As the first and only Hispanic Heavyweight World Champion paves his way through the boxing history books, John Ruiz, has joined forces with Golden Boy Promotions to help guide his path. The Puerto Rican descendant has accomplished a lot throughout his career, including appearances in 11 world title bouts in the last decade, but Ruiz…
Michael Lohan wants a piece of Jon Gosselin and isn’t afraid to let everyone know it. But there’s a hurdle still left to clear. Lohan, father of tabloid queen Lindsay Lohan, will headline Celebrity Boxing 16: Nothing Personal as he takes on up-and-coming actor Bobby Dolan in the ring on Friday, January 15 in Essington….
Jermain Taylor (28-4-1, 17KO’s) former undisputed middleweight champion has made a decision regarding his future boxing career. Taylor, who was a participant in Showtime Sports World Boxing Classic last fought on October 17th in a losing battle against Arthur Abraham in Berlin, Germany. “I’m going to take some time off from the sport of boxing…
On February 6th, on the eve of Super Bowl XLIV, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returns to Atlantic City for the first time in the 2010, to present an exciting action packed card from the Tropicana Casino and Resort. Headlining the show will be Atlantic City’s own welterweight contender, Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) taking…
With the first defense, of his second reign as British Bantamweight Champion, looming large, Hackney’s Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa, instead of relaxing with his family over Christmas and New Year holidays, has been hard at work in the gym training. ‘Dappa’ Napa, who faces Jamie McDonnell on Friday the 22nd January at the Brentwood Centre in…
New Jersey heavyweight Maurice “Sugar Moe†Harris, winner of the 2002 ‘Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament,†fighting January 29 for the first time in more than two years, against veteran Billy “The Kid†Zumbrun in Albuquerque. The 33-year-old Harris (20-14-2, 10 KOs) is genuine, no hype, and the often mismanaged fighter plans to get back into the…
Boxing fans are well aware that the first big fight of 2010 will be the welterweight championship showdown between Sugar Shane Mosley and Andre Berto at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday, January 30, which will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing.
Ian Napa has left home to make sure he’s in shape for his British bantamweight title defence against Jamie McDonnell at Brentwood Centre on January 22. The big freeze has meant that Napa cannot run near his home in East London and is moving into a hotel with trainer Brian Lawrence today (Mon).
Rooney’s Boxing Gym announced today that their hugely successful Judgement Day Boxing series will be moving to an all new, larger capacity, venue at T47 in St Thomas Street, Southwark, London SE1, for 2010. The Judgement Day series, which was previously held at Cable night club in Southwark, quickly became established as the standard that…
“ESPN Friday Night Fights” invades Cleveland, OH on February 19th live from the Wolstein Center on the campus of Cleveland State University. The starstudded night of boxing will feature the homecoming of 2008 United States Olympic Team member and undefeated professional Shawn “Showtime” Porter in a twelve round main event against Russell Jordan of Rochester,…
Brooklyn’s Peter “Kid Chocolate†Quillin takes on Ecuador’s Fernando Zuniga in what promises to be an electrifying Super Middleweight semi-final to the highly anticipated matchup between Heavyweights Tomasz Adamek of Jersey City and Jason Estrada of Providence, RI when Main Events’ Brick City Boxing Series returns to Newark’s Prudential Center on Feb. 6th.
By Per Ake Persson WBA middleweight champ Felix Sturm has been to Berlin and visited the headquartes of Bild Zeitung. Sturm told Bild he´s at the moment about 15 kilos (around 33 lbs) overweight after some time off following the birth of his son but will begin a strict diet in the new year. As…