Holden Productions brings nationally televised world class professional boxing back to Springfield on Friday, August 10th when heavyweight contenders Rob Calloway and Terry Smith collide in a 10 round match-up at the Springfield Expo Center. The event marks the first televised show in Spingfield since the April 7th Showtime event headlined by the late former…
Bad Dog Productions, Florida’s newest and fastest rising boxing promotional company, in association with Seminole Warrior’s Boxing will be holding a press conference for the upcoming pro boxing card,”Ring of Fire”, the first of four scheduled events at the Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel. The july 27th show will feature former World champion Glen “The Road…
One of boxing’s biggest pound for pound punchers was back in action Wednesday night in front of 6,000 fans at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia as light heavyweight Danny Green introduced former American reality TV star Otis Griffin to the rough and tumble game that is world class boxing. Riding an 18 fight win streak,…
Ronnie “The Rottweiler†Kerner has become the newest face of V-shield Inc. The WBC (World Boxing Council) is the governing body that has agreed to cross-market and cross-promote the new company with the RBF (Retired Boxers Foundation) and V-Shield. “We have 400 V-Shield boxing trunks and 17 of them will be given away to championship…
C.A.M. Boxing, Inc. and Sports and Entertainment Media, Inc. announced today that the new pro boxing pay-per-view series, Pinnacle FightNite, will emanate on August 18 from Salt Lake City, showcasing heavyweights David “Tuaman†Tua, “Baby†Joe Mesi and Roman Greenberg who sport a combined record of 107-3-1 with 85 knockouts. Sensational knockout artist Tua (47-3-1,…
Punchout at the Pepsi Center “No Mercy,†scheduled to be held August 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, has been postponed, Silverhawk Championship Boxing vice president Jeff Grmoja announced.
Promoter Frank Warren says more than 17,000 tickets have already been sold for Joe Calzaghe’s WBO/WBA/WBC/The Ring World Super-Middleweight title unification fight against Mikkel Kessler on November 3. Together, they boast a combined professional record of 82-0 (61 KOs) and their fight is already being called the biggest non-heavyweight title unification fight since Sugar Ray…
Cestus Management’s 168-pound battering-ram, Donovan George, is hitting on all cylinders as he is currently in preparation for the biggest stage of his career: Fighting on the same promotion as Mexican ring legend Erik “El Terrible†Morales. The card, which is promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank, will be live in Chicago , Illinois and…
Team USA boxing star Demetrius “Boo Boo†Andrade is in beautiful Rio de Janerio, not for the hot nightlife and gorgeous Brazilian women, rather to strike gold at the Pan-American Games. Andrade, the No. 1 rated welterweight in the U.S., is the two-time U.S. National Championships and National Golden Gloves champion. The 19-year-old southpaw realizes…
Former WBA Featherweight Derrick “Smoke†Gainer 41-7-1 {24 KO’s} returned to the ring Saturday with a split decision victory over the tough Carlos Navarro 27-6-1 {22 KO’s}. The fight between two southpaws was featured on the undercard of the Roy Jones -Anthony Hanshaw pay per view. Navarro was the aggressor for much of the fight,…
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Chazz Witherspoon takes to the national stage when he takes on Talmadge Griffis (24-6-3, 16 KOs) next Friday, July 27, on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights at Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga. The DiBella Entertainment heavy hitter hopes to follow the same path as his cousin — former heavyweight champion Tim Witherspoon…
While Fawaz Nasir has so far prepared for his July 28 clash with undefeated Pole Lukas Wilaschek by sparring EU champion Lolenga Mock and WBA Intercontinental champion Reda Zam Zam, he now also has the benefit of working with former WBA and WBO world title-challenger Evans “The African Warrior†Ashira (26-3).