Yesterday, Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions staged the official weigh-in for their hotly anticipated Chicago Superstars bill, which takes place tonight at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, IL. The headlining contest features popular local featherweight Jose Hernandez, 20-3 (13), taking on Philadelphia’s hard as nails Lenny DeVictoria, 8-4 (2), in an eight round contest with…
When the 20th anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues on SHOWTIME on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 9 p.m., ET/PT (delayed on the west coast), Diego “Chico†Corrales will face nemesis and former 130-pound world champion, southpaw Joel “El Cepillo†Casamayor. Click for larger image© Mary Ann Owenfor Showtime Boxing The rubber match of an…
Not too long ago, not even the most diehard boxing fan could tell you who Carlos Baldomir or Sycuan Ringside Promotions was. That was then. Now, as Sycuan Ringside Promotions prepares to present its seventh world title bout of 2006, the stage is set for Baldomir to defend his World Boxing Council welterweight championship against…
By Mike Casile (PBR) The writing was on the wall for the Maskaev / Rahman fight, before they ever threw a punch. Their can not be anyone, with a rational brain in their head, that would fork out $49.95, to see two unpopular Heavyweights duke it out, when the week before they watched a man…
Figueroa, 8-0 (3KO’s) won the WIBA Americas Lightweight Title in her last fight, a unanimous decision over Eva Lidia Silva on May 12th at the Aragon Ballroom on the 8 Count Productions’ War By The Shore event. She will featured in a six round bout on Friday night against veteran Leora Jackson of Springdale, Arkansas.
Unbeaten welterweight contender Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita (25-0-1, 15KO’s) is joined recently by rapper 50 Cent at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan to benefit Tikva Children’s Home, a non-profit charitable organization whose core mission is to care for the homeless, abandoned and abused Jewish children of Odessa, Ukraine. Salita, who was born in Odessa, will…
Click for larger image© Karl Stubbs Impact Boxing Stoke City were bundled out of the Carling Cup at the first hurdle by the ten men of lowly Darlington but the attending 3500 faithful fans were given something to cheer at half time when they were introduced to English Lightweight Champion, Scott Lawton and Welsh ABA…
Promoted by Sycuan Ringside Promotions, World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (40-3, 29 KOs) and World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (33-4, 28 KOs) square off on Mexican Independence Day on Saturday, Sept. 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Vazquez, who became the 100th Mexican champion with his first world…
Impact Boxing today announced that former Royal Marine Andrew Lowe will make his pro debut on 30th September at The Kings Hall, Stoke. Following in the footsteps of Imran Khan and, the Chris Sanigar managed, Aaron Thomas the Newark based Lowe becomes the third debutant to link up with Impact within the last two months….
Ireland’s John Duddy (17-0, 15 KO’s) will be back in the Big Apple spotlight when he faces the sternest test of his young career against former world champion, Mexico’s Yory Boy Campas (88-8, 72 KO’s), on Friday night, September 29, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Red Corner Promotions and the XFC present the first ever OktoberFIST on October 13 at the Broncos Leagues Club in Red Hill, Brisbane, Australia. With the Australian love of beer and our love of a good dust-up it only seemed natural to combine the two. The Germans have their own festival around beer we just…
In a recent column on the ESPN.com boxing website, blow-by-blow announcer Joe Tessitore named the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia as the best place to watch a fight over the recent Wednesday Night Fight series on ESPN 2.