Two-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero comes to the University of San Francisco to show support for the 2008 USA Boxing Championships taking place February 1-3. On Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 1:30 pm, Guerrero will hold a sparring session on campus at Hagan Gym located at 222 Stanyan St. in San Francisco.
The Steel City’s favourite son Clinton Woods has landed a stunning shot at former undisputed world light-heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver in April. Woods will travel to Tarver’s Florida hometown Tampa on April 12 to defend his IBF light-heavyweight crown.
A second light heavyweight world title fight has been added to the April 12 edition of Showtime Championship Boxing, Ken Hershman, senior vice president and general manager, Sports & Event Programming, Showtime announced today. IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods will defend his title against IBO titleholder and former undisputed 175-pound kingpin Antonio Tarver at…
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (42-7-1, 29 KOs), rated No. 3 by the WBA and No. 6 by the WBC, returns to the ring March 8 against Jameel “Big Time†McCline on the Oleg Maskaev-Samuel Peter card in Cancun, Mexico.
Risum Boxing and Larsen Boxing today announced a new cooperation that will see super featherweight Kim â€Golden Boy†Poulsen (6-1, 1 KO) and super middleweight Fawaz Nasir (11-2, 6 KOs) enter the ring for six round bouts against opponents TBA on February 9 at the Mediacentre in Aabybro, Denmark. The show will be aired live…
With tensions near the boiling point, promoters have been forced to increase security at this Thursday’s (January 31) weigh-in and press conference for the Friday, February 1, boxing event at the Palace of Auburn Hills. “Fire & Ice†will feature Motown’s undefeated lightweight sensations Lanardo “Pain Server†Tyner and Vernon “Iceman†Paris in separate main…
By Per Ake Persson German press writes today that former IBF and WBA super middle champ Sven Ottke could be coming back to face Dariusz Michalczewski May 24 in Hannover. Michalczewski, 48-2 and former longtime WBO light heavy ruler, should have fought another oldtimer in Graciano Rocchigiani but “Rocky” have pulled out.
Serious, smart and sexy with a sledgehammer-like right hand, Laura Saperstein has touched off something of a mini-media frenzy in the UK while quickly becoming one of the hottest prospects in British boxing since making her pro debut last November. The former highly successful corporate lawyer has been the focus of countless newspapers articles and…
Go Fight Live is offering its first live boxing webcast of the new year, Thursday January 31, 2008 starting at 7:30 PM (EST) on www.gofightlive. tv The fists will be flying once again in New York, and GoFightLive’s “World Fight Night” will be there to cover all the action, as Star Boxing kicks off the…
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions mark their ten year anniversary with an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing as they present “Celebration” on Friday, February 15th at Cicero Stadium. Said Pesoli, “I’m honored to enter my second decade promoting professional boxing. It’s been an incredibly rewarding experience presenting monthly and sometimes twice monthly events…
GBU World Middleweight Champion “Lady Ram” Laura Ramsey is calling out to IBF Ladies Middleweight Champion Mary Jo Sanders to a unification title fight between the top two currently active women boxers in the world.
HBO’s late-night boxing series kicks off the new year with a high-powered heavyweight showdown when HBO Boxing After Dark: Alexander Povetkin vs. Eddie Chambers is seen Saturday, Jan. 26 at 10:00 PM. (ET/PT), from the Tempodrome in Berlin, exclusively on HBO.