Promoter extraordinaire and International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, Bob Arum, chairman of Top Rank, Inc., embarks on a three-week, 13-city whistle-stop media tour this Monday! to promote “Seek and Destroy”– the World Heavyweight Championship fight between WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and interim WBC champion Hasim Rahman. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with K2…
The training is just about over and the long hours of toil in the gym are winding to a close, but the intensity is just about to reach a fever pitch as the participants in the October 21st “Rumble at The Rock” show at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida, get ready to…
Premiere Oct. 28 in Providence PROVIDENCE (October 14, 2005) – Pro boxer Gary “Tiger” Balletto plays a starring role in the documentary movie, Sweet Dreams, directed by Eric Scott Latek and premiering October 28 on a state-of-the art high definition DLP projector at the Columbus Theatre in Providence. Former IBU and EBA lightweight champion Balletto…
Well-regarded Middleweight prospect Sherwin Davis has been added to the explosive October 21st “Rumble at the Rock†undercard to face unbeaten Middleweight contender Edison Miranda in a scheduled ten round bout to be aired live on pay-per-view from the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida.
Frank Warren and Sports Network Limited have today concluded that its interim application for injunctive relief will no longer be pursued against the Hattons. Sports Network will however continue to pursue its action through the courts against Ricky Hatton, Ray Hatton and Punch Promotions for damages for breach of contract. This decision has been reached…
Boxing: DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Debuts at The Turning Stone DiBella Entertainment’s popular Broadway Boxing series will makes its Turning Stone Hotel and Casino Event Center debut when the title and site sponsor hosts the Broadway Boxing “Friday Night Face Off” on Friday night, October 21st.The outstanding fight card will feature a pair of 10-round…
Cedric Kushner to Present Knockout Boxing Card in the Big Apple Brooklyn-born Shannon Briggs will be back in the Big Apple spotlight when the heavyweight contender headlines “The Homecoming” on Friday night, November 4, at the Hammerstein Ballroom on West 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, it was announced today by Cedric Kushner.
Fists are about to fly! The highly anticipated “Rumble at the Rock†is just around the corner and Fight Week has officially begun. Don’t miss these Champions prepare for war! All workouts are open to the public, as well as the media, and will take place in front of the Hard Rock Live Arena in…
INTERNATIONAL BOXING COMPETITION – THE ROAD TO BEIJING 2008 Fans who enjoyed the return of the San Francisco Golden Gloves to the city’s downtown last spring will get a chance to watch amateur boxing at a higher level, and this time with American pride on the line. On Sunday, October 30th, 2005 the city of…
Showtime Championship Boxing Conference Call with Diego Corrales, Joe Goosen, Gary Shaw and Todd DuBuof (SHOWTIME will replay last Saturday’s exciting fight between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo this Saturday, Oct. 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.) DuBuof: I want to welcome everybody to the call and more importantly want to thank all the press…
McCLINE, MIRANDA, AND FOREMAN ADDED TO OCTOBER 21ST UNDERCARD HOLLYWOOD, FL, September 28 – The hunger! It’s something you can’t really describe, but you can see it. Look close, and you can see that hunger in the eyes of Heavyweight Title contenders David Tua and Jameel McCline, unbeaten Edison Miranda and rising star Yuri Foreman….
For months after the fact, boxing fans and the worldwide media had only one topic on their minds – the July 16 middleweight championship bout between Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins. Who won? Who lost? Who deserved to win? Who deserved to lose? But whether you sided with the new champion – Taylor – believing…