Already the pound-for-pound and pay-per-view King in the United States, with an excess of seven million pay-per-view buys and total revenues approaching half a billion dollars, Floyd “Money” Mayweather has been untouchable through 41 professional fights, making him the biggest boxing attraction of this era.
WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz will hold a special autograph signing for fans at the Baldwin Park Food 4 Less as he helps kick off a four-week promotion leading up to his mega-fight against Floyd “Money” Mayweather on Saturday, Sept. 17. The autograph session will take place this Sunday, August 14 between 12:30 p.m. and…
Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and MGM Resorts International are proud to announce that the most anticipated boxing mega-event of 2011, “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz”, will be available via closed circuit viewing for all fight fans in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 17.
The sport of boxing has a rich history of families achieving pugilistic success as a group, be it fathers and sons, brothers (and occasionally sisters), uncles and nephews, or all of the above. Bloodlines run deep and this theme plays out in “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz”, the September 17 mega-event which will be presented…
Erik Morales will face Lucas Matthysse for the vacant WBC Super Lightweight Title and Jessie Vargas will face Josesito Lopez, both of which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View as part of the “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” mega-event taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Undefeated rising star and WBC Silver 118-pound titleholder Abner Mares participated in a Los Angeles media workout on Thursday, just nine days before he will take on IBF bantamweight champ Joseph King Kong Agbeko in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on Saturday, August 13, live on Showtime (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the…
The “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” pay-per-view telecast is now complete with four star-studded fights from two sites all taking place Saturday, September 17 from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and Staples Center in Los Angeles. Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions announced today that Erik Morales vs. Lucas Matthysse and Jessie Vargas vs….
WBC Super Welterweight Champion Canelo Alvarez and super welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez officially announce their September 17, 2011 world title fight. Canelo Alvarez, WBC Super Welterweight Champion (37-0-1, 27 KO’s): “The only thing I want to say is I will prepare 100 percent for this fight and not take him [Gomez] lightly. “I don’t like…
“Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” just got propelled into another galaxy, as it was announced today that rising Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC super welterweight championship against Alfonso Gomez on the televised undercard of the September 17 pay-per-view extravaganza featuring the WBC welterweight championship mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz. Making…
Tonight at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV, WBA Super champion Amir Khan and IBF champion Zab Judah tangle in a hotly anticipated light welterweight unification clash. Judah is currently on a five-fight win streak with recent victories over Ernest Johnson, Ubaldo Hernandez, Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Lucas Matthysse and Kaizer Mabuza. Khan’s last…
© Hatton Promotions / Mark Robinson Ricky Hatton has announced his retirement from professional boxing following a glorious career which saw him win world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight. ‘The Hitman’ will now concentrate on continuing to build Hatton Promotions that has produced many champions in just over two years.
Tickets for the biggest boxing event of 2011 “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz,” featuring boxing’s biggest star Floyd “Money” Mayweather and boxing’s newest star “Vicious” Victor Ortiz, will go on sale Friday, July 8 at 1:00 p.m. ET/ 10:00 a.m. PT.