Looking to start their 2012 campaigns with a bang, a host of warriors from boxing’s lighter weight classes will take to the ring at The Phoenix Club in Anaheim, Calif. this Saturday, February 4, intent on showing the loyal Southern California fight community that the real action begins at 147 pounds and below.
Scott Quigg was expelled from school so he could continue his education in a boxing ring. Now he is closing in on world title glory, leaving his former teachers wearing Dunces caps. The British Super-bantamweight champion was 15-years-old when he was allowed to leave Bury’s Elton High School after pleading to be kicked out.
Hatton Health and Fitness have been presented with a Business Training Award by Trafford College. Head of the Hatton Group, Ricky Hatton, received a certificate in recognition of links between the highly rated college and his private members gym in Hyde, on the outskirts of Manchester.
It’s official. Boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather will return to the ring, step up in weight and challenge three-division World Champion Miguel Cotto for his WBA Super Welterweight title in what will be a gargantuan showdown between two future Hall of Famers who bring excitement and fierce competition every time they step into the ring.
Angelo Dundee, the legendary boxing trainer, who made great boxing figures like Muhammad Ali and “Sugar†Ray Leonard, among others, passed away on February 01, at the age of 88, due to a heart failure. The World Boxing Association deeply regrets the passing of the Hall of Famer Angelo Dundee. Dundee was inducted in 2004…
We’ve lost a great human being whose contributions reached far beyond the world of boxing. I had the privilege and honor to have Angelo working in my corner for many of my fights over the past six years. To me he was a friend, confidant and a great boxing mind.
The World Boxing Association Ratings Committee appointed the Super Bantamweight World Champion, Guillermo Rigondeaux from Cuba, as the Boxer of the Month.
On Saturday, Feb. 18, Paul “The Punisher” Williams, Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud and Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola will bring their aggressive, knockout power and crowd-pleasing all-out action style to the great fans and city of Corpus Christi, Texas.
8 Count Productions has announced that their upcoming Windy City Fight Night 22 event has been moved up one day to Friday, March 16th at the UIC Pavilion. “We had a minor scheduling issue so we’ve moved the event up one day to Friday, March 16th from the previously announced March 17th date. Windy City…
Thomas Dulorme (13-0, 10 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, will face surging southpaw, Jose Reynoso (15-3-1, 2 KOs), of Riverside, Calif., by way of Mexicali, Mex., for the vacant NABF welterweight title in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Feb. 17, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the…
The fuse has been lit for a super middleweight explosion March 17 on HBO between an undefeated Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez and Donovan “Da Bomb” George, live from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 10-round, non-title fight between IBF No. 4-rated George (22-1-1, 19 KOs) and No. 5-ranked Rodriguez has…
Hennessy Sports announced today that Kid Galahad and Chris Eubank Jr will be looking to impress millions of fight fans and lead the way as the new generation of boxing stars when they both appear on the “Men of Steel” event at the Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham on Saturday Feb.18 Both bouts will be…