Ex-IBF Light Heavyweight title challenger John Scully will put on a boxing show in Middletown, CT tonight featuring some of the top amateur boxers in the New England area, Former NABF Super Middleweight Champion Scott Pemberton and former two-time WBA Champion Jose Antonio “El Gallo” Rivera will attend and help in handing out trophies. Also…
Rendall Munroe has scooped yet another prestigious prize following his amazing ring achievements this year. The European Super Bantamweight Champion picked up the Brian Clough Breakthrough Award at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall. Punching dustman Munroe beat England Under-21 footballer Joe Mattock and cricketer Josh Cobb to the prize in the annual BBC East Midlands awards.
World ranked cruiserweight BJ Flores got an offer this week that fighters work their whole lives for, a world title shot. The only problem was he was offered the fight on four days notice. “Sports Network called me on Tuesday and offered me a shot at the title against Enzo Maccarinelli for the vacant WBO…
After completing the final day at training camp for his fast approaching title defense against Poland’s Tomasz Adamek at the Prudential Center in nearby Newark, NJ., IBF Cruiserweight Champion Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham is to make a guest appearance at the “Pounding on Penn Street” card at the Sovereign Center, Reading, PA. on Friday, December 5….
For various reasons, the end of the year is typically a slow period for the boxing industry. Television networks and promotional companies are closing in on their budgets and boxers typically like to enjoy the holiday season away from the ring. Sycuan Ringside Promotions is bucking that trend by placing three of its boxers into…
In one of the most anticipated welterweight contests on the European boxing scene, Craig Watson and Adnan Amar are set to clash on a massive fight card, held on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at The Helix, located on the campus of Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland. The pair collide as chief support to Rendall…
The initial two action-packed encounters between Kendall Holt and Ricardo Torres were rife with controversy, questionable officiating, punches after the bell and head butts. They resolved little and spawned a nasty rivalry. Showtime will present “Holt-Torres: Unpredictable,†a 90-minute telecast that will replay in their entirety the two hotly contested fights and preview their impending…
The initial two action-packed encounters between Kendall Holt and Ricardo Torres were rife with controversy, questionable officiating, punches after the bell and head butts. They resolved little and spawned a nasty rivalry. Showtime will present “Holt-Torres: Unpredictable,†a 90-minute telecast that will replay in their entirety the two hotly contested fights and preview their impending…
Click for larger image Joan Guzman, 28-0 (17), continues to leave his sparring partners gassed and looking for the exits. On this occasion, from the Maywood Gym in Los Angeles, undefeated super featherweight Urbano Antillion, 24-0 (17), got a taste of what it’s like to be in the ring with a two division former world…
St. Louis based lightweight prospect Danny Williams will battle Barbaro “The Spoiler†Zepeda on Friday, December 12, at Cicero Stadium, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. The Williams vs. Zepeda six round bout is part of “Young Guns”, an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing celebrating the culmination…
Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Nagy “Dominican Dynamite†Aguilera has scheduled a coming out party Thursday night, December 4, headlining his first show in the eight round main event on the third annual “Holiday Hits†card, at the famed Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.
What a difference a year makes, especially for 22-year-old Matt “Sharp Shooter†Remillard, the reigning WBC Youth and USNBC featherweight champion. A year ago, Remillard, 16-0 (8), was in the midst of a year and a half stretch of inactivity due to wrist injury requiring surgery for torn ligaments that separated bones in his hand….