Former World Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes graced Gallagher’s Steak House in midtown Manhattan with his enormous presence the other day as the guest of honor at the Gallo’s Geezer luncheon. The “Easton Assassin,” rated as one of the greatest of all time, defeated Muhammad Ali in October of 1980.
WBC featherweight champion Elio “The Kid†Rojas (22-1, 13 KOs) has called out his WBA counterpart, undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa (18-0, 15 KOs), demanding a world championship unification match. “I see where people have said Gamboa may face Celestino Caballero, but Gamboa himself said he wasn’t impressed with Gamboa’s last fight,†Rojas said. “My response to…
Click the image to view all photos from the press conference Yesterday, at the ‘G-Casino’ at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England, Frank Maloney hosted a press conference ahead of Friday night’s WBC Super Bantamweight Title Eliminator between Rendall Munroe of Leicester and Victor Terrazas of Mexico. Despite a gruelling journey to get to the…
The Venue at Horseshoe Casino will broadcast the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley clash on Saturday, May 1 on a 60’ larger than life screen for only $10 a ticket. The Welterweight Fight of the Year in Las Vegas has been likened it to Ali vs. Foreman or one of numerous Sugar Ray Leonard classics.
Golden Boy promotes the latest edition of their “Fight Night Club” series tonight at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA. Headlining the fight card is an eight round super middleweight clash between Enrique Ornelas and Julius Fogle. Super middleweights, 8 rounds Enrique Ornelas: 171.6 lb Julius Fogle: 166.4 lb
CES promotes the “Spring Fever†fight card at Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, RI on Friday night, May 7. The bill is headlined by a the NABA light welter title fight between Jason Pires and Michael Clark. Jason Pires: “There’s a lot of talent on this card. It’s going to be a great show. May…
Highly regarded Los Angeles prospects Deon Elam and Khabir Suleymanov will defend their home turf at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia on Thursday, April 22, as they take on Andre Hemphill and Benji Garcia, respectively, in featured six round bouts on the latest edition of the boxing’s hardest-hitting monthly series, “Fight Night Club”. In the main…
Check your almanac: On the night of September 16, 1981, time stopped for one hour while welterweight champions Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns traded punches in Las Vegas. That’s how big a fight it was. On May 1, welterweights Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley will clash in the biggest bout of 2010….
© Tony Brochner WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch finally arrived in Denmark on Wednesday afternoon to take on Danish national hero Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler in their eagerly-anticipated Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 2 meeting this Saturday on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT same-day coverage.
Boxing historian Bill O’Neill has seen a lot of great fighters come through Riverside and San Bernardino counties, an area known as the Inland Empire. But few have impressed him more than his favorite current fighter: Cristobal Arreola. “I love Chris and go over to Indian Willie Schunke’s gym every few weeks to watch him…
WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin Valero, in rehabilitation since March 28 of this year for alcohol, drug dependency and anger management issues, committed suicide by hanging himself by the neck from bed sheets in his jail cell in the early hours of Monday, April 19, 2010. He was arrested Sunday, April 18, 2010, after confessing at…
Click the image to view all photos from the Day This past weekend at the Leicester City FC training ground, media gathered to watch Rendall Munroe as he trained alongside his favourite football team. The Leicester Bin-Man fights Mexican – Victor Terrazas, at the Coventry Skydome this Friday on a Frank Maloney Promoted fightnight. Super-Bantamweight…