In one of the most significant heavyweight championship fights in years, Samuel Peter and Vitali Klitschko will battle for the WBC Heavyweight title Saturday on Showtime. Both fighters stake claim to the belt highly coveted belt. Below are quotes from Monday’s press conference in Berlin, Germany. Tensions rose as the controversy over the belt continued…
Tarver and Dawson held their final press conference before the 175-pound kingpins battle for light heavyweight supremacy on Saturday, Oct. 11, live on Showtime Championship Boxing at 9 p.m. ET delayed on the West Coast. In the weeks leading to the fight there has been a war of words between Tarver and Dawson. Wednesday’s press…
World class professional boxing, featuring some of the finest young prospects in the world, returns to the Valencia Ballroom in York, Pennsylvania on Saturday, November 8, presented by TKO Boxing Promotions. “We were thrilled with the event in July, the fans were terrific and we’re very happy to return next month with another great card…
Following a blistering war of words over the last few years, super middleweights Joey Gilbert and Jesse Brinkley have agreed to settle their score in the ring on Friday, January 30, 2009 it was jointly announced today by co-promoters Chet Koerner of Las Vegas’ TKO Boxing Promotions and Terry Lane’s Let’s Get It On Promotions…
Cristobal Cruz will square off against Orlando Salido on October 23 at Northern Quest Casino for the vacant IBF featherweight championship of the world. Demetrius Andrade, the 2007 Amateur World Champion and 2008 U.S. Olympian, will make his professional debut in the junior middleweight division at 154 pounds and open the nationally televised event at…
WBO super middle champ Denis Inkin is likely to defend the title in February of next year against stablemate Karoly Balzsay. Former WBA super bantam champ Mayhar Monshipour returns to action December 1 in Poitiers. Opponent have yet to be announced but is promised to be among top ten in Europe. If all goes according…
World class junior welterweight Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi, 25-1 (5), took some time off from his Las Vegas training camp to offer his views on subject ranging from his November 22 showdown against Ricky Hatton to abdicating his IBF title and a lot in between.
Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing has reached an agreement with Bob Duffy’s Ring Promotions and Irish Ropes to promote “The Grande Event” – featuring “Ireland’s” John Duddy, Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak and Jorge Luis “The Truth” Teron – Friday night, November 21 at the famed Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.
Last week at the WBA Convention in the Dominican Republic, two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz, 43-8-1 (29), petitioned the organization to enforce its regulations regarding foreign tax deductions in his fight August 30 against Nikolay Valuev in Berlin.
From the office of WBC President José Sulaimán: World Boxing Council president José Sulaimán will attend the heavyweight world championship fight between champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria and former champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine on October 11 in Germany.
Today Arena CEO Ahmet Öner announced that he will not continue his cooperation with Gary Shaw Productions in the US. Together, Arena and GSP had featured Cuban rising superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa on “HBO Boxing After Dark†on May 17 and October 4 of this year. “We’ve had two great shows with GSPâ€, states Öner. “And…
IBF and IBO light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver participated in a media workout at Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas on Tuesday as he winds down preparation for his highly anticipated clash with undefeated former WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson. The two kingpins will battle for light heavyweight supremacy on Saturday, Oct. 11, live…