The third edition of the hit new monthly live boxing series “Fight Night Club” is rapidly approaching, and headliners Abner Mares and “Dangerous” David Rodela will be in tough in their co-featured bouts when they battle Carlos Fulgencio and Gamalier Rodriguez respectively at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 27th. Mares…
It’s the biggest and one of the most highly-anticipated boxing events of 2009, so there was no question that when it was time to compile the undercard of the Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez super fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 19, it was decided to bring out the…
Middleweight Karl “KJ†Noons will take to the hill on Wednesday night, August 19th at Petco Park to throw out the first pitch before the San Diego Padres take on the Chicago Cubs.
In the days when American television allowed cigarette commercials on its airwaves, there was one whose slogan was: “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.†That trek pales in comparison to the air miles that #1-rated WBC super featherweight contender Sergey Gulyakevich traveled to take on #3-ranked Humberto Mauro Gutierrez for the interim WBC Super…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Probably the two best known female boxers in the UK, Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston and Angel ‘The Artist’ McKenzie are working together at Rooney’s Boxing Gym in London to prepare for their upcoming fights.
Tom Glover is ready to cement his reputation as boxing’s new Cinderella Man when he takes on reigning Commonwealth Welterweight Champion John O’Donnell at the Watford Colosseum on September 5th. The two men clash in the main event of a Hennessy Sports event live on ITV4 and Glover believes he can defy the odds once…
This weekend, I hosted a pay per view telecast headlined by the WBA Interim Super Flyweight title match, featuring Nonito Donaire vs. Rafael Concepcion. Everything that happened in the days before the match and in the first round suggested that Donaire, a rising star and potential superstar, was going to provide a dominant win that…
Matchroom Sport’s hugely successful Prizefighter returns in October with a new look and arguably the most exciting crop of British heavyweights ever assembled under one roof. Taking place at London’s iconic boxing venue, the York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Friday, October 2, Prizefighter – the Heavyweights III – features former British, Commonwealth and European…
Houston’s finest will be out in force at Toyota Center on the Saturday, August 22 HBO Boxing After Dark undercard, as unbeaten hometown rising stars Hylon Williams and Jermell Charlo will be featured on the hottest night of the boxing summer. Joining Williams and Charlo on this stacked card will be fellow Houstonians Marcus Johnson,…
Two-time world champion Jesus Chavez will return to action on Saturday, September 26th against former lightweight world champion David Diaz in the ten round main event at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions. “I’m very happy for this opportunity that Dominic has given me, it means a great deal for me…
Michael Katsidis “The Great†has arrived in Las Vegas in preparation for his quest to become a world champion again. Katsidis has signed on to face Vicente Escobedo on September 19 at the MGM Grand for the current WBO interim lightweight title.
TKO Boxing Promotions has signed Florida amateur standout Joseph Elegele, it was announced today by Chet Koerner, it’s President. “We’ve watched Joseph in the amateurs for a long time and he has all the skills to become a world champion. We’re very proud to add him to our growing team of international contenders and world…