DiBella Entertainment has announced the airdates for the extremely -popular Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort & Casino headlined by the IBF Bantamweight Eliminator for the number one ranking featuring Silence Mabuza (18-1, 15 KO’s) of South Africa against Ricardo Vargas (39-11-3, 13 KO’s) of Tijuana, Mexico in the main event from New York…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Brothers Lamont and Anthony Peterson did not allow the spotlight of national television spoil their coming out party. The pair kept their undefeated records intact with dominant victories Friday on the SHOWTIME boxing series, “ShoBox: The New Generation.â€
MARYLYN ACEVES, PUBLICIST, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s conference call with eight-time world champion Oscar De la Hoya. He will be joining us in just a few minutes, but first I want to let everyone know that Danger Zone, featuring the Golden Boy, Oscar De la Hoya versus Ricardo “El Matador 
As the highly anticipated, historical boxing event – “Tribal Pride†fast approaches, Warriors Boxing Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions are packing the card with the type of action-packed bouts both companies have built their reputations on. “Tribal Pride’, which is headlined by the Interim IBF Lightweight Championship bout between Ricky Quiles (39-6-3, 8 KOs) and…
Home sweet home. In some major sports, home field advantage is huge and often can be the difference between winning and losing. Not so in the sweet science, however, where performance and what one does in the ring counts most. “Once the bell rings, it is just you and your opponent,†said Alejandro “Terra†Garcia…
WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion “Ireland’s” John Duddy (16-0, 14 KOs) has signed an exclusive contract with Irish Ropes. Duddy, now rated No13 by the WBA, has fought for Irish Ropes his entire pro career. The native of Derry, Northern Ireland lives and fights out of Queens (NY).
After his stunning seventh round stoppage of Lance “Mount’ Whitaker last December, the boxing world stood up and took notice of unbeaten Heavyweight contender and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Sultan Ibragimov, as one of the division’s brightest stars. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) obviously agrees, as the world sanctioning body has ordered an elimination bout…
Rubin “Hollywood” Williams vehemently denies that he was one of several fighters that avoided fighting Allan Green (20-0, 14 KOs), as reported on the most recent ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights show. “If they tried calling me, my promoter or manager,” Williams responded, “they must have dialed the wrong number because none of us were ever…
WBA Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton’s strength trainer and nutritionist Kerry Kayes is one of the world’s preeminent bodybuilding coaches. The Manchester, England native’s usual assignment of making Hatton as strong as possible for each fight developed an added dimension when it was announced that “The Hitman” would go up in weight to challenge reigning…
Click for larger image© Tom CasinoShowtime Boxing Brothers Lamont and Anthony Peterson of Washington, D.C., grew up homeless, but they feel right at home in the ring. The up-and-coming, unbeaten junior welterweights are a combined 32-0 with 20 knockouts. Lamont, who at 22 is 14 months older than Anthony, is 16-0 with seven KOs. Anthony…
It was a night few fight fans will forget. Two of boxing’s superstars, despite having already established themselves as the best of their era, fighting it out like hungry prospects eager for their first shot at boxing’s brass ring. When it was over on February 25th, “Sugar Shane†Mosley and “Ferocious’ Fernando Vargas had given…
Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ Monday (May 1) before heading to Las Vegas for his May 6 showdown with WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga. “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ is telecast on NBC beginning at 11:35pm. Other guests on Monday’s show…