Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing today announced a spectacular fight card coming Thursday, October 18 to The Grand Ballroom at The Manhattan Center, NYC. The main event features Vinny Maddalone, 27-4, (19KO’s), returning to the ring after losing a bloody battle against legendary former Heavyweight Champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield in Corpus Christi, Texas on…
Two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (41-7-1, 28 KOs) has offered to replace injured Oleg Maskaev on October 6 against Samuel Peter (28-1, 22 KOs). “I’m calling out Peter,†Ruiz said, “or any of the other top heavyweights in the world. If Peter wants to step-up and prove himself against a 2–time world…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: World Boxing Council heavyweight world champion Oleg Maskaev, from Kazakhstan-Russia, suffered a multiple disc herniation injury which will cause him to be inactive for at least for the next three or four months, according to his lawyer, which would lead the heavyweight division to 14 months without activity. Consequently, his…
One of boxing’s most exciting young warriors, Edison Miranda has captured the hearts of the fight world since his United States debut in 2005. Now, on Tuesday, October 30th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, “Pantera’ begins his long-awaited assault on the super middleweight division when he takes on Henry Porras.
Beaches and boxing. Although the two are rarely mentioned in the same breath, the sweet science will meet the sandy shores of the Caribbean Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, on Showtime. In the main event, two undefeated super middleweights and former amateur stars will invade the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Lucia as Olympic Gold Medalist…
20-year-old Kim Poulsen (4-1, 1 KO) will not be getting a “walk-over†opponent when he fights in Soumagne, Belgium on September 29. The Danish super featherweight prospect will face his first undefeated professional foe in Tomasz Kwiecien (1-0) from Poland, and Poulsen expects a tough and competitive challenge.
Cuban stars Odlanier Solis and Yuriorkis Gamboa again scored easy ko wins in the headliners of Arena Box Promotion´s big 14 fight show last night at the Hansa Hall in luebeck, Germany. Solis, at heavyweight, took some time to find the range against Marcus McGee but knocked him out in the second. Gamboa, down to…
Stoke’s English flyweight champion will contest the inaugural British super-flyweight title against Doncaster’s English bantamweight champion on 30th November at Doncaster Dome.
NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato†Figueroa now has James “Buddy†McGirt as his new head trainer and the two are working together at Figueroa’s training camp at McGirt’s Gym in Vero Beach, Florida. The Spanish Harlem-born, Bronx-raised Figueroa (17-2, 13 KOs), now fighting out of Miami, has cracked the top 15 ratings, ranked…
NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato†Figueroa now has James “Buddy†McGirt as his new head trainer and the two are working together at Figueroa’s training camp at McGirt’s Gym in Vero Beach, Florida. The Spanish Harlem-born, Bronx-raised Figueroa (17-2, 13 KOs), now fighting out of Miami, has cracked the top 15 ratings, ranked…
WBC CABOFE middleweight champion Miguel Espino, 17-2-1 (6), defended his title and extended his winning steak to eight in a row with a dominating performance by way of fifth round TKO over Ray Ortega, 12-6-3 (7), last night at the Doubletree Hotel in Bakersfield. CA.
WBC Lightweight World Champion David Diaz will be honored this Sunday afternoon, September 23rd with the 2007 Chicago Fire Hispanic Hero Award at Toyota Park. A special ceremony honoring Diaz’s win over three division world champion Erik Morales will take place at half-time of the Chicago Fire MLS match against D.C. United. Diaz successfully defended…