All participants for Star Boxing’s “VIP Boxing” show weighed-in yesterday at the NYS Commission’s office. Below are the listed weights for tonight’s show, which will take place at the elegant Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, NY. Heavyweights, 8 rounds Vinny Madalone: 233 lb Benji Baker: 232.5 lb
Cerveza Tecate invites adult consumers in Las Vegas to be a part of the excitement surrounding the bout between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand on May 2, 2009. Fans will have a chance to meet-and-greet Golden Boy Promotions champions, Juan Manuel Marquez and Vicente Escobedo, who will be creating buzz and…
World famous women’s boxing champion Mia St. John has fought professionally for more than a decade and recently won the WBC Lightweight Championship. Now, in her new book “The Knockout Workout: 3 Winning Steps to Improve Your Body and Your Life” (Wiley, May 2009, $24.95 Cloth), she shows how to work your body into knockout…
One of boxing’s hottest prospects and rising middleweight star, Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs, has been added to the much anticipated May 2nd pay-per-view undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton: “The Battle of East and West” at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The highly touted prospect will be featured in the third of four…
Tickets are now available for Kell Brook’s bid to win a Lonsdale belt outright against Young Mutley on May 22. The British welterweight title fight – Brook’s third defence of his title – takes place at historic York Hall, in London’s Bethnal Green. Also on the card is a British super featherweight title eliminator between…
Less than two months after winning the European title, English light middleweight Jamie Moore will be back in action this Saturday, headlining the biggest show this year in Britain. The 30 year old southpaw, 31-3 (22), makes the first defense of his crown against challenger Roman Dzuman, 23-6-1 (10), at Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland,…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On Saturday, April 25 at the MGM Grand Ballroom in Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT, WBC Super Middleweight titlist Carl “The Cobra” Froch made the first defense of his belt when he faced off against former undisputed Middleweight Champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor. Froch, who had fought all…
Friday Night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ was indeed a very green night. Fans were urged to take mass transit to help decrease emissions and preserve our planet. The fans not only created awareness about helping our Earth, they clearly indicated being loyal followers of John Duddy. The ring card girls went green…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On Saturday night at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, Carl “Cobra†Froch underlined his status as one of the most exciting fighters in world boxing. The Nottingham man got up off the canvas to deliver a sensational KO win over Jermain Taylor with just 14…
Tickets are now on sale for TKO Boxing Promotions event “The Beatdown In H-Townâ€, on Thursday, May 28 at the Arena Theatre in Houston, TX. Said TKO President Chet Koerner, “This is our inaugural event here in Houston and we’re delivering an evening of world class professional boxing to the great fight fans here.
After Juan Carlos Gomez’ WBC heavyweight championship clash with Vitali Klitschko on March 21 and WBA interim featherweight champion Yuriorkis “El Ciclon†Gamboa winning his first world title on April 17. the next Arena star might get the chance to fight for gold pretty soon. Rising middleweight star Mahir Oral might be a possible opponent…
Rafael “El Torito†Concepcion will return to the country of his biggest victory to take on the undefeated Drian Francisco in Manila, Philippines on July 19. Concepcion won the WBA Interim Super Flyweight title last September in Cebu City by upsetting the highly favored, previously undefeated AJ “Bazooka†Banal by spectacular 10th round knockout.