For years, 2004 United States Olympian and current lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo has been fighting his way to the top of the boxing ranks, but on Thanksgiving morning, November 26, he begins a fight of a different sort as he captains Team Escobedo in the 10k “Run to Feed The Hungry” in Sacramento, California.
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather will perform the draw for Prizefighter Light Welterweights. Mayweather, widely regarded as the greatest fighter on the planet and the World pound for pound Champion, will be shown on Friday making the draw for the next Prizefighter event. He will become another boxing legend to become involved in Prizefighter after Mike…
© Emily Harney / CES Twenty months since her last fight and eight after she became a mother for the first time, 4-time world champion Jaime “The Hurricane†Clampitt starts her comeback Friday night in “Autumn Classic,†presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln,…
On Saturday November 21st, Providence, Rhode Island’s favorite son, 2007 Amateur World Champion and 2008 U.S. Olympian, Demetrius Andrade (8-0, 6KO) will be holding his inaugural “Knock Out Hunger” turkey drive at the West End Community Center in downtown Providence. Andrade is teaming up with the Community Center to assist needy families this Thanksgiving and…
Carl Froch is used to turning people’s lights out in the ring but last night he was in Nottingham’s Old Market Square to turn the Christmas lights on in the city.
Gentleman Boxing, or White Collar Boxing as it is better known, is becoming one of the most popular pastimes for City of London workers. There doesn’t seem to be a month pass without at least one major White Collar Boxing event taking place in the capital.
The Bronx’s Francisco “El Gato” Figueroa “can’t stop, won’t stop.” He is on his journey to greatness and is paving the road with vigorous training, concentration and his fitness program. Currently at 20-3-1 (13), Mr. Figueroa always had a positive, happy-go-lucky attitude growing up. Even getting questionably sent home from Miguel Cotto’s training camp, EL…
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl “The Cobra†Froch says he’ll be keeping a close eye on proceedings in Oakland this weekend as the final bout in Group Stage 1 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic takes place between Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler and Andre “S.O.G.†Ward.
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz is a promotional free agent for the first time this century as he looks ahead to his 12th world title fight, mandated by the WBA, next year against new champion David “Hayemaker†Haye.
Undefeated Dominican sensation Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, rated No. 13 by the NABA, headlines Thursday night’s pro boxing card in Rochester (NY). Rodriguez (12-0, 8 KOs), fighting out of Worcester (MA), takes on veteran super middleweight Brian “The Assassin†Norman (17-9, 5 KOs) in the 8-round main event.
Forty-two years have passed since the last world championship fight occurred in Oakland, a tradition-rich boxing city that calls one of the world’s top super middleweights Andre “S.O.G.†Ward their own. “Oakland has a pretty storied history of boxing, mostly in the pre- to post-war era,†says Monte Poole, a longtime columnist for the Oakland…
Talented Welsh prospect Barrie Jones gets his Prizefighter chance after Barry Morrison has had to withdraw due to a viral infection. Jones, 24, a former British Welterweight Championship contender, will be fighting for the £32,000 top prize in Prizefighter Light-Welterweights next month.