© Arena Boxing At a press conference in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday, heavyweight Sinan Samil Sam received the European championship belt that he had won by majority decision against Paolo Vidoz on July 4.
For the third year in a row, ESPN Radio 1100 AM will host “The Longest Radio Show Ever” to benefit The Caring Place, a charitable organization which provides services, free of charge, for the mind, body and soul of those touched by cancer.
Last week, Arena CEO Ahmet Öner decided to quit his engagement with the German boxing commission (BDB). The BDB didn’t strip his license as falsely reported. Öner himself left the BDB as Wilfried Sauerland and the Klitschkos had done before him. “I didn’t consider this to be a big thingâ€, states Öner. “That I laid…
© Richard T. Slone Multi-award winning artist Richard T. Slone has unveiled his latest work of art; a massive pre-fight canvas of boxing champions Miguel Cotto fighting Antonio Margarito just days before their epic battle in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WBC/IBF #4 ranked junior middleweight contender Joel Julio will headline an August 13, 2008, fight card from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Julio will battle Nicaraguan veteran Jose Varela in a 10 round junior middleweight contest. Both the Julio-Varela bout…
Two-time WBA Heavyweight Champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz, 43-7-1 (29), rated # 2 by the WBA, travels to Germany once again to fight the 7-0, 320-pound giant who took his title belt over two years ago, # 1 contender Nikolai Valuev, 48-1 (34), on August 30 in Berlin.
Unbeaten former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora, 41-0-1, has cleared another hurdle in his comeback bid, returning to the gym on Monday after undergoing knee surgery June 3 by renowned specialist Dr. Keith Lustig at Sharon Regional Health Systems Hospital in Sharon, PA.
Three-time world champion Carina “La Reina” Moreno, 18-1 (5), wastes little time continuing the quest to become the greatest female boxer of her generation. Riding a ten fight winning streak, Moreno, the WBC Female Fighter of the Year, is ready to get back into the ring on August 21, 2008 at the Tachi Place Hotel…
Click for larger image © Gianluca Rio Di Caro Following his hugely successful inaugural fight night in Salem, New Jersey last month, promoter Jarvis Robinson and his Fight Night Productions team are in the process of organizing an even bigger event ‘Casino Battle Royale’, which will take place in Atlantic City in November, 2008. Robinson…
Alex Matvienko is on the verge of becoming Bolton’s next professional boxing champion. Matvienko get his big chance when he boxes Lee Edwards for the vacant British Masters light middleweight title at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Sunday, September 14. Commonwealth lightweight champion Amir Khan is the talk of the town, but one-time…
By Per Ake Persson German paper Bild Zeitung wrote Friday that the German Federation, the BDB, which holds the membership to the EBU, has revoked the license from Arena Box Promotion. No exact reason is given, but it´s no secret there´s been tension all along coming to a head during recent shows in Spain and…
Hard-punching welterweight prospect “Jesse” James Kimori had to settle for a unanimous decision victory on Saturday at the WAB Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, when he dominated and floored, but ultimately couldn’t finish, the extremely game Ken Oyolo in a fight made at light middleweight. With the victory, Kimori moved his record to 9-0 (5), while…