After feverish discussions and intense negotiations WBC super lightweight champion Arturo Gatti and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. have agreed to fight on June 25, 2005, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. There is a deal in place with HBO Pay-Per-View for the bout. Caesars Atlantic…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime The two boxers widely recognized as the most talented in the exciting cruiserweight division will square off when undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Wayne “Big Truck†Braithwaite faces his World Boxing Association (WBA) counterpart, Jean-Marc Mormeck, in an eagerly anticipated world title unification bout Saturday, April 2, on…
Former heavyweight boxing champion Riddick Bowe is tentatively scheduled to fight on March 25, in what would be his second bout since coming back from an eight-year retirement from the ring. The organization that licenses professional boxing in the state said Tuesday that Bowe’s fight against Willie Chapman won’t become official until important paperwork is…
ESPN has returned a legal attack from boxing promoter Don King with a jab of its own. The cable sports network has asked the U.S. District Court in Miami to declare that King has no legal grounds for a defamation suit he filed against ESPN Inc. in January, according to documents filed Tuesday. King asked…
After being notified by his promoters Sports Network last week that the his World Title defence against Italy’s Vincenzo Cantatore in Rome this Saturday had been postponed, Nelson is adamant the fight will take place. “I am led to believe that the Italian Promoters can stage the fight in six weeks time, and that the…
A proposed bout between WBC super lightweight boxing champion Arturo Gatti and undefeated challenger Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been canceled. Donald Tremblay, a spokesman for Gatti’s promoter, Main Events Inc., said Mayweather missed a Friday deadline to sign a contract agreeing to fight Gatti on June 11 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Main Events will…
German boxing star Felix Sturm knocked out his countryman and stable mate Bert Schenk in the main event of a Universum boxing show in Leverkusen, Germany. By finishing Schenk with two right hands 59 seconds before the end of round two Sturm improved his record to 23-1 with 11 knockouts. Schenk dropped to 36-2 with…
Tired of waiting for Floyd Mayweather, Jr to agree to terms for a June 11, 2005, showdown, Arturo Gatti has announced that he is no longer considering Mayweather, Jr. as an opponent for the aforementioned date, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. “Promotion for this fight should’ve started a long time…
Click for larger image© www.theghostguerrero.com Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will be a guest commentator on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights March 4, 2005. Tune in and witness a great night of boxing as one of the sports brightest young superstars gives his view on the scheduled Rocky Juarez (22-0) Vs Juan Carlos Ramirez (34-7) main event…
WBC No. 10/WBO No. 12/WBA No. 13 contender Almazbek Raiymkulov takes on Koba Gogoladze in a scheduled 10-round main event between unbeaten lightweights on “ShoBox: The New Generation†on Friday, March 4, 2005. In the co-feature, WBO No. 8/WBC No. 10/IBF No. 11 contender Kelly Pavlik will trade leather with Dorian Beaupierre in a 10-round…
Boxing needs the U.S. government to step in and protect the sport, reformers told Congress on Thursday. A key Republican said he was wary of making bureaucrats act as referees. A stalled bill to create a U.S. Boxing Commission brought a hearing in a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, where lawmakers are trying to forge…
Comcast, in partnership with BMW, Everlast and the SF Examiner, has teamed up to help revive the Golden Gloves, an annual amateur boxing tournament in San Francisco. The 74th Annual Golden Gloves takes place March 30-April 2, 2005 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. As a service to San Francisco residents who can’t attend the…