Author: Boxing Press

Due to ongoing negotiations for a heavyweight title fight, Gotham Boxing has announced that Shannon Briggs will not compete on the July 26th card at the Manhattan Center. Instead, promoter Cedric Kushner has signed up a pair of title fights. In the first championship fight, Cuban star Eliseo Castillo (20-1-1, 15 KO’s) steps into the…

Popular boxing television analyst Teddy Atlas will be on hand to sign copies of his new book prior to the Wednesday, Aug. 2 fights at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia. Atlas and blow-by-blow announcer Joe Tessitore will be in Philadelphia with ESPN 2, which will televise the show, headlined by the USBA featherweight championship…

David Haye said from his training camp yesterday that he was looking forward to fighting in what is the fight capital of British boxing, Manchester. Manchester has seen many great fights over the past few years and has taken the shine away from London for boxing. Haye tops the bill on 21st at the Altrincham…

“On 21st July I’m going to give the English fans something to shout about. They have been deprived of winning sportsmen this summer and my performance against Abdoul will help them forget about the World Cup and put a smile on their faces. “I’ll fight at cruiserweight as long as I have to then I’ll…

North American Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Prince Badi “The Boxing Prince” Ajamu, based in Vero Beach (FL), already is training in Boise for his July 29th fight against five-time world champion Roy Jones, Jr., headlining the July 29th “Hold Nothing Back!” pay-per-view show at Qwest Arena.

NABA and USNBC cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (12-0, 7 KOS) has angrily responded to an erroneous report on the Internet that claimed, due to a hand injury, he turned down an International Boxing Federation title fight offer last week against Steve Cunningham in St. Louis. “Completely false,” Godfrey said about the aforementioned report….

Click for larger image © Joe Miranda/For Showtime Boxing If the fight is even remotely as entertaining and exciting as the press conference, fans are in for The Fight of the Year Saturday, Sept. 2, when world-ranked heavyweights James “Lights Out” Toney (69-4-2, 43 KOs) and Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare’’ Peter (26-1, 22 KOs) collide…

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Yesterday in London boxing golden boy Amir Khan claimed the British fighter he most wants is Manchester’s Craig Watson. Frank Warren, Amir Khan’s promoter, contacted Craig Watson’s promoter Frank Maloney and offered him the fight sometime last week. Frank Warren was informed that Craig Watson has had some personal problems and has been out of…

Jamie Moore is hoping that his run of bad luck is over as he prepares for his contest on the 21st July. Moore was scheduled to fight against Matthew Macklin earlier this year with his British title on the line but had to pull out of the eagerly awaited clash due to a shoulder injury….

He’s one of boxing’s best, pound for pound, a charismatic athlete with the talent to beat anyone in the world on any given night. And now, former welterweight and junior welterweight champion Zab Judah – with the co-promotional team of Prize Fight Boxing behind him – is ready to once again conquer the boxing world…