Press Releases

Team Ruiz has responded to false allegations made in two press releases by promoter Don King, who erroneously stated that, “John Ruiz is my fighter,” as well as falsely claiming the World Boxing Association (WBA) had sanctioned an “Interim” title fight between one of King’s fighters, Kali Meehan, and former …

On Saturday night, December 5, three-time World Champion Paul Williams will face WBC Super Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez in a scheduled 12-round middleweight bout in the main event at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. In the 10-round co-featured bout, Cristobal Arreola will see his first action since a courageous loss at …

In true Thanksgiving spirit, Bernard Hopkins will distribute 500 turkeys to Philadelphia residents. The turkey distribution will take place at the 35th District Police Station in honor of the three fallen officers killed in the line of duty this past year.

WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch has been nominated for the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year award. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony at Loughborough University on Thursday 3rd December in front of a sell out audience.

Essex trainer Tony Sims is likely to be the busiest man in boxing on Saturday night with no fewer than five of his boxers in action at the Brentwood Centre including headliner “Dazzling” Darren Barker. The Barnet man tops the bill as he faces Birmingham’s Wayne Elcock for the British …

Yuri Foreman, WBA Super Welterweight Champion, Asaf Shariv, Consul General of Israel in New York and the Met council will be giving away hundreds of turkeys to people in need today in Brooklyn, New York. The giveaway takes place today, Tuesday, November 24 at 10:30 am at the Met Council …

The World Boxing Association held meetings at their recent annual convention in Medellin, Colombia, where they ordered an interim heavyweight championship between WBA No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Kali Meehan and former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev. Meehan earned the WBA No. 1 position in October 2007 by scoring a sixth-round …

Promoter Don King claims he has a valid contract to promote heavyweight boxer John Ruiz, and Ruiz’s claims that he is a promotional free agent are false. “John Ruiz is my fighter,” King said. “I have a valid promotional agreement that designates me as his promoter. I do not understand …

When Star Boxing’s IBF #3 rated welterweight Delvin Rodriguez (24-3-2, 14KO) steps into the ring against Poland’s IBF #4 rated Rafal “Braveheart” Jackiewicz (34-8-1, 18KO) for the #1 spot in the IBF World Ratings in an official IBF Welterweight Title eliminator in Elk, Poland on Friday November 27th, Rodriguez doesn’t …

Chicago based bantamweight Francisco Rodriguez passed away on Sunday night, two days after his bout with against Philadelphia’s Teon Kennedy at the Blue Horizon. The 25 year old Rodriguez collapsed after being stopped in the tenth round and was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital where emergency brain surgery was performed.

Without doubt one of the most exciting and truly talented British bands to hit the music scene for a long, long time, “SpiderBaby”, are to take some time off from recording their latest album, to headline the after-show party of the mega London boxing show Judgement Day II at Cable, …

Without doubt one of the most exciting and truly talented British bands to hit the music scene for a long, long time, “SpiderBaby”, are to take some time off from recording their latest album, to headline the after-show party of the mega London boxing show Judgement Day II at Cable, …