Nearly 150 people turned out for last Sunday’s fifth annual Ring 8 Family Picnic at Brady Park in Massapequa Reserve, Nassau on Long Island, New York. Hamburgers, chicken, hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob, macaroni and potato salads were consumed along with a wide variety of beverages and desserts. The most popular children activities included a face painter…
Boxcino 2014 champion Petr “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO’s) will fight undefeated Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO’s) in a WBO Lightweight elimination bout on October 10 in Manchester, England. The winner of the fight will be the mandatory challenger for the winner of the WBO Lightweight title bout between Terry Flanagan and Diego Magdaleno, which…
Chinese sports marketing/management company SECA has started a new Chinese professional boxing venture with Las Vegas-based boxing promotion company Top Rank. A new professional boxing league, League of Fists, will officially launch on September 4. “League of Fists is aiming to build a league that consists of high level boxing matches in order to provide…
Bill Calogero, host of boxing’s Undisputed Champion of Boxing Talk program, the Talkin Boxing With Billy C TV & Radio Show, officially released his first book, Tom Molineaux: From Bondage To Baddest Man On The Planet two weeks ago. Since then, the demand for signed copies has not stopped.
Some of the top prospects from the Northeast including undefeated super featherweight Bryant “Pee Wee” Cruz (15-0, 8 KOs) will be showcased on a stacked undercard Saturday, September 12 live from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT with the first bout beginning at 1 p.m. ET. The September 12 Premier Boxing Champions on NBC card…
On Thursday night, September 24, King’s Promotions will present a special night of boxing at Fightin’ Phils First Energy Stadium in Reading, PA. The show will culminate a busy week for King’s Promotions as the company, founded by Marshall Kauffman, will be promoting its’s fourth event in seven days. Nick Valliere (5-0, 2 KO’s) of…
On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California, undefeated light heavyweight power puncher, Ahmed Elbiali (11-0, 10 KOs) is scheduled to fight on the televised portion of the Premier Boxing Champions on Fox Sports 1 card headlined by Austin Trout (29-2, 16 KOs) vs. Joey Hernandez (24-3-1, 14 KOs). Elbiali will…
A permanent memorial to pioneering black boxer Bill Richmond (1763-1829) was unveiled by Earl George Percy at the Tom Cribb pub, in Panton Street, London on Wednesday 26 August 2015 at 2.30pm. A plaque consisting of a portrait of Richmond and a summary of his amazing life and career now adorns the wall of the…
It was back in May that Doncaster’s Jamie McDonnell pulled off one of British boxing’s most majestic away days when he overcame the challenge of Tomoki Kameda in Texas. This weekend, McDonnell returns to the scene of his most accomplished performance to date as he aims to oust the Japanese darling one more time to…
Ahead the mostly highly anticipated clash of the summer, featherweights Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares made weight yesterday for their WBA “super” title clash this evening at Staples Center in Los Angeles. WBA Featherweight Super Championship, 12 rounds Leo Santa Cruz: 124.8 lb Abner Mares: 125.2 lb
Anthony Crolla will face Darleys Perez in a rematch for the WBA Lightweight title at the Manchester Arena on November 21, live on Sky Sports. Crolla and Perez clashed in the same venue in July where Perez kept hold of his title via a majority draw despite a tremendous performance from Crolla and having two…
Last night during the Fight Club OC card at the “The Hangar” in Costa Mesa, California, super-welterweight prospect, Marcos “The Madman” Hernandez (7-0, 2 KOs) remained undefeated, winning an six round unanimous decision against Luis Alfredo Lugo (14-23-1, 5 KOs). In the opening round, Hernandez wobbled Lugo with a powerful left hook, almost stopping the…