The authentic bold Mexican cerveza Tecate presents another hot-action boxing night from Coliseo Francisco “Pancho†Deida in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, as part of its continued efforts to bring the power of the sport to fans across the nation. This Friday, the weekly Telefutura box series “Solo Boxeo Tecate†will showcase Irving Garcia, 16-3-3 (8), and…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Philadelphia’s only current boxing world champion, cruiserweight ring king Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, took a little time out from preparing for his December 11, IBF title defense against Tomasz ‘Road Warrior’ Adamek to gives his verdict on this weekend’s big fight between young gun Kelly Pavlik and fellow Philly star Bernard…
Nearly a full decade ago, Cedric Kushner promoted his first show at New York City’s famed Roseland Ballroom and on November 21, Kushner’s Gotham Boxing returns to the iconic Manhattan venue with “The Grande Event,†featuring a quartet of young, explosive talent sporting a combined pro record of 89-1-1 (65): “Ireland’s†John Duddy, Peter “Kid…
Golden Boy Promotions returns to the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa on Friday, October 24 for a hard-hitting night of professional boxing showcasing some of the best young talent in the sport. In the 10 round welterweight main event, Mexico’s latest sensation, unbeaten 18-year old Saul Alvarez, makes his United States debut against skilled veteran…
Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucien Bute, 22-0 (18), will make the second defense of his title against once-beaten, No.1 ranked challenger Librado Andrade, 27-1 (21), in a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, Friday, Oct. 24 live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.
On Wednesday October 29 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, middleweight Bryant Pappas, 6-0 (6), will step into the ring against Christ Morton looking to stay perfect and improve his record to 7-0 with 7 knockouts.
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing On Saturday October 18, 2008 one of boxing’s legends will step into the ring at Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, NJ to face one of the hardest hitting young champions in the sport today. The same city where he lost his professional debut twenty years ago could…
Rising lightweight star Breidis Prescott signed with ARENA Box-Promotion and Decubas Presents, LLC. Brescott, ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner and Ricardo Decubas just finalized the deal in Miami, Florida. Prescott recently made a noise by knocking out promising prospect Amir Khan in one round in Manchester, UK.
Liverpool’s Tony Dodson hopes to climb a few places in the European super middleweight rankings on November 15 when he takes on the Czech Republic’s Tomas Adamek at The O2 in North Greenwich, London. Amusingly, Dodson thought he’d been paired with former world light-heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek when first hearing news of the fight.
Golden Boy Promotions is proud to announce that rising junior middleweight star James Kirkland has been added to its roster of fighters. Kirkland signed with Golden Boy Promotions today and is slated to make his Golden Boy Promotions debut in the near future.
2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade will be conducting a boxing workshop for kids as part of the Kid’s Action League (KAL) Festival this Saturday October 18 in Providence, RI. The workshop will be held at the Main Street Martial Arts studio at 1282 North Main Street in Providence, RI at 2:00 PM.
Big-hearted welterweight Mark Thompson continues his march towards a domestic title shot with an appearance on the October 17 York Hall fight card this weekend, supporting the main event of Ian Napa vs. Carmelo Ballone for the European bantamweight championship.