There’s a touch of red, white and blue this holiday season in Rhode Island as the state’s only U.S. Olympic Boxing Team members, Jason “Big Six†Estrada (2004) and Demetrius “Boo Boo†Andrade (2008), as well as 1996 Olympic alternate Jason Pires, are all scheduled to be in action Saturday night, November 29, on “Holiday…
On December 13, there will be no one watching the Kendall Holt vs. Ricardo Torres bout more eagerly then Star Boxing’s light welterweight “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis, 21-2-2 (10). Holt will be defending his WBO light welterweight championship belt that he won by beating Torres in July of this year. Holt KO’d Torres in a wild…
Arena CEO Ahmet Öner announced today that he received offers from a big Turkish investor and one of the biggest Turkish TV stations to host the WBC Heavyweight Championship between Vitali Klitschko and no. 1 contender Juan Carlos Gomez in Istanbul, Turkey! “Since we brought boxing back to Turkey in June 2007, the interest in…
Photo © Gianluca “Rio” Di Caro Popular Philadelphia middleweight, Jamaal ‘Da Truth’ Davis, 8-4 (6), has signed a promotional contract with Peltz Boxing Promotions Inc. Promoter Russell Peltz opened discussions with Jamaal and his trainer/manager, Sharron Baker, after watching his impressive dominating performance to take the unanimous decision win over the very tough and gutsyfellow…
Saturday, November 15 saw David Haye embark on his heavyweight quest. Across the Irish Sea, a slighter gladiator was treading water, with the prospect of a super bantamweight world title lying somewhere over the horizon. Bernard Dunne carried out his training camp in preparation for the rugged Eduardo Garcia. Garcia was indisposed a few weeks…
Rising Scottish boxing star Paul Appleby will be put to the test this Friday when the 21 year old sensation puts his British featherweight title on the line against his most experienced and dangerous opponent to date at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. The South Queensferry youngster turned professional in January, 2006, following an illustrious amateur…
The following are quotes from Dan Goossen, George Peterson and boxing’s “most feared fighter,†2-time WBO Welterweight Champion Paul “The Punisher†Williams (35-1, 26 KOs) who will move up a weight class to take on the IBF Junior Middleweight Champ Verno Phillips (42-10-1, 21 KOs) in a scheduled interim 12-round battle for the WBO Super…
John O’Donnell believes winning his last five fights have set him up perfectly for his British Welterweight Title Eliminator against Young Mutley at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, 6th December. The London Irish boxer has halted four of his last five opponents since suffering his only career defeat when he was pulled out…
Tyrone Wright wants to win the English Super-Middleweight Title in memory of his sister Chantelle at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, 6th December. The Nottingham boxer faces Paul David (Northampton/Sheffield) in a rematch of their Midlands Area light-heavyweight title, which Wright won 97-93 on points in May. Carl Froch (Nottingham) tops the Hennessy…
In a first round knock out, Noah Zuhdi overpowered undefeated boxer George Colbert to claim the Oklahoma Lightweight title at a packed house, standing room only fight at Remington Park in Oklahoma City on Monday. Zuhdi began his assault on Colbert by picking and choosing his power shots which were delivered with strategic accuracy at…
While visiting his original hometown of Chicago yesterday in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday celebration with family, super middleweight contender Joey Gilbert stopped at Wrigley Field to offer his assistance with the century long World Series drought for his beloved Chicago Cubs.
Former World Champion Winky Wright sustained a left hand injury during sparring and must withdraw from his December 4 bout against Michi Munoz. “I’m very disappointed about having to pull out of this fight on December 4th, and I’d like to apologize to all my fans, Snoqualmie Casino and Versus,” said Wright.