Christmas came early for Potteries’ boxer Chris Edwards when Impact Boxing confirmed that the English flyweight champion will face Dean Robinson again but this time for the coveted British title. Edwards put paid to the Huddersfield man’s English title ambitions with an eighth round stoppage at Stoke’s Kings Hall in November and confounded most experts…
The hotly anticipated bantamweight rematch between Commonwealth titlist Tshifhiwa Munyai and British Champion Martin Power, “Payback or Playback”, takes place on January 26 at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England. The last time the pair met in June of this year, Munyai, a late replacement, forced Power’s corner to pull the plug in the ninth…
In less than three minutes on Saturday night, Edison “Pantera’ Miranda reminded the boxing world why he is the uncrowned middleweight champion of the world as he dispatched of tough Willie Gibbs in devastating fashion. But now the Colombian bomber wants the hardware to go with his status as the people’s champion, and in 2007,…
Walter Lambert, President of Northeast Promotions is proud to announce the arrival of Australia’s top Lightweight Michael Katsidis. Katsidis 21 – 0 19KOs Toowoobma, Queensland, Australia is currently ranked # 1 in the WBO. Katsidis also holds the WBO Asia Pacific and IBF Pan Pacific titles.
President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have invited unbeaten Brooklyn boxing star Dmitriy Salita to the White House to attend their annual Chanukah Festival Celebration on Monday, December 18.
Despite his reputation as one of the most feared fighters in the world, never let it be said that uncrowned middleweight champion Edison Miranda doesn’t have a more generous side, as was evidenced by his presentation of an early Christmas gift to the man he will be fighting on Tonight, Willie Gibbs.
Berry “Killa Bee” Butler recovered well from a first round knockdown (which could have been ruled a slip) to come back and drop Sam Reese several times in the second round with uppercuts and dominate the remainder of the fight. Berry said his right hand seemed to have a radar on it tonight, he could…
Big Ticket Boxing Productions, the specialist boxing division of leading Australian sports and entertainment marketing group Cross Country Entertainment, announced today that have signed an agreement with New York based Star Boxing that will see them work as co-promoters on a series of major bouts in Australia commencing in early 2007.
Main Event Patrick “El Elegante†Lopez (9-0, 7 KO), 140 lbs., Salem, NH via Venezuela WTKO6 (2:54) Agustine Valez (7-2, 4 KOs), 141 lbs., Raleigh, NC
Hennessy Sports are promoting a championship-laden bill headlined by Junior Witter at the Alexandra Palace in London that will provide the UK leg of the Sky Box Office Pay Per View Event on January 20th featuring Ricky Hatton. On the show Witter – Hatton’s long-term rival – will make the first defence of the WBC…
Promoters Dennis Hobson/Fight Academy and Banner Promotions, in association with Top Rank, Inc., will present a sensational world championship fight card on Saturday, January 20, 2007, at Paris Las Vegas, located at 3655 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas . The main event and co-featured fight will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship…
World Boxing Association light middleweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera hopes to eliminate the phrase “boxing’s best-kept secret” from his portfolio with an impressive performance January 6 on Showtime live from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Rivera (38-4-1, 24 KOs), a three-time world champion in two divisions, defends his…