© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro An autographed pink t-shirt signed by many of the great boxers featured and in attendance at the Shamrocks and Dreams event in Philadelphia on October 4, 2008 was recently auctioned on Ebay and the proceeds donated to the American Cancer Society in the name of Patrilla Davis, the late wife…
As the December 5, 2008, “Friday Nite Championship Fights†card rapidly approaches, Cestus Management’s gladiators are ending their grueling pre-fight camps. On that night at the Laredo Civic Center, in Laredo, Texas, Robert “Nighthawk†Luna Jr.and Rodolfo “La Cobrita†Gomez will once again show the local boxing fans why Cestus Management fighters are recognized as…
Advancing to eight round bouts is Philadelphia’s highly publicized junior welterweight prospect, Danny “Swift” Garcia, 9-0 (7). The Golden Boy Promotions rising star returns to the ring December 6, 2008 on the “Dream Match” extravaganza featuring Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao, set to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
David â€Silent Danger†Kiilu, 29-9-2 (15), will move up to lightweight and take on former European title-challenger Dariusz Snarski, 26-28-2 (6), in a twelve-rounder on December 14 in Bialystok, Poland. Manager Henrik Risum considers this fight “a great opportunity†for Kiilu, but also as a bout he must win if he wants to stay in…
“Don’t ask me what I think of you, I might not give you the answer that you want me to”, goes the old Fleetwood Mac song and Jesse Brinkley proudly uses it as his intro music on his cell phone. “I tell it like it is and not everyone wants to hear it, if you…
Just seven days before he faces Tomasz Adamek in the title defense that he describes as “The most important fight of my career to dateâ€, IBF Cruiserweight Champion Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham will host a special free event for his home town boxing fans at the Fox and Hound, 1501 Spruce Street, Philadelphia on Thursday, December…
2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade improved his record to 2-0 (2), with a fourth round TKO of Eric Marriott, 0-2 (0), in front of his home state of Rhode Island, at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI.
Carl Froch is in the shape of his life and believes he can become a household name by winning the WBC Super Middleweight title live on ITV1 on Saturday night against Jean Pascal at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham. Froch is back in his home city of Nottingham after last week returning from his training…
WBO Welterweight Champion Paul Williams stepped up to light middle and caged the vacant WBO belt by stopping former three time 154 pound world titlist Verno Phillips in the eighth round at Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, CA in the highest profile bout in America this weekend. Williams overcame a bad cut from a headclash…
Last night at The Casino in Montreal, former IBF Middleweight title challenger Sebastien Demers, 26-2 (9), showed a return to form as “Double Trouble” won every round against American visitor Donny McCrary, 24-9-2 (13), after ten frames of combat. Demers was coming off a surprise split decision loss to Dionisio Miranda for the NABA belt…
A good weekend of Continental boxing featured three European title fights and we kick off this report at Spodek, the largest indoor arena in Poland in the southern city of Katowice. European Welterweight Champion Rafal “Braveheart” Jackiewicz, 33-8-1 (18), continued his amazing career transformation with a successful title defense against previously undefeated European Union, German…
It was a good weekend for the fights in Central and South America. The highlight of Friday night was Jorge Linares’ WBA Super Feather title win in Panama City, already reported upon, but there were also two major title fights on Saturday in Mexico. WBC Light Flyweight Chamion Edgar Sosa had a good challenge on…