Where will Aretha Franklin be celebrating her birthday this coming Wednesday? Where will Philip Anselmo, of the platinum-selling world renowned Pantera and Down, be partying loud and proud? Where will Jim Lampley of HBO fame be the master emcee? Answer: The Kronk Foundation’s mega fundraiser. It will be Metro Detroit’s biggest bash, and it will…
The WBC has obtained a donation from the Roomate Hotel of furniture for 75 bedrooms that the WBC will donate to professional boxers with very limited financial conditions in Mexico, especially to former world or national champions as well as to those who are indigent, but who were professionals for at least five years.
John O’Donnell says he’s taking inspiration from WBC Super Middleweight kingpin Carl Froch ahead of a Commonwealth title challenge in London next month. O’Donnell takes on Craig Watson at the York Hall for Watson’s Commonwealth Welterweight title on a Hennessy Sports show which is being screened live on ITV4 on April 11.
Roy Jones Jr: To have people come out and support me like this is a great feeling. And all this trash talking that is going on it what it’s all about. People are wondering why I have picked a big puncher like Omar Sheika to bring to my hometown. You know I don’t do anything…
None other than legendary ex-heavyweight boxing champion of the world Smokin’ Joe Frazier has said of British featherweight Marianne “Golden Girl” Marston, “She’s going to be the Champ.†Joe’s son and former heavyweight contender Marvis Frazier has said of Marston, “Marianne is the hardest working, committed fighter I have seen in a long time. She’s…
DiBella Entertainment puts on their first show in New England with a card tonight at Mechanic’s Hall in Woocester, MA, headlined by highly touted middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez, who meets veteran Patrick Thompson in an eight rounder. Middleweights, 8 rounds Edwin Rodriguez, Worcester, MA 163 Lb Patrick Thompson, Lincoln, NE 164 Lb
© Lawrence Lustig The draw has been made for the latest thrilling event in Barry Hearn’s Prizefighter Series. Eight British lightweights will be vying for the £25,000 jackpot next Tuesda, March 24, at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow in the first Prizefighter tournament to be staged in Scotland.
Fresh of his first round annihilation of Tom Joseph in his ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” debut on March 6, the 2007 amateur world champion and 2008 US Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade, 3-0 (3), will be back in action on this weeks edition of Friday Night Fights. Andrade takes on fellow unbeaten Arnulfo Javier Romero,…
Undefeated IBF/IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson and three-time world champion Antonio Tarver will meet in a rematch of their world title fight, Saturday, May 9, in The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. Dawson, 27-0 (17), from New Haven, CT, began his second reign as a light heavyweight world champion…
Two of the most promising heavyweight prospects in Britain will be in action this Friday, March 20 on the undercard of the Ian Napa vs. Malik Bouzaine European bantamweight title fight show at Newham Leisure Centre in London. Larry Olubamiwo and Tom Dallas both turned professional last year with promoter Frank Maloney and have each…
Just under 27 years ago, two men stepped into the ring and created the most memorable 140lb bout to ever take place when former three division champion Alexis “El Flaco Explosivo” Arguello stepped up to challenge then reigning WBA light welterweight champion Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor in his quest for a fourth division championship. Arguello,…
Frank Maloney will launch the exclusive St. George’s Sporting Club in the heart of London’s East End on Thursday, April 23. The inaugural dinner and boxing show will also celebrate Maloney’s 25 years as a professional boxing promoter. This special event at The Troxy will be a mixed sex event, but there will be male…