Former World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Gerry “Geronimo†Penalosa (48-5-2, 33 KOs) headlines “Friday Night Fights,†promoted by Knockout Boxing in association with the Rivera Brothers, Friday evening (June 10) at the National Guard Armory in Lynn, Massachusetts. Penalosa, reigning WBF super flyweight champion, fights out of his native Philippines. He has been inactive…
Former two-times WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide has a shock in store for the cruiserweights of the world. The 33-year-old from Norwich – who has recently recovered from a hand injury – is planning an excursion into the division. “My promoter Mickey Hennessy is letting me loose on all the cruiserweights out there,†said Hide….
When undefeated Tomasz Adamek (29-0, 20 KOs) won a majority decision over Australian Paul “Hurricane†Briggs to win the vacant World Boxing Council light heavyweight title at the United Center in Chicago on May 21, he knew he had done something special. Still, the first Polish boxer to win a world title in the United…
Boxing king Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be one of the celebrity judges when King of the Cage (www.kingofthecage.com/ring-girls), the world wide recognized mixed martial arts competition spearheaded by owner Terry Trebilcock and agent Steve Karel, moves into the forum of adult-branded pay per view for the first time when it presents KOTC’s Cage Girls Uncensored,…
He is a boxing pro and a believing muslim. And now Mohammad Abdullaev, 31, is facing his dream fight at the „Mecca of Boxing“, New York ’s Madison Square Garden . Abdullaev (15 victories, 12 KOs , 1 loss) challenges the unbeaten superlightweight world champion (WBO) Miguel Cotto (23-0/19 KOs ). The fight draws big…
RED CORNER BLUE CORNER JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS – 10 ROUNDS Dmitriy Salita vs. Louis Brown Brooklyn, NY/Odessa, Ukraine Indianapolis, IN 21-0 (12 KO’s) 14-1 (10 KO’s) JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS – 8 ROUNDS Edgar Santana vs. Derrick Moon New York, NY Fort Worth, TX 13-2 (9 KO’s) 10-8-1 (2 KO’s)
Arturo “Thunder†Gatti is a special guest on Thursday’s two-hour New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show – hosted by Ted Bodenrader, Anthony Pepe, Rick Brutti and Joe Bills – airing between 6-8 PM/ET on Boston’s Boxing Station, The Zone (1510 AM). Gatti will be joined by his manager, Pat Lynch, and New York Daily News…
In a sensational move, former undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu has fired his longtime trainer Johnny Lewis. Hot on the heels of Tszyu’s dramatic loss to England’s Ricky Hatton for the IBF title, Tszyu has wasted no time in dealing out the blame for the loss to Lewis who has trained the Russian born…
WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei will make the next defense of his title on July 2nd against Frenchman Mehdi Sahnoune. With his fifth world title fight the 31-year-old Erdei will headline an event of Universum Box-Promotion at Color Line Arena of Hamburg. The contest will be televised live by ZDF and by RTL Hungary….
A classic match between promising prospect Matt Godfrey (7-0, 5 KOs) and proven warrior Jermall “The Truth” Barnes (17-8, 4 KOs) have signed to as the eight-round co-feature on “Providence’s Prime Time Fights,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES) – Providence’s newest professional sports franchise – Friday night, June 17 in…
Prominent fight figures on both sides of the Atlantic fully appreciated what Ricky Hatton accomplished last night in defeating undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu last night in Manchester, England. Diego Corrales was on hand as a possible opponent for the winner, and promoter Frank Warren even indicated the possibility of Hatton being matches with…
In the aftermath of his shocking fourth round stoppage loss to WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison this past Friday, Manchester fighter Michael Brodie announced, in a rather snap-decision manner that he will retire from boxing. The title fight with Harrison was Brodie’s fourth attempt at a world title after losing bids against Willie Jorrin and…