You couldn’t miss Richard Towers if you saw him in the street, but Ricky Hatton reckons he is the best kept secret in heavyweight boxing. Towers who is 6ft 8in tall and hit the scales at 17 stone is looking to make a dent in Britain’s best heavyweights after teaming up with Hatton Promotions.
On Friday May 14th, the newest member of the Star Boxing stable, undefeated cruiserweight prospect, Ahmed “The Prince of Egypt” Samir (8-0, 2KO’s) will fight for the first time since signing with the Bronx-based promotional company, when he squares off against “Big” John Douglas at the historical Paradise Theater in the Bronx. Samir-Douglas is scheduled…
Curt Menefee will re-join the ShoBox: The New Generation announce team after perennial host and play-by-play announcer Nick Charles recently stepped down to continue his battle against cancer and spend time with his family. Menefee, who called three fights for Showtime in 2009, will anchor the remaining ShoBox telecasts in 2010 alongside expert analysts Steve…
This coming Friday, Stoke Newington’s rising Light Middleweight star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng is back in action on the under card of the Sky television broadcast, Frank Maloney promoted, British Flyweight title clash between Shinny Bayaar and Ashley Sexton at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex. In his last fight, back in January, Ochieng decisively…
Veteran Angel “El Toro†Hernandez is arguably, pound-for-pound, one of the toughest boxers in the business. The Mexican native, fighting out of Chicago, has parlayed impressive back-to-back performances into a May 22 title fight against Peter Manfredo, Jr. at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. “It’s all in his nickname – ‘Toro’ means bull,†Angel’s trainer…
Last week at the Grand Hotel and Casino in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Star Boxing’s USBA welterweight champion, and IBF #3 rated, Delvin Rodriguez (25-4-2, 14KO’s) was honored as the Dominican Republic’s boxer of the year at the annual Athlete of the Year awards ceremony. The awards ceremony included the top government officials from the…
In its nearly 30 years in the boxing industry Promoter Dan Goossen has grown accustomed to developing many young boxers from the amateur ranks into World Champions. Now, Goossen Tutor Promotions has entered into a promotional agreement with a boxer who holds a World Championship title belt with the goal of developing him into a…
Click the image to view all photos from this boxing card Friday night, at the Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England, Matchroom Sport (Barry Hearn) hosted a fightnight which saw a fantastic all-action headliner. John Murray of Manchester faced Gary Buckland of Cardiff for the Vacant EBU (European) Lightweight Title and the fourth defence of his…
After a prolonged and heavily hyped media build-up, light middleweights Paul Williams and Kermit Cintron fought an uneventful three rounds at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA last night. The pair went about the fight cautiously from the outside without much taking place until the forth round when Cintron fell through the ropes after getting…
After 16 months out of the ring, ex-WBO/WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito made his comeback to boxing a good one by pounding out a dominating unanimous decision win at light middleweight over Roberto Garcia last night at La Feria de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico. If front of large festival audience, Margarito nearly gunned down…
© Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor Promotions Three-time former World Champion Paul “The Punisher†Williams will face former Welterweight World Champion and knockout artist Kermit “The Killer†Cintron tonight at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Light Middleweights, 12 rounds Paul Williams: 152.5 lb Kermit Cintron: 154 lb
Mexico’s Hugo Fidel Cazares painted a masterpiece today in his rematch with Nobuo Nashiro at Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan, ripping the WBA super flyweight title from the local hero by unanimous decision. Nashiro, who had won the WBA crown iust his eighth pro bout in 2006 before losing and then recapturing the title in…