Showtime has announced a press conference to announce an ambitious plan surrounding some of the top super middleweights in the world. The conference will take place early next week and is set to include the following fighters. WBA 168-pound Champion Mikkel Kessler, IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham, WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch, former undisputed…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Due to travel complications, two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan was unable to participate in Tuesday’s media workout in South Florida with his opponent, IBF bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko.
If the media members who participated in the Showtime Media Prediction Poll have called it correctly, Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan will walk out of the ring a five-time world champion with a victory over Joseph “King Kong†Agbeko. A triumph also would make Darchinyan a three-division world champ at 112, 115 and 118 pounds.
A week and a half ago, I finally got a chance to see “King” Arthur Abraham fight in front of his loyal subjects in Germany. It was a fun and exhilarating experience, but I realized while watching King Arthur beat a better than advertised Mahir Oral that the venue is not the deciding factor in…
Boxing stars appearing in Don King’s Summer Sizzler on Saturday at BankAtlantic Center, televised by Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, laced up their gloves to participate in gym workouts for the media today at Punch Fitness. IBF bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko, who meets Vic “The Raging Bull†Darchinyan in the main event, IBF…
Showtime hosts an assortment of videos that highlight the upcoming Joseph Agbeko vs. Vic Darchinyan IBF bantamweight title fight taking place this Saturday live on Showtime at 9PM ET, delayed on the West Coast. Get an inside look at Agbeko’s boxing gym in the South Bronx, which hosts numerous boxing champs from the African country…
Two of the hardest-hitting boxers in the world participated in a media conference call Tuesday to discuss their upcoming world title fight on Saturday, July 11, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. IBF Bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong†Agbeko and two division…
In what may be his last fight at middleweight, IBF champ Arthur Abraham clashed with tough challenger Mahir Oral last night in front of 7,000 fans at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany. Oral, a former sparring partner of Abraham’s, showed that he was well acquainted with the style of the champion in the early…
World super flyweight champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and his manager Elias Nassar announced today, from Darchinyan’s Las Vegas-based training camp,?that they will be extending their relationship with promoter Gary Shaw…for a lifetime!
IBF champion “King’’ Arthur Abraham will put his undefeated record and middleweight title on the line against world-ranked Mahir “Lion†Oral this Saturday in a special primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, on June 27, 2009, on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, same day, tape delay. With just two days to go until the…
For eight weeks Arena’s promising heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann and IBF middleweight championship contender Mahir Oral have been in training camp together with coach Hans-Jürgen Witte. After a stay at famous “Sportschule Hennef†near Cologne and another three weeks of sparring in Hamburg the team has hit Berlin last weekend for their final preparations.
© Chris Miller In an unusual twist of events, two world title belts – one currently owned by Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley and one he recently relinquished – will be on the line during a unique world championship doubleheader featuring four of the most talented 140-pounders in the world on Saturday, Aug. 1, live on…