“The Tiger” Prepares For Showdown With Heavyweight Champ Wladimir Klitschko On July 12 Upon my return from Germany, I immediately started training in order to get in shape for my dream fight. My manager (Nate Peake), Sharmba (Mitchell), Steve Francis and Brandy Hudson went to New Orleans, Louisiana to meet with Mackie Shilstone. He did…
Former world champions James Toney and Hasim Rahman will face off tomorrow at a press conference in Sherman Oaks, CA in what surely will be a lively event. Both men are noted for their up close and personal trash talking styles and with their rematch on July 16 looming, quite possibly anything could happen when…
Two of the best featherweight prospects on the East Coast, Teon Kennedy, of Philadelphia, PA, and Thomas “KO†Snow, of Capitol Heights, MD, collide in the eight round main event Friday evening, July 18, at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia. The co-feature matches light heavyweights Richard Stewart, of New Castle, DE, against Chuck “The…
Star Boxing had a chance to sit down for an exclusive interview with 2004 Olympic Team Captain and now hot heavyweight prospect Devin Vargas. In this interview Vargas talks about his first round annihilation over tough Dave Brunelli, the heavyweight division now and where he feels he falls in the mix. Star Boxing: Devin, how’s…
King Arthur Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) is on his way to the U.S. The undefeated IBF middleweight champion has boarded a plane at Berlin Tegel at 9.50 am this morning. After a quick stop in Munich, he is expected to arrive in Miami at 4.35 pm local time. “I am really looking forward to the…
The Chicago Cubs, owners of the best record in Major League Baseball, will welcome WBC Champion David Diaz to throw out the first pitch this Tuesday night, June 10, prior to the opening game of their three game home series against the Atlanta Braves. Diaz will take to the mound approximately 15 minutes prior to…
An IFBA World welterweight title fight between Jill Emery and Angel Martinez has been added to Thursday night’s (June 12) Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
© Gianluca “Rio” Di Caro Philadelphia’s promising middleweight prospect Jamaal “Da Truth” Davis, 7-3-0 (6), returns to the ring against Richard Pierson, 7-1-0 (4), from Paterson, New Jersey on Wednesday, June 11 at the Gotham Boxing Promotions/Seminole Warriors Boxing/Bad Dog Productions co-promoted event at The Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, New York City.
The highly anticipated showdown between unbeaten light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud and former world champion Julio Gonzalez will take place on Friday, August 8 at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom and will be broadcast on ESPN2, announced Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, who will promote the event along with Chicago- based A Team Management. The Cloud/Gonzalez…
By Per Ake Persson Kamran Kabinejad both co-promoted and headlined a small hall show in Orebro, Sweden, earlier this week. Kabinejad, 3-0 and fighting at junior middle, looked good in outscoring Latvian Sergej Volodin over four and received a standing ovation from the crowd at the packed Mellringhall.
World Boxing Council Lightweight Champion David Diaz will take a break from training for his title defense against boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao to give the commencement address at Carl Von Linne Elementary School in Chicago on Monday, June 9. Diaz is currently training in Chicago for his world title defense against “The Mexicutioner” set for…
“Nine years is a long time to be fighting out of town, I’m thrilled to be fighting at home on June 20th†said former world champion Montell “Ice†Griffin after a training session in his native Chicago . ‘I’ve been on the road for while and it’s nice that my kids and family can come…