President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have invited unbeaten Brooklyn boxing star Dmitriy Salita to the White House to attend their annual Chanukkah Festival Celebration on Thursday, December 9. Salita, the undefeated junior welterweight, has an unblemished record of twenty straight triumphs, including two straight on New …
Read More »DiBella Aims Taylor at Hopkins and Trinidad.
How does that Andy Williams holiday song go? It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Well, it was a wonderful weekend for DiBella Entertainment. Sensational middleweight contender Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor successfully defended his WBC Continental Americas middleweight title against former three-time World Middleweight Champion William Joppy in the …
Read More »Couch Stripped of IWBF Title.
England’s Jane “Fleetwood Assassin” Couch has pulled out of her rematch Friday night against former title-holder Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt. Couch, who has been stripped of her IWBF junior welterweight title, has been replaced on “Bragging Rights” by four-time world title challenger Eliza Olson against Clampitt for the now vacant …
Read More »Olympian Estrada to Debut.
U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada makes his pro debut Friday night in a four-round special heavyweight attraction on “Bragging Rights,” the holiday pro boxing show at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. World Boxing Council youth middleweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (15-0, 10 KOs), of New Haven (CT), fights …
Read More »The Perfect Christmas Present?
Fans who join the Main Events Fan Club by Dec 20 will have a chance to win two tickets to the Jan 29 Arturo Gatti-Jesse James Leija world championship bout in Atlantic City, NJ. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (December 6, 2004) – Can’t think of a perfect gift for Dad? Log …
Read More »Barker to Follow in Team-mates Footsteps.
Commonwealth games gold medallist Darren Barker has vowed to follow his Hennessy Sports team mates Howard Eastman, Junior Witter and Carl Froch along the traditional title path. “These guys are creating the blueprint for British boxers to follow,” began Barker. “They haven’t been tempted by the easy route, they have …
Read More »Gatti-Leija For WBC Title.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Arturo Gatti will defend his WBC super lightweight title against two-time former champion James Leija on Jan. 29. The thirty-two-year-old Gatti, 38-6 with 29 knockouts, won the title last Jan. 24 when he decisioned Italian Gianluca Branco. He kept the crown in July with a one-punch knockout …
Read More »Krasniqi and Sturm Ready to Fight in Berlin.
Berlin – European heavyweight champion Luan Krasniqi and his stable mate, former WBO middleweight champion Felix Sturm, are ready to fight on the boxing event Saturday, Dec. 4, at Estrel Convention Center, Berlin. The event is a cooperation of Universum Box-Promotion and Sauerland Event. Krasniqi, 27-1 (13), will make the …
Read More »Cotto and Hernandez Speak.
Undefeated, hard-hitting Puerto Rican sensation Miguel Cotto will be featured in the top undercard bout of the Vitali Klitschko-Danny Williams world heavyweight championship fight on Saturday, Dec. 11, live on HBO Pay-Per-View from The Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Cotto will make the first defense of his …
Read More »David Diaz: “I’m Ready For Anyone!”
Chicagoland fan favorite, junior welterweight David Diaz, 25-0 (13KO’s) has thrown down the gauntlet to his fellow world ranked lightweights and junior welterweights as he prepares for a hometown clash with heavy handed Colombian veteran, Jaime Rangel, 29-6-1 (25KO’s) as 8 Count Productions and Miller Lite presents the “THE BEST …
Read More »Klitschko’s National Conference Quotes.
What follows is the full transcript of the national press conference that took place on December 1st involving world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, his brother Wladimir Klitschko, trainer Fritz Sdunek and personal manager Bernd Boente. Opening Comments. Boente: To begin with, I would like to say that this training camp …
Read More »Golden Boy Promotions Applaud Their Champions.
Return of The King – Barrera Defeats Morales in Climax of Their Historic Trilogy; Larios Retains Crown with Win Over Hussein. It was a night to remember last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales concluded their historic trilogy before a packed …
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