The Boxing Promoters Association (BPA) held its third meeting on January 11th in Las Vegas, with a renewed sense of optimism for boxing in 2010. In a full day of meetings at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, the President, Joe DeGuardia, and the various Committees gave reports and moved forward with the planned agenda.
Born with boxing flowing through his veins, 14-year-old prodigy Sherif “Sugar Boy†Younan, Jr. could turnout to be the struggling sports savior in a few more years, based on his increased dominance in the amateurs, where he has captured too many championship belts (15), trophies (15) and medals (30) to fit into one room.
The stars will fight, big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas! Jerry Jones and Bob Arum, owner of the Dallas Cowboys and chairman of Top Rank, respectively, announced today that Cowboys Stadium would be the site of The Event: Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey World Welterweight Championship. This marks one of the biggest…
On Friday, January 22, Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa is due to meet Jamie McDonnell at the Brentwood Centre in Essex, England for the defence of his British bantamweight title. Napa, whose record currently stands at 19-7 (1), has a great deal resting on his shoulders going into this fight as recently the EBU has nominated Napa…
WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto stated in a personal press release earlier today that due to the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti and deeply affected his family who resides there, he is physically and emotionally unable to prepare for his Saturday, Jan. 30 bout with WBA Welterweight Champion Sugar Shane Mosley and, as a result,…
Sensational Polish prospects, heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk and light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara have been added to “Windy City Fight Night 8”, an evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, January 29th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. The action packed ten bout card is presented by Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, in association with Warriors Boxing and…
Continuing on their path to becoming the leading international boxing promoter, TKO Boxing announced today the signing of Kenny Adams, long time trainer of numerous world champions to a long term, exclusive contract. With the newly opened TKO Boxing Gym in Las Vegas, having a world class trainer like Kenny Adams work with their growing…
Ian Napa must travel to France if he wants to regain the European bantamweight title, but must beat Jamie McDonnell next week. The slick Hackney boxer, 31, risks his British bantamweight title defence against McDonnell at Brentwood Centre on Friday January 22. If ‘Dapa’ Napa (19-7) beats the Yorkshireman he will challenge Jerome Arnould for…
Stoke Newington’s exciting Super Middleweight prospect Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng is back in action on the 22nd January on the undercard of Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa’s British Bantamweight title defense against Jamie McDonnell at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood Essex. Ochieng, one of promoter Frank Maloney’s new young rising stars, has started his professional career brightly by…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a ten card bill which headline two title fights and a title eliminator. Rob Norton (Stourbridge) v David Dolan (Sunderland) British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight Titles Norton and Dolan met in February last year…
NABF and NABO light middle titlist Vanes Martirosyan defended his belts last night at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, holding off a serious challenge posed by veteran Kassim Ouma over ten rounds. The bout marked the first time that 23 year old Martirosyan had faced an opponent with considerable world class experience…
For the last weeks and months, German boxing fans have been wondering about the future plans of promoter Ahmet Öner. This Tuesday, the cooperation between Arena and major TV network Sat.1 will officially be announced at a press conference in Hamburg. The ProSiebenSat1 Media Group is one of the biggest, most important and most influential…