Polish power puncher Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak (14-0, 9 KOs) adds diversity and brings even more excitement to the “Tomorrow’s Champions” pro boxing show, presented by Irish Ropes Promotions and featuring unbeaten middleweight sensation “Ireland’s” John Duddy, on May 18 at the famed Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. The Poland-native Wolak, reigning New York State middleweight…
Veteran light heavyweight Rodney Toney has a famous last name, several disappointing outcomes against world-class opponents, and a master’s degree in boxing experience from his 14-year pro career. Friday night in a rematch against Anthony “The Rowdy One” Russell, Toney starts what will likely be his final run towards a high-profile fight and lucrative payday….
One of the biggest fight weekends in years will begin this Friday on Showtime when undefeated “Fast” Eddie Chambers faces Dominick Guinn in the main event on “ShoBox: The New Generation” from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. Showtime will televise the heavyweight showdown at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. Former two-time…
Undefeated USBA super bantamweight champion Mike “Machine” Oliver headlines “Battle Zone 3” in a 10-round non-title fight against Vernie Torres on May 4 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Hartford-native Oliver (18-0, 7 KOs), rated No. 8 by the International Boxing Federation is coming off of a close title-defense 12-round decision victory against Gary Stark, Jr. Torres…
The Northwest Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship is on the line when Vili “The Tongan Warrior†Bloomfield, who is an Everett, WA native and weighs in around 225 lbs. will face Eric “Night Train†Boose, who hails from Puyallup, WA with a ten win one loss record. The 27 year old Boose, will come in around…
By Per Ake Persson Swedish heavyweight Aldo Colliander has been added to Arena Box Promotion’s big show in Ankara, Turkey, June 16. Colliander thus joins an impressive line up of heavyweights: WBC International champ Sinan Samil Sam takes on ex-world titlist Oliver McCall in the headliner with WBC Latino heavy ruler Juan Carlos Gomez in…
By Ben Lettman On the undercard of David Haye’s heavyweight debut against Tomasz Bonin on Friday night, welterweight Craig Watson scored three knockdowns against Robert Lloyd Taylor on his way to a one sided points victory at the Wembley Arena in London. Watson, famous for scoring a knockdown against Amir Khan in the amateurs, knocked…
Staten Island’s Gary “Kid†Stark, Jr. (18-1, 8 KO’s) will take center stage in the main event vs. Miami’s Andres Ledesma (13-5, 8 KO’s) on Wednesday night, May 2, when DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City. Fighting out of Staten Island, Stark…
Hennessy Sports promoted John Murray is not surprised that his British lightweight rival Amir Khan rejected an offer to fight him this Saturday on potentially the biggest event in boxing history, despite the Olympic Silver medalist’s false claim that he “played’ with him in sparring. Undefeated Manchester star Murray, 22, will have his 21st professional…
Mia St. John, IFBA Lightweight Champion of the World, Tony Burton, “Duke” in all six Rocky films, and Jake LaMotta, The Raging Bull, will be doing a public autograph signing May 4th and 5th in Las Vegas. That’s the same weekend thousands of fight fans will be in town for the De La Hoya -vs-…
Denver’s prodigal son Stevie “Lil’ But Bad” Johnson isn’t the only Colorado native returning home to fight May 18 for an IBA world title on the “Rocky Mountain Mayhem: Return of the Champ” card, promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado. While it’s been 6 1/2 years since Johnston…
Undefeated South African bantamweight champion and WBC #5 Simpiwe Vetyeka needed very little time to settle in to his base in Tokyo, Japan, ahead of his up-coming challenge for Hozumi Hasegawa’s WBC world title. Much of that has to do with the fact that Vetyeka’s promoter, Branco Milenkovic of Branco Sports Productions (BSP), facilitated the…