© Paul Speak Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton is at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas today to lend support to WBC Super Featherweight Champion Marco Antonio Barrera, who faces rugged challenger Rocky Juarez in a rematch to their bout earlier this year. Ricky has been in Vegas since Thursday when Marco…
IBF/IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko and no. 3 contender Calvin Brock will announce their November 11 title clash at a press conference at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday afternoon, September 19, at 12 noon. The highly anticipated heavyweight championship contest will be promoted by K-2 Promotions in association with Main Events, and televised by HBO…
Peter Manfredo, Jr. vs. Joey Spina, Allan Green vs. Jerson Ravelo Also featuring Contender favorite Alfonso Gomez Tickets on sale this Saturday Tournament of Contenders, in association with Classic Entertainment & Sports, will promote another LIVE boxing special – “The Contender Special – Put Up or Shut Up” — on Saturday night, October 14 at…
Up and coming super middleweight contender Librado Andade headlines tonight’s 8 Count Productions/Golden Boy Promotions shared bill at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Yesterday the official weigh-in was held with the following fighters
As two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-6-1, 28 KOs) awaits a purse bid for his mandated World Boxing Association title eliminator against No. 2 rated challenger Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev (21-0-1, 17 KOs), the No. 1 ranked Ruiz formally announced he has signed a managerial contract with German Wilfried Sauerland.
Pro boxing goes on the diamond September 30th with “Battles at the Ballpark,” featuring welterweights Robert “La Ameneza” Garcia and Homer “The Natural” Gibbons in the 10-round main event, at Edinburg Baseball Field in Edinburg, Texas. “Battles at the Ballpark” is promoted by Julio Marines in association with Silverhawk Championship Boxing.
Two boxers with a genuine disdain for each other will duke it out with bad intentions for a third time when Diego “Chico†Corrales defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) and RING lightweight titles against former world champion and longtime adversary, southpaw Joel “El Cepillo†Casamayor, on Saturday, Oct. 7, during a Free Preview Weekend…
With all four world heavyweight champions hailing from the former Soviet Union, much has been made of America’s lack of heavyweight mettle. Can Brooklyn’s Shannon “The Cannon†Briggs crash the Eastern-bloc party when he challenges World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight titleholder Sergei “The White Wolf†Liakhovich on Saturday, Nov. 4? You’ll have to tune in…
A live outdoor boxing workout will be held Tuesday, September 19, from 11:30 AM to 1 PM at the Old State House (800 Main St.) in Hartford to promote the September 23rd “Night of the Rising Stars” Pro-Am boxing show at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
At last, the long awaited and much talked about British Light Middleweight clash between Jamie Moore and Matthew Macklin finally takes place on 29 September at the George Carnell Leisure Centre in Manchester, England. This is the fight which has captured the imagination of the entire British boxing public, such is the significance and excitement…
Finally, a new trainer has been announced for the Netherlands’ hard-punching heavyweight Richel “The Dutch Sonny Liston’ Hersisia and it is renowned German coach Torsten Schmitz. The new team started working out at the Universum Gym in Berlin on Monday, it was confirmed. For the Dutchman’s manager Olaf Schroeder of Fight Production, the engagement of…
With a modest record and an unassuming style, Berry “Killa Bee” Butler goes into the lion’s den tonight against undefeated Corey Cummings. The fight takes place Thursday in Woodlawn, Maryland at Martin’s West (410) 375-9175. The pressure is all on Cummings and his inexperienced and untested record of 15-0. This is purportedly his first main…