It was a great night for boxing. My friends and I got to the fight early. I was sent along to brave the Will Call window alone. There was a group of disappointed girls in line ahead of me that seemed to have bought their tickets from a scalper, only to realize later that they…
Prizefighter heads to Scotland for the first time later this month. Barry Hearn’s all-in-one-evening boxing tournament sees eight British lightweights battle for a £25,000 top prize at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow on Tuesday, March 24. Prizefighter has captured the public’s attention due to the format, which sees four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final…
Frank Maloney has in his promotional stable what he feels are the two brightest stars from the 2008 Beijing Olympic boxing competition and this Friday, March 6 sees one of them, Darren “The Dazzler” Sutherland, return to the ring at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England. Sutherland will be on the bill lending support to…
The late Charles “Babe†Wood will be posthumously inducted into the CES Ring of Honor during a special ceremony Friday night, March 6 at “Mayflower Madness,†promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc., in historic Plymouth Memorial Hall. “Mayflower Madness†is the first in a four fight arrangement, “The Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor…
South London champ Simone Harvey plans to pack her punches against 20 different women to raise money for the women’s domestic violence charity refuge. She will be sweating it out on the ropes in three minute rounds as part of International Women’s Day celebrations at Miguel’s boxing gym on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Twenty sparing…
Popular Philadelphia middleweight Jamaal ‘Da Truth’ Davis, better known around the boxing scene as ‘Tyson’, spent his final day at ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley’s Big Bear, California training camp where he has been preparing for his first fight since being signed by promoter Russell Peltz, which takes place at the Legendary Blue Horizon on Friday March…
© Chris Farina – Top Rank During a blistering two-day UK media tour, superstars Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao and Ricky “Hitman†Hatton set the tone for their world junior welterweight “The Battle of East and West†championship set for Saturday, May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
The 12 round main event March 14 between 22 year old lightweight prospect Amir Khan and Hall of Fame bound multiple world champion, “The Baby Faced Assassin†Marco Antonio Barrera, shapes up as a potential classic at The MEN Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom. Khan, 19-1 (15), 2004 Olympic Silver Medallist, defends his WBA International…
© Irish Ropes Promotions Former WBC bantamweight champion and 1992 Olympic Silver Medallist, Wayne “Pocket Rocket†McCullough, wants one more world title shot at that’s why he’s fighting St. Patrick’s Day Eve, Monday, March 16, on the “Erin Go Brawl II†card, presented by Irish Ropes Promotions, at WaMu Theater in the famed Madison Square…
As brash as he is slick, Deptford’s Anthony Small has warned British light middleweight champion Ryan Rhodes that he’s nothing but a stepping-stone en route to bigger honours for the switch-hitting Londoner. Set to challenge Rhodes on March 28 at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, Small believes it is a fight Rhodes could have done without.
Just 19 years old, junior welterweight Javier Molina has already been picked by boxing insiders as a future star. Promoter Dan Goossen agrees with the experts when it comes to the 2008 United States Olympian, and he has shown his confidence by signing Molina to an exclusive promotional contract with his company, Goossen Tutor Promotions,…
One of Great Britain’s most accomplished fighters gets the long awaited chance to step out of the domestic scene and into a hotly anticipated European title shot as light middleweight Jamie Moore meets highly seasoned Italian Michele Piccirillo on Friday, March 6 at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England. For 30 year old Moore, 30-3…