Dave Stewart will take a world of experience into his challenge for the vacant British lightweight title on the Hennessy Sports Twenty Four event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday night. The 30-year-old, who takes on training partner and friend Lee Meager, has competed and trained all over the globe as an…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is proud to announce the hiring of Brad Jacobs as its new Senior Vice-President of Operations and Development. Jacobs comes to Star Boxing after a successful six year stint as the senior advisor to future Hall of Fame boxer Roy Jones Jr. and Jones’ promotional company Square Ring Inc. Star Boxing…
DiBella Entertainment will bring boxing fans a star-studded evening of New York’s premier pugilists as Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort and Casino returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center on Friday night, May 19th. The stellar card is headlined by Spanish Harlem’s Edgar “El Chamaco†Santana (17-2, 12 KO’s), who squares off…
Big John Poore, of Boothwyn, PA, goes for his 18th victory in 19 pro fights when he boxes Demetrice King, of Flint, MI, in the scheduled eight-round heavyweight semifinal Friday evening, June 16, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at 7.30 p.m….
Northeast Promotions in association with El Paso Professional Baseball LP presents ESPN 2 “Friday Night Fights†live from Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas on May 26, 2006. Headlining the bout in a 12 round USBA Welterweight title fight, will be Delvin Rodriguez (18 – 1 – 1 10 KO’s) Danbury, CT vs. Luis Hernandez…
The countdown is on and the premier light heavyweight in the world, Antonio “Magic Man’ Tarver is now a little over a month away from one of the biggest fight of his career on June 10th at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey against middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins. A little over a month, or…
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, 16-1-1 (9), got some good work in today with Bobby Pacquiao, brother of Filipino star Manny Pacquiao and IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Israel Vasqez. “Everything went well today,” said Guerrero. “I worked on my body attack and did some adjustments on my footwork. The rest of this camp is going to…
By Tom Donelson Sergio Mora may not be the best fighter in the world and he may never succeed in winning a championship but against Archak TerMelikestian, he showed the heart that he demonstrated over several weeks in The Contender program.
Professional boxing will return to Daytona Beach for the first time in more than a decade as the Daytona Cubs, in conjunction with the Manolo Corporation, have officially announced “Fight Night at the Jack.†The event is set for Saturday, May 27, 2006, at 7:00 P.M. at Jackie Robinson Ballpark..
By John “Iceman” Scully Tonight (May 26, 2004) there were two happenings that illustrate just how kids can be taught lessons that will carry over into other aspects of their lives. For the last two weeks I have been having open sparring at my gym. The community center where the gym is located also houses…
Ring rust? What ring rust? In his first fight in 20 months, “The Golden Boy’, Oscar De La Hoya showed that he was better than ever, impressively stopping Ricardo Mayorga in six dominating rounds to win the WBC junior middleweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The end came at…
Exciting World Title Bouts Will Be Replayed First Time On SHO Extreme Monday, May 8, At 11 PM ET/PT Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing This time, Jose Antonio Rivera left no doubt. Fighting for the first time since disappointing the hometown fans and losing his World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight…