World rated super middleweight Jesse Brinkley watched with interest this past weekend as the Super Six World Boxing Classic got underway with Arthur Abraham scoring a twelfth round knockout of Jermain Taylor and Carl Froch taking a split decision over Andre Dirrell. Said Brinkley, “I congratulate Abraham and Froch on their victories, but their bouts…
Tickets for the boxing card Dec. 12 and the awards banquet Dec. 13 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, can now be purchased on an event-by-event basis. Tickets for the United States vs. The World fight card Saturday, Dec. 12, are available at $65 for Gold, $80 for VIP, $100 for Platinum and…
Prizefighter is back and returns with the first ever light welterweight event. Some of the biggest names in the division will be competing in Prizefighter Light Welterweights, including former World, European and British Champions. Ex-WBA Champion Gavin Rees is among the eight, as are Ted Bami, Jason Cook and Colin Lynes, who have all held…
2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali has been added to the October 31 Halloween Night “Fright Night At The Sun†pro boxing card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), in a 4-round welterweight bout at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
When Jon Schneider and Eilon Kedem step into the ring against their opponents on October 21st on the Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing promoted show at the Hilton Rye Town Hotel in Rye Brook, NY, they will be doing what they know how to do best, and that’s fight. But while many people throughout the world…
Joseph Agbeko (27-1, 22 KOs), of Bronx, N.Y., by way of Accra, Ghana, and Yhonny Perez (19-0, 17 KOs), of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., via Cartagena, Colombia, participated in a media conference call on Tuesday as they prepare for their world championship showdown on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las…
**With Slideshow**© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night, at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England, Jason ‘2Smooth’ Booth made his second defence of the British super bantamweight title, which he won in April this year. The event – promoted by Frank Maloney – featured 12 contests. Jason Booth (Nottingham) v Michael Hunter (Hartlepool)…
Sad news I’m afraid. Joe Calzaghe will no longer be gracing our screens on Saturday nights. This weekend, the ‘Pride of Wales’ was ultimately voted off the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ show by the panel of judges, in fact it was a unanimous decision! This weeks dance was the ‘Jive’ and – wearing bright red, shiny,…
Once-beaten Alfredo Angulo participated in a media workout on Monday at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, N.Y., answering questions from New York-area media. Angulo (16-1, 13 KOs, of Mexicali, Mexico), world-rated No. 4 by the WBO and No. 5 by the WBC and WBA, takes on the tough, unbeaten Harry Joe Yorgey (22-0-1, 10 KOs, of…
Two winning streaks are on the line Friday night in the main event as ShoBox: The New Generation returns to Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) from the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas. Cuban-born Damian Frias (16-1, 7 KOs) of Miami , Fla. , has won his last 12 fights…
O’Shea Brothers Boxing: “Halloween Havoc” October 30 At Yonkers Armory No trick or treatin’, ghosts, ghouls or vampires just a night of exciting, competitive pro boxing on tap October 30, Halloween Eve at the Yonkers Armory.
On Wednesday October 21st, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presents its second installment of Rumble at the Hilton Rye Town at the Hilton Rye Town Hotel in Rye Brook, NY. Headlining the card will be former number one light heavyweight contender David Telesco (30-6-1, 25KO) taking on former two- time world champion Byron Mitchell (27-5-1, 20KO).