Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson, who will battle for the WBC interim light heavyweight title on Nov. 7 in Hartford, Conn., took part in an international teleconference call with members of the media on Thursday. Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs), from New Haven, Conn., serving his second term as light heavyweight champion, successfully defended the IBF…
Heavyweight powerhouse David Tua, coming off his sensational second round destruction of Shane Cameron, vows to win the world heavyweight title in 2010. Unfortunately, David had no time to celebrate his great victory, as he spent the days immediately following the bout honoring the loss of his aunt with family and friends in tsunami torn-Samoa….
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz, the current WBA No. 1 rated and “official challenger,†has been matched against former IBU champion Adna “Aachen Assassin†Serin on the Nov. 7th Nicolai Valuev-David Haye pay-per-view event live from Nuremberg, Germany.
Green Dot Public Schools, the largest charter school organization in Los Angeles, together with Ten-Time World Champion in six weight divisions, Olympic Gold Medalist and the pride of East Los Angeles, Oscar de la Hoya, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today.
When Star Boxing’s undefeated heavyweight Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9KO) faces off against Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37KO) for Vitali’s WBC Heavyweight Championship belt on December 12th at the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland, there won’t be an empty seat left in the house. The arena holds 17,000 people and has completely sold out all of…
As Halloween approaches, David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye plots a night of trick or treat on a ‘Beast’ next Saturday, November 7, when he confronts WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg, Germany, in a bout screened live on Sky Box Office. Set to face history’s tallest and heaviest ever boxing champion, Haye has ripped up…
As Manny Pacquiao’s challenge to WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14 draws near, the IBO light welter champ and his trainer Freddie Roach spoke with members of the media. Freddie Roach: Training camp is going very well. We had four really good weeks in Baguio. There were a couple of typhoons that came…
Beginning Nov. 15, International Boxing Organization junior welterweight title-holder Manny Pacquiao will have 60 days to decide whether he’ll defend or relinquish his championship, according to a Wednesday statement from IBO President Ed Levine. The IBO is the only sanctioning body to recognize Pacquiao as a world champion.
As the first stage of the Super Six Tournament has been and gone, some questions have been answered whilst some remain. Arthur Abraham did exactly what every-one predicted he would do; tucked up for the majority of every round but without letting the points stack up against him, riding out the storm, and toward the…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Don King took over the famous Pirate Ship at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday for the final press conference before Saturday’s “Halloween Thrilla” world championship doubleheader at the TI and live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.
A select number of tickets priced at $25 have just been released for the “Kardashian Charity Knock Out†event set for Tuesday, November 3rd at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California. The “Kardashian Charity Knock Outâ€, presented by Chet Koerner’s TKO Boxing and PR Entertainment Inc., includes Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian, along with…
One of the hottest prospects on the East Coast, Philadelphia light welterweight “Hammerin’†Hank Lundy, is continuing the great “City of Brotherly Love†boxing tradition, determined to become Philly’s premier 135- to 140-pound fighter of contemporary times. Lundy (15-0-1, 9 KOs) faces his toughest opponent, former WBC Fecarbox and WBA Fedecentro champion Aldo “El Pato