Teddy Atlas, Staten Island’s favorite son, has been selected Grand Marshall for the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade set for Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2008, beginning at 11:30 am through 3:00 pm.
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Saturday night in Cancun, Mexico, IBF, WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz, 33-0 (17), will step into the ring for the first time in 2008 to face his mandatory IBF challenger Nate Campbell, 31-5-1 (25). This morning as I thought I was finishing my write up…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Enzo Maccarinelli: 197 LBS. David Haye: 198 LBS.
In the most significant cruiserweight unification title bout in years, world champions Enzo Maccarinelli (World Boxing Organization) and David Haye (World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association) will collide this Saturday, March 8, live on Showtime Championship Boxing at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. The Maccarinelli-Haye fight will start at 2 a.m. local time…
Fresquez Productions, Inc. has scheduled a media tour to announce and promote its pay-per view event, “Finally,†featuring Holly Holm and Mary Joe Sanders fighting for the vacant IFBA junior middleweight championship, as well as Pound-For-Pound Supremacy, on June 13 at the Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
World super middleweight challenger “The Pride of Providence†Peter Manfredo, Jr. (28-5, 13 KOs) is hungry again and planning to do some damage to Shane “The Irish Hitman†Benfield (17-1, 9 KOs) on March 14 in their 10-round main event, headlining “Rumble at the River,†part of “The Budweiser Night at the Fights,†at Twin…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday, in the smart surroundings of the Gateway Hotel in Nottingham, England, Kiko Martinez of Spain came head-to-head with ‘The Fighting Dustman’ – Rendall Munroe of Leicester. Munroe is challenging for the European Super Bantamweight title on a Frank Maloney promotion at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre,…
Chicky said “Just do it” and I have been here ever since…” There are the rare occasions in this sport when an achievement surpasses anything that could possibly have been dreamed of. A fighter dreams of becoming a world champion and after that, being inducted into the Hall of Fame while managers dream of managing…
Two of the brightest young stars of The Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s Gym Junior Boxing Team are in action this Friday, March 7 at the Lonnie Young Rec Center in Philadelphia. 14 year old Troy “Lil Bill” Green who competes in the 101 lb catagory and the exciting prospect 14 year old Karron Richardson, who has…
It could have been the biggest super middleweight fight of 2008, a pitched battle between a former world champion and perhaps the most exciting warrior in the game today. But despite offers to hold the bout in a neutral location and significant offers from both HBO and Showtime for the television rights to the bout,…
Boxing promoter Don King made a surprise announcement on Wednesday that he will no longer represent undefeated unified lightweight world champion Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz after his match on Saturday with Nate “Galaxxy Warrior†Campbell in Cancun, Mexico. King has represented Diaz since September 2006, and it is highly unusual for the world’s greatest promoter…
Andre Berto, 21-0 (18), is a strong, fast, up and coming welterweight who in the past few years has made his way into the spotlight, showing more of the immense depth that this division has to offer. The 24 year old from Winter Haven, FL holds impressive wins thus far, giving a glimpse on what…