Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) president Jimmy Burchfield announced today that Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey and his manager, Brett Hallenbeck, have agreed to relinquish his NABA, USNBC and WBC Continental Americas cruiserweight title belts. Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs) will retain his NABF cruiserweight championship. He is rated No. 2 by the WBC, as well…
Victor Oganov is “The Destroyer.†The World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 8 super middleweight contender has fought 26 times and knocked out each of his opponents in seven rounds or less personifying his nickname. Oganov (26-0, 26 KOs), of Syktyvkar, Russia, will look to continue that dominance when he battles former world title challenger Fulgencio…
On August 24, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is back with the fifth installment of its popular boxing series “Punchin’ at the Paradise†at the Utopia Paradise Theater in the Bronx. The main event features Dominican Dynamo Delvin Rodriguez (20-2-1, 12KO’s) making his first ring appearance since his March 23 thrill-a-minute slugfest with Jesse Feliciano when…
From Bruce Silverglade of Gleason’s Gym: I would like to let you know that Gleason’s Gym sponsors a not-for-profit program for disadvantaged children called “Give a Kid a Dream”. This program provides kids with boxing equipment and a series of one-on-one intensive training workouts with a world-class Gleason’s trainer.
Just three weeks after their highly successful partnering to present “War For 4!â€headlined by the WBC Lightweight World Championship battle between David Diaz and Erik Morales, Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, and Las Vegas’ Top Rank Incorporated team up again to present “El Bravoâ€, another evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, August 24 at…
Click for larger image © Stacey Arpin-Santos / Saddo Boxing Live from Twin Rivers Resort in Lincoln, Rhode Island, cruiserweight Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey put his NABF Cruiserweight title on the line against Derrick “D-Train” Brown last Friday night. Godfrey entered the fight rated #2 by the WBC after a recent string of impressive victories…
Recap and Analysis of the Recent Televised Fights in the Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight Divisions After back-to-back weekends of exciting boxing matches, boxing takes a much-deserved rest. There is not another meaningful televised fight until Jermain Taylor versus Kelly Pavlik on September 29, 2007. I do not count the September Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo Mayorga…
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) president Jimmy Burchfield reports that Team Escalera has turned down an opportunity for undefeated cruiserweight prospect Alfredo Escalera, Jr. (14-0-1, 11KOs) to fight CES’ unbeaten nine-time U.S. amateur champion Aaron Williams (14-0-1, 10 KOs) in the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights opening 8-round bout on August 24 in New York…
“Fast & Furious†is the only way to describe this epic rumble between two of boxing’s top pound for pound superstars — undefeated WBA world welterweight champion MIGUEL COTTO and four-time world champion SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY. Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, in association with Madison Square Garden, “Fast & Furious†will take…
Newly crowned NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato†Figueroa, in a reality short time period, has gone from counseling rebellious teens to tormenting opponents in the ring. The Spanish Harlem-born, Bronx-raised Figueroa (17-2, 13 KOs), now fighting out of Miami, captured his NABF title belt on July 28, stopping former NABA champion Ubaldo Hernandez…
An Early Look In a fight that I still find difficult to believe is taking place, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Ricky Hatton put their unbeaten records on the line in December. Call me a skeptic or even a pessimist, but I still won’t believe it will happen until both men are in the ring. This…
Heavy-handed punchers set the stage many years ago for David Tua, Roman Greenberg, Jeremy Williams and Co., continuing the strong Utah pro boxing tradition Saturday night in the Pinnacle FiteNite pay-per-view show at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy. World heavyweight champions “Gentleman†Jim Corbett and Jack “The Manassa Mauler†Dempsey both had their…