Liverpool flyweight Paul Edwards is insisting that promoter Frank Maloney gives him tougher tests. The 2006 ABA champion has stormed to five impressive wins since turning professional 18 months ago. Maloney wanted to bring the 23-year-old on slowly, but Edwards refused to face a journeyman in his next fight.
European Middleweight Champion Matthew Macklin will link up with new trainer Freddie Roach in Los Angeles next week as he begins preparations for the first defence of his title. Macklin defends his belt against the highly touted Dmitry Pirog in April and he will prepare for the unbeaten Russian at Roach’s legendary Wildcard Gym. Roach…
On Saturday February 6th, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will present its “Super Saturday” boxing show, on the eve of the Big Game Sunday, from the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. Headlining the card is Atlantic City’s, Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) taking on hard hitting, Lou Duva trained, Alexis Camacho (17-2,…
Last Friday, at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, Essex, rising Super Middleweight star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng decisively stopped Plymouth’s Jon Harrison in the second round. The resounding way that Ochieng dealt with his vastly more experienced opponent was testament to the faith that promoter Frank Maloney and trainer Brian Lawrence have in this exceptionally…
Promising, undefeated bantamweight Chris Avalos (14-0, 11 KOs) of Lancaster, Calif., will make his main event debut when he when he faces Jose Nieves (17-1-3, 8 KOs) of Carolina, Puerto Rico, in a 10-round match on Friday, Jan. 29, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west…
A pair of unbeaten prospects from Uzbekistan, light heavyweight Gayrat Ahmedov and junior middleweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov, are set to make their United States debuts in separate bouts on January 29 on the Gabriel Campillo vs. Beibut Shumenov II card at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Per Ake Persson Sauerland Event and Danish network TV2 announced today their plans for professional boxing in Denmark. The Danish leg of Sauerland will feature comebacking super middle Rudy Markussen, lightweight Kim Poulsen, junior welter Kasper Bruun, middleweight Patrick Nielsen and also female welter Vinni Skovgaard. The first show is not yet announced but…
Integrated Sports Media, North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events, delivers the best of two live championship shows, featuring a pair of world title fights, Saturday night, Feb. 27 from Puerto Rico and Mexico. The action starts at 9 PM/ET live from Reben Rodriquez Coliseum in Baymon, Puerto Rico. Hometown…
As he prepares for his February 6 showdown in Newark against former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada’s nose is out of place and it doesn’t have anything to do with sparring sessions gone wrong. Estrada (15-2, 3 KOs) feels disrespected by Team Adamek but not,…
When Coy Evans went to a nearby gym in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, he was looking for a hobby. Nearly ten years later that hobby has turned serious and Evans looks to be the next in the long line of potential world champions from the “City of Brotherly Loveâ€. Evans went to the gym…
Sensational junior lightweight prospect Arash Usmanee will make his debut in the United States on Friday, January 29th at the Mohegan Sun Casino, it was jointly announced today by Hennessy Sports and TKO Boxing Promotions. Fighting out of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, Usmanee, 4-0 (2KO’s) won his first four professional bouts in 2009, after an…
Undefeated middleweight prospect Brandon “Flawless†Gonzales 9-0, 8 KOs will fight to keep his unblemished status on January 29th. Gonzales will be facing ring veteran Dumont “Dewey†Welliver in a six round bout under the highly anticipated super-middleweight IBF eliminator bout between Jesse Brinkley and Curtis “Showtime†Stevens at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno,…