In the past 12 months, there have been several major upsets on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, including most recently Carlos Baldomir over Zab Judah and O’Neil Bell over Jean-Marc Mormeck on Jan. 7. Among the favored boxers to come up short on America’s No. 1 Boxing Network in 2005 were Kostya Tszyu, who fell to Ricky…
As one of boxing’s best, pound for pound, former World Champion Joel Casamayor knows what it takes to compete at the highest levels of the sport on a consistent basis. On February 24th, “El Cepillo’ will show fight fans that he not only still has it, but that he’s ready to make another world title…
A sellout crowd is expected at Saturday night’s “Super Brawl: The Battle of Boston,†featuring red-hot prospects “Ireland’s†John Duddy (14-0, 13 KOs) and Yuri Foreman (19-0, 7 KOs) in separate bouts, in The Castle at Park Plaza in downtown Boston.
British bantamweight champion Martin Power makes the second defence of his title when he takes on his mandatory challenger Darlington’s Isaac ‘Argy’ Ward at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on March 10th. Martin who started training two weeks ago alongside team-mate Graham Earl and was at ringside to watch Graham beat Yuri Romanov last…
Former CNN Headline News anchor Karyn Bryant has joined the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING announce team as a reporter and correspondent for the February 4 and March 4 telecasts, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, general manager of Showtime Sports & Event Programming.
DiBella Entertainment’s welterweight sensation Joshua Clottey (28-1, 18 KO’s) is capable of beating any welterweight in the world. Clottey has reeled off nine consecutive victories and has his eyes set on a world championship. This past Saturday night, Michael Jennings, #1 ranked contender by the World Boxing Organization and Antonio Margarito’s mandatory challenger suffered his…
Andre Berto undefeated, Knockout Specialist To Face Jonathan Tubbs In Feb. 3 Co-Main Event On “ShoBox: The New Generation’’ Andre Berto can look back now and chuckle. However, it was no laughing matter just a few years ago when the feisty fellow with the fast fists fought all the time. Berto was not a bully,…
Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo faces Rolando Reyes in the 12-round main event (contracted weight is 137 pounds) Saturday, Feb. 4, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ER/PT, delayed on the west coast). Castillo will face WBC lightweight champion Diego “Chico†Corrales in a highly anticipated rubber match later this year. In the second…
They have battled and defeated the best boxing has to offer; they have fought for world championships, for the roar of the crowd and for a place in boxing history. On Saturday, March 25, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., Mexican warriors Jesus Chavez and Marco Antonio Barrera will face each…
Today Gatwick Airport saw the biggest invasion of this country since 1066, led by the ‘Pocket Beast from the East’ lightweight sensation Yuri Romanov. Romanov who although boxes out of Russia is licenced under the BBBoC and maintains England is his spiritual home and it should be with the amount of British scalps he has…
Virgil Hill vs. Valery Brudov at the Tropicana in Atlantic City this Friday The WBA “regular†cruiserweight championship match between former three-time world champion Virgil “Quicksilver†Hill (49-5, 23 KOs) and No. 1 contender Valery Brudov (20-0, 23 KOs) headlines Friday night’s (January 27) “Collision Course, A Night of Champions†pay-per-view extravaganza live at the…
Former manager of undisputed World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and consultant to top promotional firm Sports Network Frank Maloney, who also headed up Panix Promotions in the 90s, finally throws his hat into the promotional ring with his brother Eugene under the banner of Maloney Promotions with the eagerly awaited twelve round lightweight clash between…