© Winfried Mausolf First off, the boxing community is eternally indebted to Ken Hershman, Showtime’s boxing chief. Consider, for a moment, what he has actually managed to do: six fighters with five different promoters across two continents have agree to a 12-fight, round robin tournament over the course of about …
Read More »Boxing Weights: David Telesco vs. William Gill
All participants for tonight’s Star Boxing show at the Hilton Rye Town Hotel in Rye Brook, NY weighed-in yesterday at 5:00 PM at the Hilton Rye Town Hotel. Light heavyweights, 8 rounds David Telesco: 175 lb William Gill: 176 lb
Read More »Showtime’s Super Six Boxing Tour Lands In Europe
© Winfried Mausolf Copenhagen… Thousands of fans gathered Tuesday at Copenhagen´s famous Tivoli Gardens to give the Super Six World Boxing Classic fighters a warm welcome. Just 20 hours after the opening press conference at Madison Square Garden, the international PR tour stopped in Denmark to present the ground-breaking tournament …
Read More »McIntosh and Cleverly go head to head
Unbeaten duo Danny McIntosh and Nathan Cleverly will come face to face tomorrow (1pm at the York Hall) to weigh in ahead of their British and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight title showdown at the York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday night. The double title clash headlines the Hennessy Sports event with …
Read More »Boxing Update: Team Gunn Reflects On Adamek Loss
With constant ridicule from the media leading up to the fight, Bobby Gunn stepped into the ring against Tomasz Adamek last Saturday not only for an insurmountable opportunity but also to show his harshest critics that his 2007 bout with Enzo Maccarinelli was an inaccurate way to asses him as …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Manuel Quezada vs. Travis Walker
Prior to the fight card tonight at Tachi Palace in Lemoore, CA, the principal boxers weighed in. WBC Cabofe Heavyweight title 12 rounds Manuel Quezada: 239.6 lb Travis Walker: 239.6 lb
Read More »Boxing Perspective: The Hitman: Our Very Own Golden Boy
There has been plenty of speculation as to where Ricky Hatton can go following his recent destruction at the hands of Manny Pacquiao. There was a huge amount of press and fans alike that were immediately of the opinion that Hatton should retire, hang up the gloves and bow out …
Read More »Andre Ward Joins Showtime’s Super Six Boxing Tour In Berlin
Andre Ward arrived in Berlin, Germany yesterday to participate in the announcement of the “Showtime Sports Super Six World Boxing Classic”. Ward had been ill and was unable to attend the initial New York and Copenhagen press conferences. Said Ward, “I am disappointed that I was unable to make the …
Read More »8 Count Boxing: Fres Oquendo Training For Bruce Seldon Fight
Two time world heavyweight title challenger Fres Oquendo is busy in Chicago training for his upcoming showdown with former heavyweight world champion Bruce Seldon on July 24th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. Training at JABB Boxing Gym, Oquendo gave his thoughts on his training, the upcoming fight with Seldon and fighting …
Read More »Boxing Update: Cunningham Defeats Braithwaite, Earns Adamek Rematch
Former cruiserweight king Steve “USS” Cunningham took a huge leap towards regaining his coveted IBF championship belt when he convincingly outboxed former WBC Champ Wayne “Big Truck” Braithwaite to take a well deserved victory. By doing so, Cunningham returned to the top of the IBF rankings earning him the right, …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Cinderella Man Glover Looking To Knock Off Thaxton
Unlikely title contender Tom Glover believes his fairytale story can continue by taking the scalp of former British and European Lightweight champ Jon Thaxton in London this weekend. The two clash on Saturday night (July 18th) at the York Hall, Bethnal Green in the chief supporting contest to the British …
Read More »Tachi Palace Boxing: Jessica Rakoczy vs. Jessica Mohs This Thursday
Former WBC female lightweight champion Jessica “Ragin” Rakoczy steps back in the ring this Thursday July 16, 2009 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore. Standing across the ring from Rakoczy will be veteran Jessica Mohs of Oklahoma City, OK. The two combatants face each other in a six round …
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