World ranked cruiserweight contender BJ Flores will head to Bristol, CT this Friday night, February 6, to co-host ESPN’s Friday Night Fights studio show with Brian Kenny. Flores will be co-hosting as part of an agreement recently announced with the leader in sports entertainment with further appearances in 2009 to follow.
Three of the four fighters who will be featured on Saturday’s excellent doubleheader on Showtime Championship Boxing participated in a workout Wednesday that was open to the media and public. It was held at the TKO Boxing Gym in Anaheim, CA. In what will be a slugfest from start to finish, Vic Darchinyan will defend…
Amidst inaccurate internet reports, boxing superstar Israel “El Magnifico†Vazquez will not be fighting April 23 against Rolly “Matsushita†Lunas. Said Vazquez’s manager Frank Espinoza, “I saw the report and I can say this fight is absolutely not happening.
Undefeated junior middleweight sensation Alfredo “Perro†Angulo of Mexico, has lost the scent of his scheduled next victim, former world champion Ricardo “The Matador” Mayorga. The Angulo vs. Mayorga WBC super welterweight title elimination bout was scheduled to take place on February 14, 2009 on Valentine’s Day at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL and televised…
Frank Maloney has announced the signing of the explosive British Olympic Light Heavyweight Bronze Medallist Tony ‘TNT’ Jeffries, in a deal that Maloney says will finally allow him to match the achievements made with Lennox Lewis and Paul Ingle. Jeffries, 23, will be the first British Olympian of the class of 2008 to fight in…
Earl “Wild Thing†Ling has an appointment with a solicitor on February 28 and it’s guaranteed to come to blows. The Norwich cruiserweight will take to the ring in his hometown at the Norfolk Showground as he looks to end the unbeaten run of Dewsbury based solicitor Zahid Kahut. It will be Ling’s first bout…
Unbeaten super bantamweight Teon Kennedy, of North Philadelphia, will face his most experienced opponent as a pro when he boxes crowd-pleasing southpaw Paulino Villalobos, of Veracruz, Mexico, in an eight-round contest Friday evening, March 6, at the Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia.
Ajose Olusegun is the embodiment of any professional boxer’s worst nightmare. The number 5 ranked WBC light welter is an aggressive southpaw with lighting reflexes who throws punches in bunches, forcing opponents to go defensive and cover up from the constant shelling rather than work their own game plan. Olusegun, 25-0 (12), will appear as…
“He never should have asked,” said super middleweight contender Jesse Brinkley. “He spent four years telling me no and then he calls and asks me to fight him. He never should have made the call because on Saturday, February 14th, I’m going to show all of Northern Nevada who the king in town is.â€
Due to the extreme ticket demand for what is on track to become the highest grossing fight in Texas in the last seven years and one of the highest grossing fights ever, more tickets for Golden Boy Promotions’ upcoming February 28 event at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas have been released to the public for…
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and his mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez met at Hamburg airport yesterday for the first time before stepping into the ring on March 21 in Stuttgart, Germany. Klitschko’s ‘warm reception’? “Juan, my friend, I am sorry that I have to beat you up!†The “Black Panther†answered: “I’m so fast,…
In preparation to this Saturday’s big fight card at Stadhalle in Rostock, Germany, headlined by WBA Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev’s defense against undefeated Carl Davis Drumond, all the principal fighters participated in a press conference in Rostock. Ruslan Chagaev: “After my injury break — the long rehab, strength training and man, many training sessions without…