From Friday, Sept. 28 through Monday, Oct. 1, Showtime will host Free Preview Weekend, when the premium network will be available in a record 54 million homes nationwide. Free Preview Weekend on Showtime affords an opportunity for many non-subscribers to experience all of the hard-hitting sports and acclaimed original programming on the network as the…
Jon Thaxton feels he has a point to prove in the second defence of his British Lightweight Title against Dave Stewart at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, on October 5. Thaxton is looking forward to facing his fellow Hennessy Sports boxer at the home of British boxing after admitting he was bothered by flu in…
If the saying “styles make fights†holds any truth, then Don King Productions has found the perfect replacement opponent for World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson in hard-hitting Epifanio Mendoza ( 28-4-1 , 24 KOs ). Mendoza, who opened his professional career with 16 consecutive knockouts, likely will give the younger Dawson…
Cerveza Tecate, one of Mexico’s leading beer brands, today announced its primary sponsorship of the October 6 rematch between Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and Mexico’s WBC Super Featherweight Champion, Marco Antonio Barrera, in Las Vegas. Four years after their first encounter, Manny “Pac Man Destroyer†Pacquiao and Marco Antonio “Baby Face Assassin†Barrera, will…
Promoter Don King, in association with Maloof Sports & Entertainment, will present two world championship boxing matches at Arco Arena on Saturday, Sept. 29. The main event will feature World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion “Bad†Chad Dawson making the second defense of his crown against Colombian knockout artist Epifanio “Diamante†Mendoza. The second world…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing today announced a spectacular fight card coming Thursday, October 18 to The Grand Ballroom at The Manhattan Center, NYC. The main event features Vinny Maddalone, 27-4, (19KO’s), returning to the ring after losing a bloody battle against legendary former Heavyweight Champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield in Corpus Christi, Texas on…
Two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (41-7-1, 28 KOs) has offered to replace injured Oleg Maskaev on October 6 against Samuel Peter (28-1, 22 KOs). “I’m calling out Peter,†Ruiz said, “or any of the other top heavyweights in the world. If Peter wants to step-up and prove himself against a 2–time world…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: World Boxing Council heavyweight world champion Oleg Maskaev, from Kazakhstan-Russia, suffered a multiple disc herniation injury which will cause him to be inactive for at least for the next three or four months, according to his lawyer, which would lead the heavyweight division to 14 months without activity. Consequently, his…
One of boxing’s most exciting young warriors, Edison Miranda has captured the hearts of the fight world since his United States debut in 2005. Now, on Tuesday, October 30th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, “Pantera’ begins his long-awaited assault on the super middleweight division when he takes on Henry Porras.
Beaches and boxing. Although the two are rarely mentioned in the same breath, the sweet science will meet the sandy shores of the Caribbean Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, on Showtime. In the main event, two undefeated super middleweights and former amateur stars will invade the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Lucia as Olympic Gold Medalist…
20-year-old Kim Poulsen (4-1, 1 KO) will not be getting a “walk-over†opponent when he fights in Soumagne, Belgium on September 29. The Danish super featherweight prospect will face his first undefeated professional foe in Tomasz Kwiecien (1-0) from Poland, and Poulsen expects a tough and competitive challenge.
Cuban stars Odlanier Solis and Yuriorkis Gamboa again scored easy ko wins in the headliners of Arena Box Promotion´s big 14 fight show last night at the Hansa Hall in luebeck, Germany. Solis, at heavyweight, took some time to find the range against Marcus McGee but knocked him out in the second. Gamboa, down to…