On August 25 at Robert E Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia, world ranked cruiserweight Bobby Gunn, 17-3 (14), will challenge veteran southpaw Benito Fernandez, 19-14 (6). The scheduled ten round contest will be the main event on a Sugar Han Productions card which features seven bouts in total. Fernandez has been in with tough…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is pleased to announce a very special ringside guest at The Utopia Paradise Theater, for August 24, Friday Night Fights live on ESPN2. Former World Super Featherweight Champion Alfredo “Salsero†Escalera, 53-14-3 31 KO’s, returns to New York this week to root for his young son Alfredo Escalera, Jr., as he…
The official weigh-in for the 8 Count Productions/Top Rank shared promotion “El Bravo” was held yesterday in Chicago. A scheduled ten round light heavyweight matchup between Tavoris Cloud and Jose Luis Herrera headlines the card, which takes places tonight at the Congress Theater at 2135 N. Milwaukee in Chicago, IL.
Showtime will premiere “Vargas vs. Mayorga: Countdown To The Brawlâ€Ã¢â‚¬â€profiling two of boxing’s most colorful and explosive personalitiesâ€â€on Saturday night, August 25, at 1 a.m. ET/PT, immediately following the ShoXC, live MMA event. The 30-minute documentary program will air at various times on the premium network until Sept. 8, when “Ferocious†Fernando Vargas and Ricardo…
Prize Fight Promotions is happy to announce the signing of amateur standout, Mark Davis from Cleveland OH. Promoter Russ Young is ecstatic saying, “We are very excited about Mark Davis who was the 2005 and 2006 National Champion at 125. Trainer Mark Davis Sr. and adviser Joe Delguyd were very easy to deal with as…
Andy Bell has gone to Tenerife ahead of his forthcoming inaugural English Super-Flyweight Title but claims it has been no holiday. While most British people on the Spanish island arrive for a relaxing break, the Doncaster boxer has been training hard to get ready for his fight against fellow Yorkshireman Robert Nelson at the The…
By Gary Evans What happens when very young men fall out of the bottom of the education system? Some of the more obvious answers can be found in broad daylight on a busy street in North London, in the shadow of the Spurs football [soccer] ground [where, incidently, Eubank fought Michael Watson on that tragic…
Lee Meager is on a quest to earn a shot at European Lightweight Champion Yuri Romanov, starting at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, September 7. The former British champion returns to action after losing his domestic belt in a non-title bout as support to Junior Witter’s WBC world light-welterweight title defence against…
WBA and WBC super middle champ Mikkel Kessler began the training today at the CIK Gym in Copenhagen with six rounds of sparring with stablemate Lolenga Mock. Kessler will now do the heavy physical preparations in his new home in Monaco and then return to Copenhagen for sparring September 17. Herbie Hide, down to cruiser…
For now, at least, Irish heavyweight champion Kevin “The Clones Colossus†McBride is best known as the fighter who knocked “Iron†Mike Tyson into retirement. McBride, however, can change his legacy if he defeats Andrew Golota on October 6, and then eventually attains his nearly lifelong dream of becoming the first Irish-born heavyweight champion of…
Jose Hernandez, of Atlanta, GA, will challenge Johnnie Edwards, of Florence, SC, for Edwards’ NABA featherweight title over 12 rounds on Friday evening, Aug. 31, at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel. The non-televised fight will be the first boxing event held in the 1,904-seat Events Center at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel, 310…
Cota Boxing Promotions has added Russian middleweight contender, Sergey Stepkin (17-2, 9 KO’s) vs Eric Mitchell (20-4-1,10 KO’s) as the co-feature to Miguel Espino vs an opponent TBA at the Double Tree Hotel in Bakersfield Ca, September 21st 2007. Mitchell who has been inactive for the last year is excited to step back in the…