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…
July 20th, 2009 will go down as one of the most historic days in boxing. More than thirty of the United States top promoters met at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City to discuss the current state of boxing and the need to establish a unified boxing promoters association. After an all day meeting,…
Chicagoans Gadiel Andaluz and Oscar De La Cruz will battle in a lightweight cross town showdown this Friday night, July 24th, in the co-main event at the UIC Pavilion as part of an outstanding six bout undercard, The show is headlined by a ten round heavyweight battle between Chicago’s Fres Oquendo and former world champion…
Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, announced today that the mega-fight between boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound king and the reigning Boxing Writers Association of America’s (BWAA) Fighter of the Year, Manny “PacMan†Pacquiao, and the pride of Puerto Rico and three-time world champion Miguel Cotto is official. “Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto have reached an…
Undefeated Top-Five super welterweight contender and The Son of The Legend, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, has been forced off the card for the upcoming “Latin Fury 10” due to a training camp injury.