Don King is making the biggest boxing match ever staged in Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Saturday, Jan. 6 an even more star-studded affair with the addition of a World Boxing Association super welterweight championship, which will join the World Boxing Council-ordered heavyweight rematch between Samuel “The Nigerian…
After suffering a detached retina early on in his fight against Sergei Liakhovich former WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster has been given a clean bill of health. He is eager to prove he remains the best and most exciting heavyweight out there, and intends to take on any of the current champions and unify the…
“All-American Prizefighter†Rob Calloway will be going for his 65th professional win and his 50th Knock Out when he takes on Doug Kaluza on Thursday, December 7th at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO. This fight will be televised on tape delay, nationally through Time Warner and locally through Metro Sports and St. Joseph…
World class professional boxing will return to Cicero Stadium on Friday, December 22nd as super lightweight contender Jose Miguel Cotto, brother of world champion Miguel Cotto, will face Miguel Angel Huerta in the ten round main event of Christmas Brawl it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count.
In front of a full capacity crowd of screaming and cheering boxing fans at the Lansing Convention Center in Lansing, Michigan, Colorado lightweight Adrian “Juanito” Mora (17-0-1 9, KO’s) folded game but outgunned Anthony Ivy (7-11, 3 KO’s) in the second round of their scheduled eight round bout last night. Mora pressed the action in…
Although Mario Santiago hails from Puerto Rico, the Golden State and “ShoBox†are fast becoming the undefeated fighter’s homes away from home. For the third time in his last five fights, the 28 year old recorded a knockout in California on America’s No. 1 boxing network by stopping Salvador Garcia in the seventh round Friday…
Undisputed and undefeated World Middleweight Champion Jermain “Bad Intentions†Taylor defending his title against Kassim “The Dream†Ouma will be the icing on the cake of the December 9th DiBella Entertainment championship fight card at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, as there are heaping portions of excitement layered on a truly stellar undercard as…
Main Event Gary “Tiger†Balletto (31-3-2, 26 KOs), 140 lbs., Providence, RI WTKO9 (0:59) “Mayhem†Mathew Strode (20-2, 9 KOs), Greensboro, NC
Click for larger image © Tom casino / Showtime Boxing Miguel Cotto weighed 146 pounds. Antonio Margarito, Joshua Clottey and Carlos Quintana each tipped the scales at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds. Cotto faces Quintana for the vacant WBA welterweight title and Margarito defends his WBO 147-pound belt against Clottey Saturday on SHOWTIME (9…
Former two-time heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and current IBF and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will be named UNESCO Champions by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of the organization, on Monday, Dec. 4. Many celebrities, politicians and athletes are expected to attend the event.
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On Saturday, Dec. 2, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will televise an outstanding world championship doubleheader featuring two of boxing’s most dynamic performers, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, live at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
By Simon Jackson Entering Frank Maloney’s Fight Factory in the early evening is an experience in itself. FTM Sports Management and Frank Maloney Boxing Promotions are situated above the Lord Clyde pub in South East London where access is gained via the bar area. The first door I come to at the top of the…