On Monday, November 20, Thompson Boxing Promotions will stage the final 2006 show of its popular “Path to Glory” series, in what is predicted to be yet another sold-out event. Lightweight contender Josesito Lopez will step inside the ring with hard-hitting Adrian Navarrete of Durango, Mexico, in a 10-round main attraction for Lopez’s WBC Continental…
The 2006 season finale of Fight Night at the Tank returns to HP Pavilion on Thursday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. Headlining the card will be 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist and Bay Area boxing legend Andre Ward (9-0, 5 KO’s). Ward, who last fought at The Tank in August of 2005 as part of the…
Lenny Daws’ “First Defence’ of his British light welterweight title will now take place at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace on January 19th. Sky Sports will cover live. The Morden fighter was originally scheduled to meet his mandatory contender on October 20th at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, but Morrison withdrew on…
A busy time lies ahead for Hennessy Sports. The promotional company are set to stage three events headlined by team members defending British Titles in less than two months – all live on Sky Sports – and Junior Witter’s first defence of his WBC Light Welterweight Title early in the New Year. Team member Howard…
Click for larger image Former three weight world champion Felix “Tito” Trinidad and WBC General Secretary Gaby Penagarciano visited a Children’s Orphanage in Puerto Rico earlier this week and generous shared their day with over 100 orphans. The living legend also handed out toys and boxing souvenier to the needy children as part of the…
Chagaev and Dimitrenko promise an exciting “Universum Champions Night” in Düsseldorf, Germany The “Universum Champions Night” this Friday at the Burg Wächter – Castello in Düsseldorf will highlight four high profile bouts. GBU Super Flyweight Champ Alesia Graf and WIBF Super Middle titlist Natascha Ragosina will support the headliners Ruslan Chagaev, in his WBA Heavyweight…
Hennessy Sports promoted Dave Stewart can take a big step towards another title shot when he appears in the chief support contest on the Hennessy Sports “Outright’ promotion at the Nottingham Arena on November 24th. The Wanstead based Scot will meet proven championship operator Kpakpo Allotey, from Ghana, in an eliminator for the Commonwealth lightweight…
In the same way that Julius Caesar came and conquered from the Mediterranean centuries ago, this week sees an Italian invasion taking place in London. Giacobbe Fragomeni and his Italian mob come to England with victory in mind, intending to put an end to the world title dreams of British boxing’s glamour boy David Haye…
Popular knockout artist Gary “Tiger” Balletto returns to action, after his recent stint with The Contender II, as the headliner on the December 1 “Jingle Bell Pop” Pro-Am show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence. Balletto (30-3-2, 25 KOs), former IBU World lightweight champion, hasn’t fought outside of The Contender II since…
Newly crowned IBA World middleweight title-holder “Ireland’s” John Duddy, rated No. 6 by the WBO and No. 9 by the WBA, realizes that he’s still developing into a world-class fighter. Ireland-native Duddy (18-0, 15 KOs), now fighting of out Queens (NY), learned an invaluable lesson in his last fight, September 29 in a unanimous 12-round…
Newark welterweight and former Royal Marine Andrew Alan Lowe is set to return to Stoke-on-Trent’s Kings Hall on 24th November and hopes see a reversal of his fortunes last time out. Lowe is scheduled to contest a six round contest but an opponent has yet to be confirmed. Making his professional debut in September, Lowe…
It’s fight week, and Spanish Harlem star Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (19-2, 12 KO’s) gets ready to take center stage in the main event against Meacher Major (11-2-1, 10 KO’s) this Wednesday night, November 15th, when DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City.