Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Brothers Anthony Peterson (left) and his brother, Lamont (right) pose at the Four Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota, prior to their separate “ShoBox” appearances Friday on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT). In the 10-round junior welterweight main event, undefeated Lamont Peterson (16-0, seven KOs),…
Alejandro “Terra†Garcia defends his World Boxing Association super welterweight title against local favorite and former world welterweight champ Jose Antonio Rivera Saturday, May 6, 2006, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). The 12-round title bout will be promoted by Don King Productions and originate from the DCU Center at Worcester,…
Red hot light middleweight contender Gary Woolcombe has been added to Maloney Promotions’ highly anticipated Froch – Magee British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight Championship fight card at the York Hall in London on Friday, May 26. “Hot Stuff” meets fellow Londoner Gilbert “The Hurricane” Eastman in a scheduled ten round contest for the British Southern…
One of boxing’s most promising young prospects, super lightweight Jorge Paez Jr., son of former world champion Jorge Paez Sr., has signed a multi-year deal to be co-promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions and his future already looks brighter. It was announced today that the 18-year-old native of Mexicali, (where is Mexicali…
Undercard Features Talented Fighters From UK, New England, Ireland and Brazil The double world championship fight card presented by promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions and Dennis Hobson and Robert Waterman/Fight Academy on Saturday, May 13, 2006, at the TD Banknorth Garden, located on Causeway Street in Boston’s Downtown North section, will feature talented young fighters from…
“Let It Ride,” promoted by CES and sponsored by Lincoln Park, will be the first Pro-Am boxing show in Rhode Island history. Burchfield recently announced that “Let It Ride,” headlined by the intrastate rivalry between IWBF lightweight champion Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt (16-3-1, 7 KOs) and IWBF featherweight title-holder Missy “The Fury” Fiorentino (13-1, 6…
Cedric Kushner has launched a new boxing promotional company entitled Gotham Boxing, which will make its debut with The Premiere at the Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center on Eighth Avenue at West 34th Street on Wednesday night, May 24, featuring Brooklyn heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs vs. Chris Koval in the main event for the vacant…
Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. has signed World Boxing Council No. 18-rated super welterweight Ossie Duran (20-5-1, 9 KOs, former Commonwealth (Great Britain) light middleweight and welterweight champion, to a promotional contact. Duran, now fighting out of Providence via his native Ghana and adopted home in England, makes his CES and United States…
Silverhawk Boxing today announced that it has reached an agreement for Prince Badi “The Boxing Prince†Ajamu (25-2-1, 14 KOs) to fight former undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones, Jr. (49-4, 38 KOs) on July 29 at a site to be determined. Prince Badi, rated No. 5 by the World Boxing Council, is the reigning…
The normally confident and talkative British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch was uncharacteristically quiet when asked to contribute to a Maloney Promotions press release publicising the Nottingham man’s upcoming clash with Belfast’s hard hitting southpaw and former IBO Champion Brian Magee taking place at London’s York Hall on Friday, May 26. While Froch…
Brothers Lamont and Anthony Peterson of Washington, D.C., grew up homeless, but they feel right at home in the ring. The up-and-coming, unbeaten junior welterweights are a combined 32-0 with 20 knockouts. Lamont, who at 22 is 14 months older than Anthony, is 16-0 with seven KOs. Anthony is 16-0 with 13 KOs. In their…
Bulgaria’s former European super-featherweight champion Tontcho Tontchev has been added to the impressive Maloney Promotions bill at the historical York Hall on May 26th. Tontchev will appear in a six round contest as part of his new promotional agreement with Maloney Promotions after a sensational knockout of highly-rated British lightweight Dean Phillips on his return…