Nearly a full decade ago, Cedric Kushner promoted his first show at New York City’s famed Roseland Ballroom and on November 21, Kushner’s Gotham Boxing returns to the iconic Manhattan venue with “The Grande Event,†featuring a quartet of young, explosive talent sporting a combined pro record of 89-1-1 (65): “Ireland’s†John Duddy, Peter “Kid…
Golden Boy Promotions returns to the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa on Friday, October 24 for a hard-hitting night of professional boxing showcasing some of the best young talent in the sport. In the 10 round welterweight main event, Mexico’s latest sensation, unbeaten 18-year old Saul Alvarez, makes his United States debut against skilled veteran…
Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucien Bute, 22-0 (18), will make the second defense of his title against once-beaten, No.1 ranked challenger Librado Andrade, 27-1 (21), in a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, Friday, Oct. 24 live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.
On Wednesday October 29 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, middleweight Bryant Pappas, 6-0 (6), will step into the ring against Christ Morton looking to stay perfect and improve his record to 7-0 with 7 knockouts.
Rising lightweight star Breidis Prescott signed with ARENA Box-Promotion and Decubas Presents, LLC. Brescott, ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner and Ricardo Decubas just finalized the deal in Miami, Florida. Prescott recently made a noise by knocking out promising prospect Amir Khan in one round in Manchester, UK.
Liverpool’s Tony Dodson hopes to climb a few places in the European super middleweight rankings on November 15 when he takes on the Czech Republic’s Tomas Adamek at The O2 in North Greenwich, London. Amusingly, Dodson thought he’d been paired with former world light-heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek when first hearing news of the fight.
Golden Boy Promotions is proud to announce that rising junior middleweight star James Kirkland has been added to its roster of fighters. Kirkland signed with Golden Boy Promotions today and is slated to make his Golden Boy Promotions debut in the near future.
2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade will be conducting a boxing workshop for kids as part of the Kid’s Action League (KAL) Festival this Saturday October 18 in Providence, RI. The workshop will be held at the Main Street Martial Arts studio at 1282 North Main Street in Providence, RI at 2:00 PM.
Big-hearted welterweight Mark Thompson continues his march towards a domestic title shot with an appearance on the October 17 York Hall fight card this weekend, supporting the main event of Ian Napa vs. Carmelo Ballone for the European bantamweight championship.
Lee Samuels: We just had a wonderful press conference in New York City with Kelly Pavlik and Bernard Hopkins for “Unstoppable†– their light heavyweight battle at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with Caesars Atlantic City and sponsored by Affliction Clothing. The show’s will be…
More than 700 lb of raw fighting flesh will thrill fans at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Friday, October 17. Little man Ian Napa tops the bill when he challenges Belgian ace Carmelo Ballone for the European super bantamweight title.
Highly regarded boxing manager Frank Espinoza is preparing to launch his own promotional boxing company, Espinoza Boxing Promotions in this first quarter of 2009. “It’s something I’ve thought about for quite a while,” said the much acclaimed longtime boxing manager. “The boxing scene in Southern California continues to grow, the fans here are very supportive…