WHAT: Former world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver will participate in an open media workout in Tampa, FL on Friday as he continues to prepare for his upcoming big fight against Elvir Muriqi on Saturday, June 9, at The Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn.
Jamie Sanigar puts on an International Masters Bantamweight Championship fight card in Newport, Wales on Saturday, June 16 at the Newport Centre. Headlining the bill is the scheduled ten round bantamweight title fight between hometown man Matthew Edmonds and Pakistan’s Jamil Hussain. The fully stocked undercard sees lightweight Gary Buckland of Cardiff squaring off against…
Welterweight boxer Aaron Thomas will appear at Old Trafford on 31st March on an SMP promoted card. The Chris Sanigar managed Thomas will be seeking to secure his fourth consecutive victory since turning professional last September. Thomas last turned out at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke earlier this month when he successfully managed to…
Brooklyn’s Shaun George knew he had to do more than just earn a victory; he needed to make an impression. Squaring off against his most difficult assignment to date, dangerous knockout artist Richard “The Destroyer” Hall, George shined on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights in front of a nationally televised audience on May 18. All three…
Ricky Hatton will meet a losing finalist from the hit US reality show Contender every day in the gym for the next two weeks. Last September Steve Forbes dropped a controversial split decision to Grady Brewer in the final of the second series of Contender. Forbes, a former IBF super-featherweight champion, arrived in Manchester on…
By Simon Jackson Tony Oakey’s prediction that 2007 was going to be his year was proved correct on Friday night at London’s Docklands ExCel Arena when the 31 year old produced an impressive boxing display to stop Steven Spartacus and become the new British light heavyweight champion. Oakey has long had his sights set on…
Roy Jones and opponent Anthony Hanshaw were on hand yesterday at Madison Square Garden to announce their July 14 Pay Per View bout to be held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. Roy Jones Jr: “I love to do what I do and I am back to doing what I do. No one…
Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Chicago’s 8 Count Productions are teaming up again for an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, June 1 at Cicero Stadium, featuring some of the sports finest prospects and future world champions.
Yesterday’s “Zab” Judah media conference call was too good to be true. It started on time. Media attendance was record-breaking. Oh, and the trainer, formerly known as Zab during the call, was, in reality, his father and trainer, YOEL Judah. Shades of Clifford Irving! Yes, the call was a plain old-fashioned hoax. “Mea culpa,” said…
Miguel Espino, who considers himself the real fighter from the “Contender” reality series is put to the test once again June 30th when he battles a fighter TBA at the Sylmar National Guard. Espino, who’s rapidly climbing up the ranks in the middleweight division, will attempt to extend on his 6 fight-winning streak. In his…
By Per Ake Persson The fight for the vacant European Junior Middle title between Zauerbek Baysangurov from Ukraine and Frenchman Husseyn Bayram could go ahead July 7 in Cologne, Germany in a supporting bout to IBF and IBO heavy champ Wladimir Klitschko´s defence of the titles against Lamon Brewster.
Fresh off of his first-round destruction of veteran Steve “Storm” Pannell (34-13, 28 KOs) last Friday night in Colorado, Cedric “Bos” Boswell believes he’s ready to take on the any of the world’s top heavyweights. Boswell (24-1, 19 KOs), fighting out of Atlanta, is lucky he doesn’t get paid by the minute. His last two…