Challenger WBC undefeated No. 1 super lightweight contender Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley was left at the scale alone at yesterday’s official weigh-in for their WBC super lightweight title elimination bout.
Two title-holders put their belts on the line when World Championship Boxing: Oleg Maskaev vs. Samuel Peter and Juan Diaz vs. Nate Campbell is seen live from Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday, March 8 at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT, exclusively on HBO.