This Saturday night, Anthony Burgin will be looking to give himself a belated birthday present. Burgin, who turned eighteen yesterday will be competing in the finals of the Eastern regional’s of the 2010 Golden Gloves that will be held at The Legendary Blue Horizon. Burgin came to the Joe Hand Gym six months ago with…
Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) is deeply saddened by the passing of our friend Lorraine Chargin on April 6. GBP had an extremely close working and personal relationship with Lorraine and her husband Don. Both Lorraine and Don were instrumental in building Golden Boy Promotions to where it is today through their invaluable advice and guidance…
On behalf of all of us at Star Boxing, I would like to send my deepest condolences to Hall-of-Fame Boxing Promoter, Don Chargin, who lost his wife of 49 years today to cancer. Lorraine has been a very significant figure in the boxing world for many years and her presence in our community will surely…
Former three-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero joins forces with the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Chapter of TheLeukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) as it launches its 2010 Man & Woman of the Year competition on April 7th to raise money for cancer research and patient services. Guerrero, along with 11 other candidates, will compete…
Unbeaten British and Commonwealth middleweight champion ‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker has skipped the Easter eggs ahead of his European title showdown this Friday at the Alexandra Palace in London, which will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 10pm “I love chocolate like everyone else, but that European title victory will be sweet enough…
Francois Botha defends his WBF heavyweight title against former World Champion Evander Holyfield this Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV. Evander Holyfield: “I’m happy to have the opportunity to fight in Las Vegas again. Everything that’s happened to me has been here – in 1984 I had to win Saturday…
For Sugar Shane Mosley, his May 1 mega-fight against Floyd Mayweather cannot come soon enough. Having longed for this fight for many years, he is mentally and physically ready for battle, with training preparations well underway. Following a three-city media tour which wrapped up in Los Angeles on March 4, Mosley immediately returned to Big…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday, SaddoBoxing went along to Shinfield’s Gym in Somercotes, Derby, England to check on the progress of Rendall Munroe as he prepares for the WBC Super-Bantamweight Title Eliminator. In a Frank Maloney promoted fightnight at Coventry’s SkyDome on April 23rd, Munroe – holder of the British,…
The fights returns to Oz in a big way this Thursday as Grange Old School Boxing puts on a good show this Thursday at Le Montage Bayside Events Centre in the western Sydney suburb of Lilyfield. Headlining the evening is a clash for the vacant IBF Australasian super middle crown between experienced southpaw Jamie Pittman,…
This Friday, April 9th, at The Arena in South Philadelphia, one of the hottest Featherweight prospects in the United States will make his eight round debut as Coy “Pretty Boy†Evans takes on twenty-three fight veteran Morris Chule in the Main event. The event is promoted by Greg Robinson’s Power Productions in association with Riveredge…
© Mary Ann Owen Ahead of their WBF heavyweight title clash this Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, Francois Botha and Evander Holyfield worked out for the media.
© Lawrence Lustig Michael Sprott has accused Audley Harrison of ‘lacking heart’ ahead of Friday’s clash for the vacant European Heavyweight Championship. Olympic gold medalist Harrison responded by saying it would be ‘miraculous’ if Sprott beat him for a second time at London’s Alexandra Palace. The pair fought before in February 2007 with Sprott winning…