Boxing Quotes: Bob Arum vs. Don King
Legendary promoters Bob Arum and Don King took a stroll down memory lane and look toward the future on Thursday, recapping their 80-plus combined years as two of boxing’s biggest and most powerful promoters.
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Boxing Quotes: Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga
WBA Super Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto and two-division World Champion Ricardo Mayorga participated in a national media conference call to discuss the upcoming, highly-anticipated world championship event on Saturday, March 12, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev., produced and distributed live on Showtime beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Cotto, the Pride of…
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Showtime Boxing: Rios KO’s Acosta For WBA Lightweight Title
In an all action fight, Brandon Rios captured the WBA Lightweight championship from Miguel Acosta via 10th round knockout in the first night of a stacked 2011 lineup for Showtime Championship Boxing and Showtime PPV. In the evening’s co-feature, Antonio DeMarco won a unanimous decision over Reyes Sanchez. “A star was born tonight,†said Hall…
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Pacquiao vs. Mosley Go Head To Head With Boxing Fans In Vegas
© Chris Farina – Top Rank All the questions posed by the members of the Las Vegas media had been answered by global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar†Shane Mosley. Now it was time for fans to have their say.
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Pacquiao, Mosley To Meet Boxing Public In NYC This Monday
Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao and Shane Mosley will conclude their coast-to-coast U.S. media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference Luncheon this Monday, February 14, in the The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers – Pier 61 (23rd Street at the Hudson River, New York, NY 10011). The report time will be…
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Pacquiao vs. Mosley Boxing Press Tour To Hit Vegas, NYC
Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley will embark on a coast-to-coast U.S. media tour, beginning this Thursday, February 10, to announce their mega world championship rumble. Pacquiao and Mosley, who have won world titles in 11 weight divisions between them, will go toe-to-toe for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight championship on Saturday, May 7, at the MGM Grand…
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Top Rank Boxing: Pacquioa vs. Mosley Tickets Going Fast
Pacman Fever hit MGM Grand this morning with one of the biggest ticket runs in Las Vegas boxing history. Between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT, 16,000 tickets were sold to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Sugar Shane Mosley world welterweight championship. Barely 1,000 seats remain for Pacquiao’s return to the Fight Capital of the World,…
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Boxing Update: CBS And Showtime Join Forces For Pacquiao vs. Mosley
Showtime Networks Inc. and CBS have joined forces with Top Rank, Inc. to promote, produce and distribute the biggest boxing event of the year—the May 7th showdown between global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar†Shane Mosley, it was jointly announced by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager,…
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Top Rank Boxing: Cotto vs. Mayorga March 12 In Las Vegas
For the first time in five years, Hall of Fame promoters Bob Arum and Don King will join forces to present “Relentless†— the first major pay-per-view world championship boxing event of the season — featuring the Pride of Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto defending his WBA super welterweight title against two-division world champion Ricardo “El…
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Featherweight Matt Remillard Signs With Top Rank Boxing
Undefeated, 24-year-old NABF and NABO champion Matt “Sharp Shooter†Remillard (23-0, 13 KOs), arguably America’s leading featherweight, has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Top Rank. “Matt is a tremendous, exciting fighter, “Hall of Fame promoter and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said. “We are very pleased he has joined our organization. Matt will get…
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Showtime Boxing Quotes: Lopez, Marquez, Green, Johnson
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Showtime will kick off a tremendous run of world championship boxing to close out 2010 this Saturday with two can’t miss fights, live at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the Showtime Championship Boxing main event, Puerto…
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Boxing Conference Call: Paul Williams vs. Sergio Martinez II
Daniel Goossen: Well, guys, I know that we’ve got a two-part teleconference today so I’m not going to do a lot of talking and I don’t want to hear any applause because I said that, but it’s a fight – Martinez and Williams II. It’s a fight that we’re all getting excited about. And it’s…