Tarvis Simms skipped rope in the hallway just moments after weighing in slightly over the super middleweight limit on Thursday during the final weigh-in for Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation matchup against Allan Green. Simms was able to finally make weight later in the evening at a previously agreed 168.8 pounds while Green weighed in…
On Friday October 2nd, Star Boxing’s undefeated super middleweight contender “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms (25-0-1, 11KO) enters hostile territory when he takes on top rated Allan Green (28-1, 20KO) at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma. The bout is scheduled for ten rounds in the super middleweight division and will be shown live as the…
Allan Green, coming off a dominating performance over Carlos De Leon, Jr., will face unbeaten “Marvelous†Tarvis Simms in a 10-round super middleweight affair this Friday, Oct. 2, live on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, from the First Council Casino in Newkirk, OK. The matchup…
Veteran sportscaster Curt Menefee will join the ShoBox: The New Generation announce team, substituting for Nick Charles, the perennial host and play-by-play announcer who is currently battling bladder cancer. Menefee will anchor the remaining ShoBox telecasts in 2009, joining color analyst Steve Farhood, beginning Friday, Oct. 2, when top-ranked super middleweight contender Allan Green (28-1,…
“Renaissance†would be the wrong term to describe what’s happening in the super middleweight division right now. That implies a “rebirth,†but never before has the division seen this depth of talent, and more importantly, a group of talent who actually show interest in fighting one another. Remember the Roy Jones Jr./Frankie Liles/Steve Little days?…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On Saturday, April 25 at the MGM Grand Ballroom in Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT, WBC Super Middleweight titlist Carl “The Cobra” Froch made the first defense of his belt when he faced off against former undisputed Middleweight Champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor. Froch, who had fought all…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Saturday night at the MGM Grand Foxwoods in Connecticut, reigning WBC Champion Carl Froch defended his super middleweight title against mandatory challenger Jermain Taylor. Jermain ‘Bad Intentions’ Taylor of Little Rock, AR obviously had big support from the home-crowd. With a record of 28-2-1 (17), the younger Taylor was…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The four world class boxers who will fight tonight at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino made weight yesterday at Mashantucket, CT.
A household name in his native England, talented, undefeated Carl Froch will look to make a major statement and enhance his reputation in America when he defends his WBC super middleweight title against one of the most highly regarded and recognizable fighters of this generation, former undisputed middleweight belt-holder Jermain Taylor, Saturday, April 25, on…