22-year old Tuscaloosa, Alabama native Deontay Wilder was amateur boxing’s Cinderella story this year, rising from obscurity to not only winning the National Golden Gloves and U.S. Championships, but also capturing a Bronze Medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the only boxing medal won by the United States.
“The best is yet to come.†It’s an often-used proclamation that has been uttered for years in the sporting arena. Some competitors make good on the guarantee while others have failed to live up to the six-word promise. When WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero uttered the popular phrase to ringside media after his 12-round…
Olympic Gold Medallist and 10-time world champion in six weight classes, Oscar de la Hoya opened his training camp yesterday to over 100 media members who made the trip up to the secluded mountains of Big Bear, CA to observe the boxing legend’s training regiment first hand as he prepares for his December 6 “Dream…
On Mexican Revolution Day, November 20, 2008, Mia Rosales St. John will be honored in Zacatecas, Mexico by Governor Amalia Garcia Medina, for her role in sports. Mia’s family is from Zacatecas and says she is honored to take part in this event and hopes to be an inspiration to the women of Zacatecas as…
Veteran promoter Bob Duffy announced today that his Ring Promotions company will present the “Holiday Hits†pro boxing show in Manhattan for the third consecutive year. Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Nagy “Dominican Dynamite†Aguilera, 10-0 (6), fighting out of Newburgh, NY, will headline for the first time in the 10-round main event on Thursday night, December…
TKO Boxing Promotions has announced that super middleweight Joey Gilbert, female sensation Katy Klinefelter and newcomer Bastie “The Beast†Samir have been added to the Ballroom Boxing show on Thursday, November 20 at Michael’s Eighth Ave. in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
Danish lightweight prospect Kim Poulsen, 9-1 (1), will take a big step up in class on November 26 at the Café Royal in London when he fights WBU Intercontinental champion Nugzar Margvelashvili, 16-4 (6), from Georgia. The bout is scheduled for six rounds, and will almost certainly be the toughest job yet for the 21-year-old…
Dear Joe, Congratulations on your win over Roy Jones last Saturday night. I’m happy to see that you’re finally getting some overdue credit, and now that you’ve accomplished what you wanted to against Jones and Bernard Hopkins, I think it’s time for you and I to settle some unfinished business.
Light middleweight Gary “Hot Stuff” Woolcombe realized a career ambition by winning the British title in December of last year but a first defense against former champion Ryan Rhodes in April saw the 26 year old lose his grip on the domestic crown when KO’d in the ninth round.
Scott Woolford showed he was for real against Matthew Hatton last time out. Now the exciting Ramsgate boxer bids to show promoter Frank Maloney he doesn’t need to look any further for his next superstar. Maloney stages his next non-televised ‘Search For A Star’ bill at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday November 15.
With the 2008 year nearing an end, Joe DeGuardia and his team at Star Boxing will definitely deserve to enjoy the upcoming holiday season that is quickly approaching. Star Boxing has recently been all over the world representing their growing roster of boxers. Whether it has been promoting fights, attending major sanctioning body conventions, or…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing First Team’s PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson put on another entertaining afternoon of boxing on Sunday when they hosted a full card of eight contests, billed as “Crunch-time at Lunch-time”, which included two title bouts at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England. Dean “Deano” Harrison of Wolverhampton…