Press Releases

Two of Southern California’s most promising young boxers will be put to the test in San Diego on Friday, October 22, when hometown favorite Mercito Gesta and Riverside’s Michael Franco face veteran spoilers in featured bouts on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” at the Four Points Sheraton in San Diego, California.

IBO Middleweight Champion “The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo Jr. returns to his roots November 12, headlining “Homecoming King” in a 10-round, non-title fight at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. “Homecoming King” is presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc (CES), in association with …

On Friday October 22nd, lightweight prospect Jorge “The Truth” Teron (23-2-1, 15KO’s) returns to the ring, when he takes on James Hope in the feature bout of the evening on Star Boxing and The Empire’s rescheduled “Capitale Punishment II” card at the Capitale NY. The bout is scheduled for eight …

Former two time World Champion Byron Mitchell has promised to end the hype surrounding unbeaten Cork based Cuban Luis “El León” Garcia when they meet at The University Arena in Limerick on November 6th on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory. The scheduled 10 round bout will be …

Gary Shaw announced today that undefeated Cuban super featherweight prospect Luis Franco has joined the roster of Gary Shaw Productions. Franco, 28, was a member of the 2004 Cuban Olympic boxing team and has over 400 amateur bouts under his belt, including two victories over WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa.

The Las Vegas Valley will begin reaching new record temperatures on Monday October 18th, 2010. This prediction comes as Jason “Friday the 13th” Douglas, Professional Fighter from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada arrives at the McCarran airport. Wednesday at the Press Conference (12 noon) he will meet Face to Face with his …

Showtime Networks Inc. is proud to announce that the World Light Heavyweight Championship fight between future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and young upstart WBC Champion Jean Pascal will be televised live on Showtime. The 12-round world championship bout, originally proposed as a pay-per-view event in the United States, will …

King Arthur Abraham´s first face-to-face meeting with Carl “The Cobra” Froch on neutral territory was certainly one to remember as they wasted no time to exchange pleasantries during today´s kick-off press conference in Helsinki, Finland. In Group Stage 3 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, the two superstars will …

Sensational prospect James “Keep em’ Sleepin” Stevenson will make his highly anticipated return Saturday, October 23 when he battles once beaten Phillip McCants in the main event of Baltimore Pro Boxing’s “Who’s The Man II” at the Pikesville Armory.

The fall boxing season kicks into high gear this Friday, October 15, when boxing’s top young talent descends upon Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California for an action-packed card featuring a main event showdown between California standouts Eloy Perez (18-0-2, 5 KO’s) and Dominic Salcido (18-2, 9 KO’s) for …

Stars from the British Boxing, including European Middleweight Champion Matthew Macklin, European Lightweight Champion John Murray and IBF Super Bantamweight Title Challenger Jason Booth, will turning out in force for ‘An Evening With Roy Jones Jnr. at the Cedric Ford Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark, Nottinghamshire on Saturday the 23rd October.

Former British amateur standout Mark Heffron, managed by Gary Hyde, is taking the fast lane in boxing having fought his first three professional bouts within a 30-day period in three different European countries. The 18-year-old welterweight, fighting out of Cork by way of Manchester, England, had a successful pro debut …