Puerto Rican superstar Ivan Calderon headlines New York’s famed Madison Square Garden for the first time as the southpaw WBO light flyweight champion puts his crown at risk against hard-nosed former two-time world title challenger Jesus Iribe of Mexico. At 33-0-1 (6), Calderon has never lost a professional fight and during his reigns as WBO…
© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing All-Italian East Coast Light Heavyweight War in Atlantic City! Last Friday at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, Diane Lee Fischer’s Dee Lee Productions hosted an exciting “Italian†fight card. In the main event, Chuck ‘The Professor’ Mussachio of Wildwood, New Jersey, won an exciting ten round…
After all the fights I have attended, all the fighters, promoters, managers and trainers I have had the pleasure of either interviewing or being friends with to this day nothing excites me more the the International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekends. It is the only time all of our sports greats of the past,…
Yuri Foreman’s luck ran out last night at New York’s fabled baseball venue Yankee Stadium in The Bronx as the WBA light middleweight titlist was stopped by ex-two weight world champ Miguel Cotto. As expected, the taller Foreman looked to keep Cotto, making his first appearance as a light middleweight, at arm’s length and the…
The Fighting Irishmen: Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820 to Present boxing exhibition launched its Dublin tour at Croke Park’s GAA Museum recently. Such dignitaries as the venerable Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, the United States Ambassador to Ireland, and former world featherweight champion and boxing Hall of Famer Barry McGuigan joining curator Jim Houlihan were at…
Veteran promoter Bob Duffy announced today that his Ring Promotions company will present the “Holiday Hits†pro boxing show in Manhattan for the third consecutive year. Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Nagy “Dominican Dynamite†Aguilera, 10-0 (6), fighting out of Newburgh, NY, will headline for the first time in the 10-round main event on Thursday night, December…