Junior welterweights Ricky Hatton and Juan Urango both showed great respect for each other when they came face-to-face for the final press conference ahead of Saturday’s showdown at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas Thursday. The unbeaten pair clash for the IBF and IBO 140lbs (10stone) titles and, while both …
Read More »Danny Green Faces Paul Murdoch For Regional Aussie Boxing Belts
Winner could challenge for WBA Light Heavyweight title Danny Green defends his IBF Pan Pacific Light Heavyweight title against Pan Asian Boxing Association champion Paul Murdoch at the Melbourne State Netball and Hockey Centre this Sunday, January 21. The bout is seen as a step up light heavyweight rankings as …
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Don King Productions’ “Super Saturday” boxing card featuring three world championships will stay in Florida and take place on Feb. 3 at the Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla. The event, originally slated for Miami, will now make history as the biggest fight card ever in …
Read More »Move over Mickey, Silverhawk is coming to Orlando
“Blood, Sweat & Guts,” presented by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, features an all-star card of world-class fights with six different titles being contested, January 26 at Destiny Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In the 12-round main event, unbeaten heavyweight Leo “Paco” Nolan defends his USBO title against Texas State champion Hector Ferreyro. …
Read More »Witter offers Hatton winner takes all
Junior Witter believes long-term rival Ricky Hatton is a “coward’ and a “bully’ who is “hiding behind smokescreens’ and has called for him to settle their long running feud in a massive winner takes all showdown for the sake of the British public. The two are fighting on the same …
Read More »Boxing Info: Hatton not worried about spies
It seems linear junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton may have a future in the world of international espionage when he finally hangs up the gloves. During his Tuesday afternoon media workout at the Top Rank gym in Las Vegas, the Hitman wowed his camp members by somehow deciphering the cunning …
Read More »Juan Urango Here in Vegas, Here on Business
On the strip the high rollers are rolling, the tourists are checking out the sights, and fight fans are taking in the big event atmosphere that no other sport can compare to. But for IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango, this isn’t a time for partying; it’s time for work …
Read More »Matthew Hatton’s High Stakes Vegas Gamble
Matthew Hatton will join older brother Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas this weekend, taking on troubled journeyman Frank Houghtaling in a twelve round clash for the IBF International Welterweight title at the Paris Hotel on Saturday night. Since becoming a professional fighter in 2000, 25 year old Matthew Hatton has …
Read More »Boxing Tickets: De La Hoya Vs Mayweather
Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce that the hottest ticket in sports, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather, will go on sale Saturday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. The unprecedented battle between six-division world champion De La Hoya and unbeaten, four-division world champion Mayweather will be held Saturday, …
Read More »Junior Witter: Hatton is a Coward
WBC welterweight champion Junior Witter has hit back at rival title holder Ricky Hatton on talkSPORT, the UK’s only national commercial speech radio station, saying he thinks Hatton is a coward for refusing to meet him in the ring, depriving the public of the fight they desperately want to see. …
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The philosophy of the popular SHOWTIME boxing series, “ShoBox: The New Generation’’ is simple: to televise exciting, crowd-pleasing and competitive matches while providing a proving ground for willing young fighters determined to fight for a world title. Since its inception in July 2001, several “ShoBox’’ alums not only have challenged …
Read More »Crown Boxing Announces Lineup For February 17 Show
Dante Craig, Nate Gibbs, Rocky Phillips Preytonie and Mark Scott will see action on the Crown Boxing card at the Drawbridge Inn, Ft. Mitchell, KY on Saturday, February 17. Tickets are now on sale, call toll free 1-877-658-2769. $25 general admission, $50 reserved and $100 ringside.
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