Packed from top to bottom with boxing’s best young talent, Friday night’s “Blaze of Glory” card at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, is shaping up to be the hottest event of the summer. “Blaze of Glory” is headlined by the 10-round featherweight showdown between local El Paso hero Antonio Escalante (19-2, 13…
This Saturday, Baltimore’s James “Keep em Sleepin†Stevenson will step into the ring again with an ever so confident Ken Dunham. Dunham, who came away short handed in their first fight, will enter the squared circle with momentum on his side as his last two victories came via knockout of a previously unbeaten hometown fighter….
In only his ninth professional fight, unbeaten light heavyweight sensation Beibut Shumenov will challenge current champion Gabriel “Chico Guapo†Campillo, making the first defense of his newly won WBA title belt, August 15 in Kazakhstan. 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian Shumenov (8-0, 6 KOs), 2008 WBC Asian Boxing Council Organization’s Boxer of the Year and reigning International…
Sensational amateur boxer Naziyr Bell will move to the professional ranks on Saturday, August 1st as he makes his pro debut at an evening of world class boxing, presented by Chet Koerner’s TKO Boxing Promotions, at the Sovereign Bank Stadium. A native of nearby Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bell finished his amateur career with a record of…
Friends and fans of Arturo “Thunder†Gatti are invited to attend a memorial Mass that will be held in his honor on Thursday evening, July 30th at 7 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic in Jersey City. “Since it was not possible for so many of Arturo’s friends and fans in the US…
Recently, it was announced by Showtime that they were putting a super six tournament together, comprising of the six top super middleweights, bar one, a certain Lucian Bute, to face off against each other in order to ascertain the new king of the division. As the WBC and WBA titles are on the line, this…
WBC Youth and USNBC featherweight champion Matt “Sharp Shooter†Remillard is learning first-hand how the risk-and-reward theory in boxing can work against a fighter. For the second time in a row, veteran Edel “Cuate†Ruiz (32-22-4, 23 KOs) pulled out of a scheduled bout against Remillard. Ruiz had done the same thing two months earlier…
Hailing from the same Southern California fight scene that launched the career of boxing superstar Oscar de la Hoya, former amateur standouts Luis Ramos Jr., Carlos Molina and Ronny Rios have started on their own roads to glory, already combining for a 23-0 professional record. Now they’re teaming up with De La Hoya and Golden…
The Lightweight Division of the “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer†reads like a “Who’s Who†of boxing. Featured are seven Americans and eight Hall of Famers, ranging from Joe “The Old Master†Gans who fought in the late 19th century all the way up to contemporary great Floyd Mayweather, Jr., whose mega-fight against Juan Manuel…
Showtime Sports Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 1 dates have been released to the media. The groundbreaking six-man super middleweight tournament announced last week will debut with two Group Stage 1 matchups on Saturday, Oct. 17, with the third Group Stage 1 bout taking place on Saturday, Nov. 21. All three world-class matches…
Unbeaten American star Andre “The Matrix†Dirrell has come out all guns blazing ahead of his Super Six showdown with WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl Froch on October 17th. Froch will have home advantage for the clash with promoter Mick Hennessy confirming that the fight will take place at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, Hennessy Sports promoted a fight night headlined by the British Light Heavyweight title clash between Commonwealth Champion Nathan Cleverly and English Champion Danny McIntosh. Cleverly of Cefn Forest, Wales, enters the ring first, clearly enjoying the…