From The Desk Of: Jeff Grmoja, Vice President On behalf of me and staff we send our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to Don Chargin and his family on the loss of our beloved Lorraine. I met the Chargins in San Jose, CA in 1982 and have been blessed with their friendship. Lorraine left us as…
Former world cruiserweight champion and world heavyweight title contender Juan Carlos Gomez is clearly not in the shape of his lifetime these days but slowly on the way back to his old physique. For tonight’s fight against Alexander Kahl in Schwerin, shown live on Eurosport from 9.00pm German time, Gomez weighed in at 110,0 kg…
The mood has been very serious in the Mayweather Boxing Gym as superstar and six-time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather prepares for his May 1 showdown against WBA Welterweight Champion Sugar Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Since arriving back in Las Vegas on March 4 following…
Tonight at The Arena in South Philadelphia, one of the most decorated amateurs in recent Philadelphia boxing history, Kareem “Cool Breeze†Cooley will look to go to 2-0 when he takes on Puro Pairol in a scheduled four round Super Featherweight bout as part of a seven bout card promoted by Greg Robinson’s Power Productions…
Chicago welterweight “King†David Estrada believes a win this Saturday, in the 12-round main event for the vacant WBC Fecombox title against unbeaten Orlando “Olympico†Lora, could resuscitate his career. Estrada (23-6, 14 KOs) vs. Lora (26-0-1, 18 KOs) headlines a special Saturday show on ESPN2, live from Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California.
Michael Sprott has vowed to send Audley Harrison into retirement. Sprott fights Harrison tonight for the vacant European Heavyweight Championship at the Alexandra Palace in north London. Harrison has admitted this is his last chance for glory and said he will quit boxing if he fails to win. “Harrison’s 38 so he isn’t going to…
Super Six World Boxing Classic competitors Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler participated in an international media conference call to discuss their crucial Group Stage 2 bout in the tournament on Saturday, April 24 on Showtime at 9 p.m., ET/PT, same-day delay, from MCH Arena, in Herning, Denmark. After one round in the tournament, Froch (26-0,…
Goossen Tutor Promotions presented a fabulous night of boxing at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, California. In the main event, Jason “The Sensation” Gavern upset Manny “El Toro” Quezada (29-5, 18 KOs) to capture the WBC Cabofe Heavyweight championship. The slugfest started off fast as both fighters were throwing power shots early on. Quezada…
Darren Barker believes he is ‘the biggest fighter in the country’ – and has vowed to prove it on Friday. Barker, 27, the current British and Commonwealth middleweight champion, has a chance to add the vacant European belt to his collection at Alexandra Palace in north London. He fights former French champion Affif Belghecham, 35,…
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…