Future Hall of Fame boxer, “Winky†Wright, and Las Vegas’ premiere childcare provider, Little Annie’s, team up with the National Fatherhood Initiative for the “Get Wright†Block Party on April 30th. Little Annie’s executives and Wright organized the event to encourage the youth to “Get Wright†or realize their potential. Wright will personally share his…
A hand injury sustained by Alejandro Perez has forced a change in opponent for featherweight standout Carlos Velasquez who will now face Ira Terry in the co-featured attraction on the April 2 edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from The Joint at the…
Boxing superstar and legend, Sugar Ray Leonard, a man who knows better than most what it’s like to compete in a super fights and legendary rematches, will join an elite team of announcers at ringside and help call the action for the pay-per-view telecast of “The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II” Saturday night at the…
Last Saturday, Juan Carlos Gomez and Robert Woge celebrated big victories in Hamburg, Germany. Gomez destroyed Ukrainian veteran Alex Mazikin with four knockdowns in three rounds. In his pro-debut Woge needed only one round to get rid of Latvian journeyman Valeris Gubins.
As Dorothy Gale, the lead character in “The Wizard of Oz,” proclaimed, “There’s No Place Like Home.” Perhaps with that in mind, boxing promoter Dan Goossen revealed in a recent media conference call that Goossen Tutor Promotions will be aggressively promoting Central Valley fighters for its 2010 shows at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino…
“The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II,” set for Saturday, April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Bernard Hopkins: “Every fight I have the same mentality. It is either my life or my opponent’s life. For that reason alone, I don’t know why a fight wouldn’t be personal. Our rivalry is…
On Friday April 2nd, the Pride of Greece, “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis (22-4-2, 10KO) will move up in weight as he looks to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with in the welterweight division when he challengers Delvin Rodriguez (24-4-2, 14KO) for the USBA welterweight championship in Rodriguez’s backyard at the Mohegan Sun Resort…
There have been some slight changes to the two main events that will takes place this Friday night’s big “Spring Fling†boxing event that will take place at the Legendary Blue Horizon. The new main event will still feature USBA Jr. Middleweight champion, Derek “Pooh†Ennis. He will now face Jose Adelaydo Gonzalez of Garden…
On the 3rd April, David Haye will defend his WBA heavyweight title against John ‘The Quiet Man’ Ruiz. Haye, 23-1-0 (21), won the title on the 7th Nov last year after beating common ground opponent Nikolay Valuev. Haye and trainer Adam Booth formulated a gameplan and implemented it perfectly to get the result that night…
When undefeated prospect Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez drilled veteran George “The Rooster†Armenta with a lethal left hook to the body, stopping their ESPN Friday Night Fights bout at 47-seconds of the opening round, many boxing fans had memories of another New England boxer famous for his left hook, “Irish†Micky Ward.
Three undefeated Irish based Cuban boxers are determined to offer a triple threat as they bid to add professional World titles to the World Junior titles they won in the amateur ranks. The trio, Heavyweight Mike “The Rebel†Perez (8 – 0 with 6 KO’s), Light Heavyweight Luis “El León†Garcia (5 – 0 with…
Michael Sprott has taunted Audley Harrison and insisted: “I’ll knock you out quicker than I did before.†Sprott fights Harrison for the vacant European Heavyweight Championship on April 9 at London’s Alexandra Palace. The pair fought three years ago with Sprott winning with a third round knockout and he thinks that loss will still be…