On Saturday night August 7th, Havoc Boxing will make its initial foray in to boxing promotion as the upstart Promotion presents a terrific night of boxing at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York. In the main event, Former world Bantamweight champion Mauricio Martinez will take part in a ten round bout against Reynaldo…
Jimmy Burchfield, President of Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc., categorically denied reports issued today that lightweight prospect “Hammerin’†Hank Lundy (18-1-1, 10 KOs) is a promotional free agent. “He is not a free agent and promoters shouldn’t be speaking with him or his team,†Burchfield explained. “CES turned him pro and we have completely and…
Two good fight cards this week Down Under with big names such as Danny Green, Paul Briggs, Lenny Zappavinga, Shane Cameron, William Kickett and Daniel Amman all seeing action. Former WBC light heavyweight title challenger Paul Briggs ended a three year retirement when he faced IBO cruiserweight king Danny Green on Wednesday at Perth’s Challenge…
Carl “the Cobra†Froch will be joining up with highly regarded trainer Rob McCracken at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on Monday morning (26th) to start his intensive 10 week training camp ahead of his crucial Super Six Group Stage 3 face off against the German based Armenian “King†Arthur Abraham.
Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment and Golden Boy Promotions are teaming up to bring the best of major professional boxing back to Brooklyn at the Barclays Center. In an exclusive partnership with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, Golden Boy Promotions, whose president is 10-time World Champion Oscar de la Hoya, will promote a minimum of 12 boxing…
Bob Arum: The purpose of this call is to bring you up to date to all that has happened. About two months ago, just after the Mayweather-Mosley fight, I got a call from Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, who asked me frankly whether myself and Manny Pacquiao wanted to do the fight against…
Following weeks of intense negotiations, Showtime Sports is proud to announce that Hennessy Sports and Sauerland Event—the promotional outlets for world-class super middleweight boxers Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham—have agreed to a location for their fighters’ crucial Super Six World Boxing Classic bout. On Saturday, Oct. 2, in the capital city/state of Monaco, Abraham and…
Challenger John Molina, Jr. needed a knockout to win and he did just that, stopping defending champion and previously unbeaten “Hammerin†Hank Lundy for the NABO lightweight title tonight on ESPN Friday Night Fights, live from Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI. The “Let Freedom Ring†card was presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment…
Morden’s British Light Welterweight Champion Lenny Daws is brimmingwith confidence ahead of his title defence against unbeaten English ChampionSteve Williams this Friday night at York Hall, BethnalGreen. The 12 roundBritish Championship contest between the two champions will be headlining theMatchroom Sport in association with Hennessy Sports event which will be shownlive on Sky Sports HD…
No Neutral Corner – a documentary about the business of boxing directed by Nancy J. Rodwan – has been accepted into the 2010 All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival. The movie looks at boxing as a form of work. Though the problems plaguing boxing are legion, there’s little agreement on how to solve them (hence…
The toll road of redemption can be long and dangerous, but nevertheless a necessary one. On Friday, July 9, John Molina, Jr. (20-1,16 KOs) will look to make his opponent pay the price as he forges forward to take the WBO/NABO Lightweight Championship from undefeated “Hammerin†Hank Lundy (18-0-1, 10 KOs) as the 12-round main…
© Lawrence Lustig The ten boxers lined-up for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday June 30 live on Sky Sports began the countdown to the show with today’s promotional shoot at Sky Sports studios in London. The eight starters on the night were joined by the two reserves for a number of…