When he was coming up the hard way as a young man in Colombia, Juan Urango dreamed of the day when he would be able to not only take care of his entire family, but would also be able to call himself the best in the world – a Champion. On Friday, June 30, at…
“Ireland’s†John Duddy (16-0, 14 KOs), preparing his June 10 defense of his WBC Continental Americas middleweight title against Freddy Cuevas (25-8-1, 17KOs) on the Cotto-Malignaggi card at Madison Square Garden, was interviewed at training camp with Pauli Malignaggi, his friend and occasional sparring partner, on “The Mouthpiece Boxing Show with Anthony Pepe on Boston’s…
Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (21-0, 5 KOs), preparing his June 10 title fight against WBO light welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs) at Madison Square Garden, was interviewed at training camp with his friend and occasional sparring partner, “Ireland’s” John Duddy, on “The Mouthpiece Boxing Show with Anthony Pepe on Boston’s Boxing Station…
DiBella Entertainment’s welterweight sensation Joshua Clottey (28-1, 20 KO’s) is ranked #4 by the WBC, #5 by the WBO, and #7 by the IBF. Just as the high ratings indicate, Clottey believes he is capable of beating the best welterweights in the world, and having reeled off nine consecutive victories, the star from Ghana has…
I’m glad that the champion has woken up and if he fights as well as he counters the press releases he shouldn’t have any worries. Which Maloney is he referring to on all of these comments I don’t disagree that I said all of his opponents are hand-picked, if that is not the case then…
Diego “Chico’’ Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo are signed, sealed and ready to deliver once again Live on Showtime Saturday, June 3, 2006, (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In a terrific match-up of unbeaten flyweights in the Showtime Championship Boxing co-feature, International Boxing Federation (IBF)/International Boxing Organization (IBO) Champion Vic “The Raging…
British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight Champion Mark Hobson has promised to make Buster Keeton pay on June 1 at the Barnsley Metrodome – in more ways than one. The Huddersfield hitter was due to fight Keeton in February but instead opted to fight WBU World Cruiserweight king Enzo Maccarinelli on the big Joe Calzaghe-Jeff Lacy card…
Northwest heavyweight favorite Chauncy “The Baby Face” Welliver of Spokane, Washington will take his shot at the NWBA title against of Grove City, Ohio’s Chad Van Sickle in the 10 round main event at the Lucky Eagle Casino on Saturday, June 10th at 7pm. The 22 year old Welliver sports a 29-3-3 record with 11…
Peltz Boxing Promotions, of Philadelphia, and Joe Hand Promotions, of Feasterville, PA, have entered into a agreement to have all professional boxing cards at the New Alhambra televised to more than 850,000 soldiers and military personnel on the Armed Forces Network (AFN). The deal kicks off with the delayed showing of the June 16, 2006,…
The face to face for the double super-middleweight title fight between Carl Froch and Brian Magee which was scheduled for 11.30 am at the Connaught Rooms in London tomorrow has been canceled at the discretion of the promoter Frank Maloney as he feels after reading the press release put out by the Froch camp insulting…
With his scheduled clash with Bernard Hopkins in Atlantic City just two weeks away, light heavyweight Antonio Tarver will hold a national teleconference with the American media on Thursday and is expected to rip his hated rival. This will undoubtedly lead to a countering Hopkins conference and set the wheels in motion for a highly…
Professional sensation Amir Khan says he can’t wait to fight at the Millennium Stadium on July 8 – and reckons a bumper crowd will inspire him to his best ever performance. Khan extended his winning streak to 7-0 in Belfast over the weekend when he comfortably beat former European lightweight title challenger Laszlo Komjathi.