Brocton, MA – Cappiello Promotions presents another exciting installment of its Mohegan Sun Fight Night Series Saturday, October 28, from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. The 12-round main event pits Hartford, Connecticut’s Mike “Machine” Oliver against California’s Adam “El Torito” Carrera for the vacant USBA Junior Featherweight Championship. Oliver, ranked #4 by the…
Heavyweight Monte “Two Gunz†Barrett faces World Boxing Assocation heavyweight champion Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev on Saturday at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. Barrett gave his thoughts on the upcoming bout just before departing for Chicago from his camp in the Catskill Mountains of New York. “I don’t think this fight is going to…
Two of the country’s top female boxers battle for the NWBA Championship in an eight round main event at the Lucky Eagle Casino on Saturday, October 7th at 7pm. Dakota Stone, who hails from Seattle, WA will face Layla McCarter who is currently living in Las Vegas, NV. While McCarter is 10 years younger than…
Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev | Monte “Two Gunz†Barrett 7 feet Height 6 feet, 3 inches 325 pounds Weight 225 pounds 84 inches Reach 77 inches (full wing span)
Legendary six-time world champion Julio Cesar Chavez examines the Champ Car World Series car in Las Vegas during Champ Car’s press conference to announce a Las Vegas race and unveil the 2007 Champ Car World Series schedule. The Champ Car season will conclude on Nov. 10-12 with a race in Mexico City that will decide…
This past Friday night highly touted middleweight prospect Donovan George was to make his much-anticipated Madison Square Garden debut as part of the Duddy-Campas under card. It was not to be though as George’s opponent, Gabriel Rivera, failed his E.K.G. exam the day prior to the fight prompting the New York State Athletic Commission to…
Don King Productions is staging their Nickolai Valuev – Monte Barrett WBA Heavyweight title card this Saturday at the Allstate Arena in Chicago and will hold open workouts for this week. Today, Australia’s Paul Briggs, who challenges WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek of Poland in a rematch and WBA Heavyweight title challenger Monte Barrett…
In a crossroads fight in the 140 pound division, Duva Boxing will pit two of the brightest young super lightweight talents in the world when Kendall Holt (20-1, 12 KO’s) squares off against unbeaten Isaac Hlatshwayo (20-0, 9 KO’s) for the vacant NABO Super Lightweight Championship on Friday night, November 3, at Bally’s Casino Ballroom…
Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing By Keith Chadwick Stoke’s lightweight champion Scott Lawton improved his record to 19-2-1 at King’s Hall on Saturday night thanks to a 7th round disqualification victory over Mauritius born Judex Meemea. London based Meemea, who took a 5-5-2 record into the bout, looked to spoil from an…
Fresh off his latest victory in his hometown of Hartford, Connecticut, undefeated Mike Oliver (16-0, 7 KO’s) enters Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, October 28th to battle Adam Carrera (18-1, 8 KO’s) from Cathedral City, California in a 12-round bout for the vacant USBA Super Bantamweight Championship. The undercard features a group of young talented…
Lenny Daws will make the first defence of his British light welterweight title on a Hennessy Sports event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday 20th October. Sky Sports will televise live. Whilst many new champions look to make a quick voluntary defence, the popular Londoner goes straight in against his mandatory contender…
Hennessy Sports promoted John Murray, who will now campaign at lightweight, has been voted by the Boxing Writer’s Club as “Britain’s Young Boxer of the Year’. “This means everything to me,†said the 21-year-old on hearing the news. “It’s a very prestigious award that is voted for by boxing people who watch the sport week…