Boxing fans in Chicago are talking “Fight of the Year†candidate about this Friday night’s battle between junior featherweights Antonio Escalante and Gary Stark in the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights main event at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Said Dominic Pesoli of 8 Count Productions, “Since we announced the fight, I’ve had many people who…
Junior middleweight contender Anthony Thompson will return to the ring against Luis Lopez on Saturday, May 2 in one of the feature bouts at “Fists Of Thunder II” at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, PA it was announced today by Chet Koerner, President of TKO Boxing Promotions. This will be Thompson’s first…
British super bantamweight Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston, who was refused a visa in order to compete on the undercard of Brian Cohen’s WBC Americas Light Heavyweight title fight on May 9 at South Philadelphia High School, has learned that her plight has not gone unnoticed in the City that has been her adopted home for…
This past Saturday night, Hot blooded fight fans enjoyed a great night of action packed boxing where Cestus Management fighters Jairo Martinez, Hector Ramos, Rodolfo Gomez and James DuBois produced explosive performances at the IBC World Championship Boxing Event at the Veteran’s Field in Laredo, Texas. The second bout was the young San Antonio, Texas,…
World-ranked, undefeated super middleweight Andre Ward, 18-0 (12), meets hard-hitting Colombian Edison Miranda, 32-3 (28), May 16 on a special Saturday primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. A victory in what most agree will be Ward’s toughest test could put the talented, classy 2004…
Frank Maloney celebrates 25 years as a promoter tonight when he launches The St George’s Sporting Club. The gala dinner, cabaret and boxing show will be held at The Troxy in the east end of London, a stone throw from the pub he once owned. Maloney has had a roller-coaster ride during his quarter of…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Jermain “Bad Intentions†Taylor believes that he can be the first man to deposit Carl Froch on the canvas and then keep him there.
By Per Ake Persson Russian heavy Alexander Povetkin has pulled out of the fight against Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko with the vacant European title at stake. The deadline for pursebids or agreement was tomorrow.
Main Event Boxing Series will host their latest installment on Friday, April 24 live from The Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey with middleweight contender “Ireland’s†John Duddy, 26-0 (17), stepping into the ring against Billy Lyell, 18-7 (3). Although the doors open at 8:00 PM, the fans will be treated to a multi-ethnic festival that…
After capturing the world’s attention, “The Battle of East and West”, the mega-fight between Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao and Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton on May 2nd at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, has officially sold out. For those not as fortunate as the thousands of fans who will be in the arena that…
Unbeaten Irish light welterweight sensation Dean “Irish Lightning†Byrne fights for the first time in 2009 when he battles Mexican southpaw Jose Reynoso, 10-2 (1), in a scheduled 8-round bout May 1 at South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, CA will roll out the red carpet and welcome home one of their local young men who represented the 2008 United States Olympic Boxing team in China when on Thursday, April 23, Shawn Estrada, 4-0 (4), a former resident of Hanford, just a few short miles from…