Tickets for another explosive night of boxing action at Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas featuring undefeated top prospects Sharif Bogere and Francisco Contreras are now on sale. Bogere and Contreras will face off in a 10-round fight for Bogere’s NABO Lightweight Title and the co-featured bout will see another …
Read More »HBO Zone Channel Dedicated To Mayweather vs. Ortiz This Saturday
For the first time, HBO transforms the HBO Zone channel into a fight-day boxing destination with an unprecedented six-hour block of Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz fight-related programming just hours before their electric pay-per-view showdown in Las Vegas.
Read More »Welterweight Arroyo Talks About Big ShoBox Opportunity
Give Vincent “Vinsanity” Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs ) a brutally cold Buffalo winter day to train and he’s as happy as can be. The 24-year-old explained why and answered other questions just days before his 10-round welterweight fight against Hector “El Flaco” Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs) on ShoBox: The New …
Read More »“Star Power Friday” Lined Up As Mayweather vs. Ortiz Lead-In
The night before the biggest boxing event of 2011, the welterweight championship bout between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and “Vicious” Victor Ortiz, the “Star Power” weekend will get into gear during the September 16 edition of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” which will also air live on Fox Sports Network from the …
Read More »“Star Power” Super Fight Card On Mexican Independence Day
Throughout the history of boxing, generations of family members have come together to watch the sweet science. Whether it was fathers and sons watching fights together or grandfathers buying tickets to take their grandsons to stadiums or arenas, the sport has always been a family affair. Now, with top pay-per-view …
Read More »CNN To Replay HBO’s Mayweather vs. Ortiz 24/7 Series
HBO’s Emmy Award winning reality series “24/7” is coming to CNN, which will air replays of the all-new four-part series 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz beginning with the dramatic episode #1 Friday, Sept. 2 at midnight ET/PT. The CNN replays were slated to begin on Aug. 27 but had to be pre-empted due …
Read More »“Star Power” Rolls On, Attracts Hollywood Names As September 17 Nears
As we near the September 17 mega-event “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” emanating from both the boxing capital of the world, Las Vegas, and the celebrity capital of the world, Los Angeles, the connection between the squared circle and the silver screen comes even more into focus. This fight card …
Read More »WBC Champ Jhonny Gonzalez Faces Rogers Mtagwa In Mexico City
WBC Featherweight Champion Jhonny Gonzalez (49-7, 43 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico puts his title, and his pride on the line as he fights on his country’s Independence Day, Thursday, September 15 at the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas as he takes on the Tanzanian slugger, Rogers Mtagwa (27-14-2, …
Read More »Pacquiao vs. Marquez Conference Tour Hits NYC September 6
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, fresh from their stop in Manila, will kick off the North America portion of their 25,000-mile international media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference luncheon next Tuesday, September 6, in the The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers …
Read More »London Press Tour: Andre Ward & Carl Froch
© Simon O’Connor “This is what we as fighters dream of. It’s what we fight for. This one is for all the marbles.” – Ward “I am not worried about Ward. He has no power whatsoever.” – Froch
Read More »Bute Puts IBF Belt On Line Against “Road Warrior”Johnson
Just seven days after Andre Ward and Carl Froch battle in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute will headline on Showtime Championship Boxing when he makes the ninth defense of his 168-pound title against ageless former world light heavyweight champion …
Read More »August 19 “Punchin’ At The Paradise” Undercard Announced
On Friday August 19, Golden Boy Promotions and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing are teaming up to present the latest installment of the “Punchin at the Paradise” fight series. The card, which will be broadcast live on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” will be headlined by Newark’s undefeated prospect Michael “The Artist” …
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