The landscape of the 140 pound division changed dramatically last night as challenger Chris Algieri posted a split decision over reigning WBO champion Ruslan Provodnikov at Barclays’ Center in Brooklyn, New York. The evening started out all wrong for the far less experienced local man as a whipping Provodnikov left hook detonated squarely on Algieri’s…
Two world titles are on the line tonight at Brooklyn’s Barclays’ Center with two two challengers stepping way up to world class for the first time. Can the aspiring pair make the jump successfully? WBO light welter champ Ruslan Provodnikov, 23-2 (16), meets local ticket seller Chris Algieri, 19-0 (8), in a genuine boxer vs….
WBO junior welterweight champion Ruslan “The Siberian Rocky” Provodnikov (23-2, 16 KOs) of Beryozovo, Russia, and local scholar/brawler Chris Algieri (19-0, 8 KOs) of Huntington, Long Island, weighed in at 139.8 and 140 pounds, respectively, for their highly-anticipated world championship battle. Provodnikov vs. Algieri will headline a night of championship boxing, including the co- main…
Marc Abrams: The “Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov will defend his WBO Junior Welterweight Championship against undefeated New Yorker Chris Algieri Saturday night, June 14, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and it will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. The card is being promoted by Banner Promotions and Top Rank, in association with Star…
World Championship boxing returns to Barclays Center when the “The Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov makes the first defense of his WBO junior welterweight title and his Brooklyn debut against undefeated world-rated contender and New York product Chris Algieri. Provodnikov vs. Algieri will take place Saturday, June 14 and will be televised live on HBO Boxing…
World Championship boxing returns to Barclays Center when the “The Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov makes the first defense of his WBO junior welterweight title and his Brooklyn debut against undefeated world-rated contender and New York product Chris Algieri. Provodnikov vs. Algieri will take place Saturday, June 14 and will be televised live on HBO Boxing…
Friday night in front of a standing room only crowd at The Paramount and a nationally televised ESPN Friday Night Fights audience, “The Fighting Pride of Huntington”, Chris Algieri won a dominant ten round unanimous decision over world ranked junior welterweight Emanuel Taylor of Baltimore, Maryland by scores of 98-92, and 97-93 twice. The ESPN…
Chris Algieri, “The Pride of Huntington”, returns to action on Friday, February 14 challenging world ranked Baltimore native Emanuel “The Tranzformer” Taylor in the ten round junior welterweight main event live on ESPN Friday Night Fights at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. Joe DeGuardia, President and Founder of Star Boxing announced that tickets go…
Opening with a ten seconds of silence to remember the fallen victims on the twelfth anniversary of 9/11, Joe DeGuardia hosted a press conference today for Star Boxing’s “Rockin Fights 10” set for this Saturday, September 14 at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. The press conference was held at Meehan’s of Huntington, directly across…
Yankee Stadium may be the house that Ruth built, but The Paramount in Huntington was built by boxer Chris Algieri, who will make his triumphant return July 20 to further his quest for a world title. “It will be a tremendous Saturday night of boxing with ‘The Pride of Huntington’ looking to remain undefeated before…
Earlier tonight, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, presented an exciting five bout card before a packed house at the Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square, NY (Long Island). Star Boxing’s hometown favorite and undefeated jr. welterweight prospect Chris Algieri, headlined the card, as he took on Philadelphia’s Julias Edmonds. Algieri came out fast and hard in…
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…