The first Ring 8 monthly meeting of the year will be held Tuesday evening, Jan. 17 at 7 PM/ET, featuring a trio of guest speakers representing the upcoming 85th annual Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament, at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.
Middleweight contender and New York City native Giovanni “EL Chico Malo†Lorenzo has heard the rumors about a proposed Andy Lee/Peter Quillin bout for St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The proposed bout would take place on the HBO televised undercard of the Middleweight World Championship bout between Sergio…
Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson will face his most experienced foe to date when he battles Shawn Rawley Wilson in a six round junior middleweight bout Saturday, January 21 at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom. Hailing from Omaha, NE, Wilson’s faced a number of quality opponents including contenders DeAndre Latimore, Grzegorz Proksa and Jesus Gonzalez. In his…
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the massive earthquake that hit Haiti, leaving the country devastated and in shambles, but for former two-time welterweight champion Andre Berto, who will be squaring off against “Vicious” Victor Ortiz on February 11 in a rematch of one of the best fights of 2011, it still seems like just…
In what was already set to be an exciting showcase of the top young talent, on the Jan. 20 edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, Tom Brown, Goossen Tutor Promotions matchmaker, has added a special eight round super featherweight attraction between two undefeated prospects Guy Robb and Joel Diaz Jr. after Brandon Gonzales pulled out…
Ireland’s top boxers will be honoured at the Irish Amateur Boxing Association hosted Annual Awards at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin on Saturday night. The Centenary year of Irish amateur boxing was another outstanding twelve months with numerous medals claimed in World and European competition and three places secured at the London 2012 Olympics.
A clash of styles, resulting in a nationally televised win albeit in non-entertaining fashion, was another learning experience for world-rated super middleweight contender “Dangerous” Dyah Ali Davis (21-2-1, 9 KOs) last week against Alfonso “The Tiger” Lopez (22-2, 17 KOs) in their 2012 season-opening ESPN Friday Night Fights show in Key West, Florida.
At this past Sunday’s annual “Salute To Philly Boxing†Awards Dinner, Joey Eye Boxing Promotions was selected at the 2011 Philadelphia Promoter of the Year. Joey Eye Boxing, which has been promoting fights for the better part of a decade, made a big splash in 2011 by promoting five big events at Harrahs in Chester…
The next installment of Hitz Boxing’s wildly popular “Fight Night at the Horseshoe†series will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Featured attractions include heavyweight contender “Merciless†Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) of Oak Lawn, Illinois; NABA-US Champion Yakubu “Black Mamba†Amidu (20-2-1, 18 KOs) of Los…
Kell Brook: “This fight has been a long time coming but I am just so pleased that we’re going to get it on – I want to prove on March 17 that I’m the number one Welterweight in Britain. Matthew is a proven fighter and as tough as they come and the Hatton’s have done…
Cruiserweight hopefuls Joell Godfrey and Henry Namauu will square off Saturday, January 21 in the ten round main event of Halquist Productions’ “Battle at the Boat 85†from the Emerald Queen Casino. The East St. Louis, IL based Godfrey received international attention as a participant on the fourth season of “The Contender,†although he was…
British duo to clash in “War of the Roses†at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield Kell Brook and Matthew Hatton will meet in the “War of the Roses†at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17 – live on Sky Sports. The top two ranked Welterweights in Britain will clash in a classic Yorkshire versus Lancashire derby…