Light middleweight Gary “Hot Stuff” Woolcombe realized a career ambition by winning the British title in December of last year but a first defense against former champion Ryan Rhodes in April saw the 26 year old lose his grip on the domestic crown when KO’d in the ninth round.
Scott Woolford showed he was for real against Matthew Hatton last time out. Now the exciting Ramsgate boxer bids to show promoter Frank Maloney he doesn’t need to look any further for his next superstar. Maloney stages his next non-televised ‘Search For A Star’ bill at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday November 15.
With the 2008 year nearing an end, Joe DeGuardia and his team at Star Boxing will definitely deserve to enjoy the upcoming holiday season that is quickly approaching. Star Boxing has recently been all over the world representing their growing roster of boxers. Whether it has been promoting fights, attending major sanctioning body conventions, or…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing First Team’s PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson put on another entertaining afternoon of boxing on Sunday when they hosted a full card of eight contests, billed as “Crunch-time at Lunch-time”, which included two title bouts at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England. Dean “Deano” Harrison of Wolverhampton…
The weigh in for this Saturday’s Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar takes place at Shaws Department Store at the Harlequin Centre in Castlebar this Friday lunchtime at 1pm. The weigh in is open to the public. On Saturday evening doors open at the International Arena at the Breaffy House Resort…
Undefeated IBF champion Steve “The Canadian Kid†Molitor and WBA super bantamweight boss Celestino Caballero will battle to unify the titles on Friday, Nov. 21, from Casino Rama, in Ontario, Canada, live on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. The 12-round world title unification fight is…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro IBF Cruiserweight Champion, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham is set to experience a totally different type of “contact†sport on Wednesday evening, when he attends the New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers ice hockey game as a special guest.
On December 5, 2008, the Civic Center, in the historical town of Laredo, Texas will be filled with a sellout of ravenous fight fans where top management company, Cestus Management will feature three of its young charges. James “Quick Draw†DuBois, Rodolfo “Baby Cobra†Gomez and Robert “Nighthawk”Luna Jr., will all be in action in…
One of the top trainers in the world, Freddie Roach, took a conference call yesterday about his fighter Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming clash with Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Bob Arum: We’re getting closer and closer to the fight. Freddie Roach, who I regard as the…
Cedric Kushner, President of Gotham Boxing, announced in New York today that he has been informed by Irish Ropes that they cannot deliver the services of John Duddy, the headliner on the November 21 New York City show. As such, the show has been cancelled.
By Per Ake Persson It´s not official but Nikolay Valuev´s defence of the WBA heavyweight title appears to be on for Zurich in Switzerland December 20 with Evander Holyfield as opponent. As always when Sauerland Event promotes they have the Austrian Federation as supervising body – in this case it´s a must as the Swiss…
Newly crowned WBC USNBC light welterweight champion, Don Juan Futrell, 22-3-2 (10), is issuing a challenge to former two-time world champion Julio “The Kidd” Diaz. Futrell, who’s unbeaten in his last nine fights, is coming off an impressive win against Hector Alatorre. “I feel I’m ready to challenge the best fighters at the lightweight and…