Promoted by Sycuan Ringside Promotions, World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (40-3, 29 KOs) and World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (33-4, 28 KOs) square off on Mexican Independence Day on Saturday, Sept. 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Vazquez, who became the 100th Mexican champion with his first world…
Impact Boxing today announced that former Royal Marine Andrew Lowe will make his pro debut on 30th September at The Kings Hall, Stoke. Following in the footsteps of Imran Khan and, the Chris Sanigar managed, Aaron Thomas the Newark based Lowe becomes the third debutant to link up with Impact within the last two months….
Ireland’s John Duddy (17-0, 15 KO’s) will be back in the Big Apple spotlight when he faces the sternest test of his young career against former world champion, Mexico’s Yory Boy Campas (88-8, 72 KO’s), on Friday night, September 29, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Red Corner Promotions and the XFC present the first ever OktoberFIST on October 13 at the Broncos Leagues Club in Red Hill, Brisbane, Australia. With the Australian love of beer and our love of a good dust-up it only seemed natural to combine the two. The Germans have their own festival around beer we just…
In a recent column on the ESPN.com boxing website, blow-by-blow announcer Joe Tessitore named the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia as the best place to watch a fight over the recent Wednesday Night Fight series on ESPN 2.
Click for larger image© Paul Speak Ricky Hatton has been invited to the international boxing hall of fame in canastota on wednesday 13th september for a fundraising reception on behalf of the the hall of fame. Ricky will be guest of honour and was personally invited by the President of the hall of fame Ed…
When Kassim Ouma heard last Friday (Aug. 18) ESPN 2 boxing analyst Teddy Atlas mention a potential Ouma-Jermain Taylor fight for the world middleweight title in December, “it was one of the happiest days of my life,†he said. “I have nothing but the utmost respect for Jermain Taylor as a person and a champion…
Team Pantera, ready to celebrate the crowning of a new middleweight king, Edison Miranda, Saturday at the EWE-Arena in Oldenburg, Germany, will have to wait just a little while longer, as it was announced that IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham has withdrawn from this weekend’s bout, citing illness.
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) will promote the first boxing show ever held at the Connecticut Convention Center, the appropriately named “Night of the Rising Stars†Pro-Am card, headlined by a cruiserweight unification bout between Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey and Danny “Boy†Batchelder, on September 23.
Promoter Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing congratulates Vinny Maddalone, Malachy Farrell and all the other boxers in what turned out to be a fantastic night of televised boxing, last Friday, August 18, at the City Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Featherweights Jose Hernandez and Lenny DeVictoria Clash at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago this Friday on a bill that also sees six outstanding bouts and newly crowned WBC interim Lightweight World Champion David Diaz honored. Diaz, who won his title with a stunning 10th round TKO of Jose Armando Santa Cruz on Saturday, August 12th…
Light welterweight contender Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (21-1, 5 KOs) has received medical clearance to return to the ring. Malignaggi underwent surgery in mid-June to repair his fractured right cheekbone. Today, he returned to the Lahey Clinic & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, where senior plastic surgeon Dr. David J. Bryan evaluated Malignaggi and…