Teen sensation and famed Hollywood actor Corbin Bleu, best known for his starring roles in High School Musical (2006), High School Musical 2 (2007), and Jump In! (2007), has been tapped to sing the national anthem at the highly anticipated boxing showdown between Felix “Tito†Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday night at Madison…
Hot on the heels of a magnificent 2007 for British boxing, Frank Maloney Promotions returns in force with a bad blood grudge match that is likely to be an early candidate for Fight of the Year honors. Sworn enemies at light heavyweight, Tony Oakey and Peter Haymer, will reprise their initial clash of June 2005…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Madison Square Garden a legion of Trinidad supporters attended the final press conference yelling, “Tito! Tito! Tito†as he pounded his chest and declared he would defeat his opponent Roy Jones, Jr. on Saturday night. Felix “Tito†Trinidad, 42-2 (35), will be stepping into the…
Q: What did you see in Jones that you picked him as a comeback fight? Papa Trinidad: “A long time ago, we had been thinking that this would be a good fight for Tito. And now that Tito had a willingness to return, and Tito could make the weight, we saw that it was convenient…
The fists will be flying once again in New York as Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing kicks off the New Year with a bang with the 8th installment of the phenomenal boxing series “Punchin’ at the Paradise” on Thursday, January 31st 7:30pm at the Utopia Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, NY. Star Boxing has made a…
Rogers Mtagwa, of Philadelphia, PA, makes the first defense of his NABF featherweight title when he faces Roger Gonzalez, of Fontana, CA, the scheduled 12-round main event Friday evening, March 7, at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia.
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing In preparation for Saturday’s “Bring on the Titans†boxing event at Madison Square Garden, the media was treated to a workout session of some of the fighters featured on the HBO Pay-Per-View event. Five-Time World Champion, Felix “Tito†Trinidad, 42-2 (35), was in good spirits as he…
When Michael Sprott scored a stunning knockout victory over 2000 Sydney Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison last February, British promoter Frank Warren declared that the winner of a rematch with Bedford’s Matt Skelton would get a shot at a world title. I have to admit, I was sceptical. We’d heard talk about world crowns and…
From the office of WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Results of yesterday’s WBC Purse Offers: Heavyweight: Vladimir Virchis vs. Juan Carlos Gomez, final elimination. Universum Box Promotion won the bid with an offer of $411,980.00, outbidding Arena Promotions’ offer of $400,000. Light heavyweight: Chad Dawson vs. Adrian Diaconu, mandatory defense.
Strengthened by his devastating knockout of James Northey last October, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada (10-1, 2 KOs) plans to knock his next opponent, former world heavyweight title contender Charles Shufford, into retirement after their January 25th 10-round, co-main event on “Champions of Tomorrow†at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Yusaf Mack, former super middleweight, is ready to replace Jeff Lacy, who pulled out of the scheduled April 12 clash clash with current IBO champion, Antonio Tarver at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
The purse bid ceremony scheduled today to determine the promoter of the WBC Light Heavyweight title bout between Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu and Chad Dawson has been postponed. American Promoter Don King Productions contacted the WBC to inform them that it was still considering to promote the Diaconu/Dawson fight.