The number of fighters who have become world champions after appearing on ShoBox The New Generation since its inception in July 2001 stands at 30. That means viewers likely will be witnessing a future world titleholder approximately every fourth telecast. So wholl be the 31st ShoBox alum to graduate into greatness? Will it be the…
Brian Peters Promotions With 9,000 tickets all sold for their WBA Super Bantamweight title clash tomorrow night at Dublin’s 02 Arena, challenger Bernard Dunne and reigning champion Ricardo Cordoba made final statements to the press. Bernard Dunne: “This is the big one but I’m the underdog so there’s no real pressure on me. I have…
Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) announced today that it has signed super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. to an exclusive, multi-year promotional contract. The 26-year-old McGirt, 19-2-1 (9), born in Brentwood, New York and now fighting out of Vero Beach ,FL) is scheduled to make his CES debut on “River Rage†on…
Former WBC Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter, 32-2 (23), is a man of his word. After losing his title to Vitali Klitschko last October in Germany, the powerful slugger vowed to redeem himself by taking on the best the division has to offer on his road back to the top.
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,…