Press Releases

8 Count Productions, Home of the Best of Chicago Boxing, is preparing for another outstanding year of presenting world class professional boxing for Chicagoland fight fans. Said Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count, “Last year we promoted 18 events and we’re looking at a similar number this year. We had …

Ricky Hatton has overcome an arm injury during training sessions for his January 20 Las Vegas debut and continues preparing for his HBO/SKY televised showdown with IBF Light Welterweight Champion Juan Urango. “Ricky lost four sessions of sparring because he damaged his arm,” said father/manager Ray Hatton. “It’s not ideal …

Quotes from both the Sam Peter vs. James Toney 2 contest and also Travis Sims vs. Jose Antonio Rivera Samuel Peter: “You saw what I did tonight,” Peter said. “I taunted him [Toney]. I gave him the Muhammad Ali shuffle, with a little Floyd Mayweather, too. This was my best …

Anthony Thompson Faces Robert Frazier On Undercard VERSUS, in collaboration with leading boxing promoters Top Rank, today announced that a NABF Lightweight Championship battle between Kid Diamond (23-1-1, 14 KOs) and Antonio Pitalua (41-3, 35 KOs) will headline the network’s first live Fight Night telecast of the year on Thursday, …

Ricky Hatton and his team, consisting of manager Ray Hatton, trainer Billy Graham, strength coach Kerry Kayes and agent Paul Speak, are making preparations to move their camp from the grim northern environs of Manchester, England to sunny Las Vegas, scheduled to take place on the 7th of this month. …

On a cold and foggy East End morning, British Bantamweight Champion Martin Power was busy preparing for his rematch against Commonwealth Champion Tshifhiwa Munyai on Friday, January 26 at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England. Having been stopped by Munyai earlier this year after the lanky South African stepped in …

Morden’s Lenny Daws has the opportunity to demonstrate that he is the next big thing in his division when he appears on the Sky Box Office Pay Per View Event on 20th January alongside two current marquee light welterweight operators from Britain. The 28-year-old defends his 140lb British Title against …

World Boxing Association light middleweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera broke his New England-based training camp today and headed south for final preparations leading up to his January 6 title defense against Travis Simms fighting on Showtime live from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. …

The main event features knockout artists Teddy Reid and Richard Gutierrez; Co-feature begins promptly at 7:30pm Mohegan Sun, in association with DRL Promotions, which is partly owned by boxing legend Roberto Duran, will present an exciting night of boxing action on Friday, January 26th as Teddy “Two Guns” Reid (23-8-2, …

Travis Simms, along with WBA #1 Middleweight Contender Randy Griffin, have been in Columbia, South Carolina, since Thanksgiving training for their upcoming fights. Simms has strong ties to South Carolina having fought here several times over the years. WBA Champion “In Recess” “Tremendous” Travis Simms takes on the current WBA …

Crowd-Pleasing, Undefeated Prospects Square Off In Co-Featured Bout On “ShoBox: The New Generation’’ Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at 11 p.m. ET/PT A pair of talented, unbeaten boxers with eerily similar pro careers will collide when Nick Casal (15-0-1, 1 NC, 12 KOs) faces Jose Antonio Izquierdo (15-0-1, 13 KOs) in …

No BCS controversy or photo finishes here. The two most talented fighters in the “ShoBox” super middleweight tournament will clash for the championship when Jean Paul Mendy faces Tony Hanshaw, Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) from the Desoto Civic Center …