Long-time super middleweight contender, Jean-Paul Mendy will finally get his crack at a world championship when he takes on defending IBF super middleweight champion, Lucian Bute on July 9th at the Romexpo Dome in Bute’s home country of Romania. “I am pleased that Jean-Paul Mendy finally has his world title shot, especially against such a…
In an effort to ensure American boxers have access to the very best training and support in the world in advance of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Boxing and Freddie Roach Training, Inc. have formed a unique partnership which will give America’s elite amateur boxers access to the…
According to published reports, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer has gone on record as saying that Top Rank has made a formal, written offer for Juan Manuel Marquez to challenge Manny Pacquiao for his welterweight title on a date to be determined in October. Schaefer reportedly confirmed that the contract will only be valid…
Ryan Rhodes will become the latest Hatton Promotions fighter to challenge for a world title next month. The classy Sheffield boxer will challenge Saul Alvarez for the WBC light-middleweight championship in Guadalajara , Mexico on Saturday June 18. The opportunity for Rhodes shows yet again that while Hatton Promotions might be new to boxing they…
On Thursday May 5th, Star Boxing will kick off the much anticipated 2011 Punchin at the Paradise Series. Fighting in one of the featured undercard bouts of the evening will be hard-hitting super middleweight prospect, Jason “Montruo” Escalera (10-0, 9KO’s) as looks to impress in his Star Boxing debut when he takes on tough veteran…
Welterweight Nick “Hands of Gold†Casal and unbeaten lightweight Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano made impressive Boxing 360 debuts last Friday night in Hamburg, New York. Fighting for the first time in 1 ½ years, Casal (30-4-1, 16KOs) stopped veteran Martin Tucker (7-9, 3 KOs) in the third round, while unbeaten 23-year-old Serrano (9-0-1, 5…
Joe DeGuardia, CEO and President of Star Boxing, recently traveled to Rome to partake in an exhibition that opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art featuring selected portraits from world renowned photographer Howard Schatz project: “The Italian-Americans in Boxing”, in which DeGuardia’s portrait was featured. As in the past, DeGuardia’s trip to Europe wasn’t just…
Light welterweight Nick “Hands of Gold†Casal and unbeaten lightweight Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano make their Boxing 360 debuts Friday night in Hamburg, New York. “We’re looking forward to watching them in action under the Boxing 360 banner,†Boxing 360 CEO & Founder Mario Yagobi said.â€We want to thank promoter Juan Santiago (Don Juan…
Fresh off of his dominant victory by eight-round decision against veteran Dennis Sharpe last Saturday night on the Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto card at MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, IBF #6-rated junior middleweight Deandre “The Bull†Latimore (22-3, 17 KOs) has targeted Paul “The Punisher†Williams for a summer showdown, predicting a career-defining win by knockout…
The buildup to one of the greatest matchups of 2011 started with a press conference that did not disappoint. Both Pascal and Hopkins made their cases and both spoke about being more aggressive this time around; the press conference ended with both fighters pushing and screaming at each other. It’s a promising start! Adrian Diaconu…
Not since Jack Dempsey’s Broadway Restaurant closed in 1974 has a heavyweight champion graced The Great White Way; until this week. Epix will present the closed captioned simulcast of the Vitali Klitschko vs. Odlanier Solis WBC heavyweight championship on a jumbotron screen in Times Square (Broadway at 44th St.), This Saturday! March 19, beginning at…
Some people are born with the competitive desire to succeed. Huntington’s Chris Algieri seems to have that competitive desire. An athlete for his entire life, Chris has succeeded in whatever he has put his mind to. In High School Algieri was a State Champion Wreslter. After wrestling, Algieri took up kick boxing, and quickly became…