LEE SAMUELS, TOP RANK: This is a very, very exciting time for Top Rank, the two-division World Champion is with us, Zab Judah. He’s on his, from Memphis Tennessee, where he is training at the Prize Fight Gym getting set for June 9th, Madison Square Garden live on HBO Pay-Per View. Zab will be taking…
In the annals of world history, July 14 is known as Bastille Day. On that fateful date in 1789 the people of France stormed and seized the dreaded Bastille, a prison beset by inhumane conditions in Paris as the first step in the French Revolution, which eventually overthrew the 17-year monarchy of King Louis XVI….
In a legitimate Fight of the Year candidate, WBO welterweight champion Antonio “The Tijuana Tornado†Margarito (34-4, 1 NC, 24 KOs) will make his seventh defense when he faces unbeaten, No. 1-ranked contender Paul “The Punisher†Williams (32-0, 24 KOs) in the main event of a stellar fight card Saturday, July 14, 2007, in the…
For Stoke boxers major titles are like buses; you don’t get one for ages and then three come along all at once. On 15th June Gary Reid will follow stable-mates Scott Lawton and Chris Edwards, both of whom have already challenged for British and Commonwealth titles this year, when he contests the vacant Commonwealth light-welterweight…
The “Universum Champions Night” returns to Dusseldorf, Germany on June 2 with world female flyweight champion Regina Halmich (52-1-1, 16 KOs) headlining at the Burg-Wächter Castello. The women’s boxing icon plans to conclude her long and successful career this year. Following her highly rated exhibition match against television entertainer Stefan Raab, Halmich’s next fight could…
WHAT: Former world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver will participate in an open media workout in Tampa, FL on Friday as he continues to prepare for his upcoming big fight against Elvir Muriqi on Saturday, June 9, at The Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn.
Jamie Sanigar puts on an International Masters Bantamweight Championship fight card in Newport, Wales on Saturday, June 16 at the Newport Centre. Headlining the bill is the scheduled ten round bantamweight title fight between hometown man Matthew Edmonds and Pakistan’s Jamil Hussain. The fully stocked undercard sees lightweight Gary Buckland of Cardiff squaring off against…
Welterweight boxer Aaron Thomas will appear at Old Trafford on 31st March on an SMP promoted card. The Chris Sanigar managed Thomas will be seeking to secure his fourth consecutive victory since turning professional last September. Thomas last turned out at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke earlier this month when he successfully managed to…
Brooklyn’s Shaun George knew he had to do more than just earn a victory; he needed to make an impression. Squaring off against his most difficult assignment to date, dangerous knockout artist Richard “The Destroyer” Hall, George shined on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights in front of a nationally televised audience on May 18. All three…
Ricky Hatton will meet a losing finalist from the hit US reality show Contender every day in the gym for the next two weeks. Last September Steve Forbes dropped a controversial split decision to Grady Brewer in the final of the second series of Contender. Forbes, a former IBF super-featherweight champion, arrived in Manchester on…
Roy Jones and opponent Anthony Hanshaw were on hand yesterday at Madison Square Garden to announce their July 14 Pay Per View bout to be held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. Roy Jones Jr: “I love to do what I do and I am back to doing what I do. No one…
Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Chicago’s 8 Count Productions are teaming up again for an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, June 1 at Cicero Stadium, featuring some of the sports finest prospects and future world champions.