Michael Acri Promotions’ has postponed the April 6 professional boxing card at The Avalon Hotel in Erie, PA, headlined by the 2008 debut undefeated former IBF lightweight champion “The Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora.
Former world junior middleweight champion Raul Marquez continued his middleweight resurrection last Saturday at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, scoring a ten round win over Bronco McKart.
The first bill takes place on Friday, April 18 with Gary Woolcombe defending his British light middleweight title at London’s famed York Hall with chief support featuring heavyweights John McDermott and Pele Reid clashing for the vacant English crown. Also on the card will be undefeated Commonwealth light welterweight champion Ajose Olusegun and on her…
Former WBC Super Middleweight International Champion and WBA title challenger Jaffa “The African Assassin†Ballogou, 45-6 (39), has announced he will to return to the ring in the near future. Ballogou, who had been sidelined by promotional issues since his last fight in June 2006, is close to inking with a new promoter and plans…
British lightweight champion Thaxton (Norwich) challenges European lightweight champion Yuri Romanov (Belarus) at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on a Hennessy Sports show on Friday, April 4th. Sky Sports 1 televise the action live from 9.30pm. Thaxton rates Romanov a far more difficult opponent than Martin Kristjansen (Denmark), who Commonwealth champion Khan boxes on…
The date of June 16, 1983, forever will taint the history of New York sports and the world of boxing. That evening at Madison Square Garden, a shameful chain of events ended a promising young boxer’s career and changed the lives of many associated with the tragic scandal.
The two best female boxers in the world, Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter†Holm and Mary Jo Sanders, headline the June 13th “Finally†pay-per-view event at 10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT – the greatest collection of women fighters on one show in history – live from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The great Rocky Marciano will be posthumously inducted into the CES Ring of Honor in a special ceremony during the April 4th “Heavy Hitters†pro boxing show, airing on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights live from Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
ITV and Hennessy Sports announce that the WBC world light welterweight title fight between Junior Witter and Timothy Bradley will be broadcast live on ITV1 on the same May 10 bill as Carl Froch’s WBC super middleweight final eliminator against Denis Inkin. British boxing star Witter will be making his third defence of his WBC…
Gareth Couch is out to take out his frustration in his long-awaited 11th professional fight at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, April 4. The undefeated High Wycombe light welterweight is happy to be part of the Hennessy Sports bill after being limited to just one fight last year.
Steve O’Mara makes his professional debut on Friday, April 4 with top trainer Jim McDonnell confident he has a bright future. The Wembley light middleweight sparred with the likes Olympic Games hopeful James Degale at Dale Youth ABC in Shepherds Bush before deciding to turn professional.
Two-Time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and WBC “Female Fighter of the Year” Carina “La Reina” Moreno will participate in the “15th Annual Commemorative March and Festival” celebrating the life and legacy of Cesar E. Chavez.