© Ginamarie Russo / Saddo Boxing The visit to my hand doctor turned out to be more than just a follow up. I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow patient of Dr. Melone’s, light welterweight Joel “Joelo” Torres. Hailing from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, this young fighter was only in town for a night to…
The new WBC Super Lightweight Champion, Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley, will defend his title for the first time against Edner “Cherry Bomb†Cherry on Saturday, Sept. 13, in the co-feature of the Showtime Championship Boxing telecast, which begins live at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. The main event of the world championship…
Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora, WBC Super Welterweight Champion opens his training camp to media later this week as he finishes preparations for his September 13 rematch with former two weight world champion Vernon Forrest. First gaining notoriety on “The Contender” TV series, Mora wasn’t taken seriously by the boxing establishment and the media build…
“Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis, 19-2-2, the Pride of Greece, and Star Boxing’s world rated junior welterweight contender, will be back in action in Atlantic City this Friday, September 5 when he takes on power punching Nasser Athumani, 20-6-2, in a ten round junior welterweight contest that will be broadcast live on GoFightLive.TV. The always entertaining, fan…
Philadelphia’s ageless warrior Bernard Hopkins gets one more chance to show the world of boxing that in his case age is just a number when he meets undefeated middleweight world champion Kelly Pavlik at a catchweight in a non-title bout in Atlantic City on October 18. The 43 year old former longtime middleweight champion has…
With just two weeks to go, Panamanian Rafael Concepcion is full of confidence for his first title defence against Jorge Arce in Mexico City on September 15. The interim WBA Super Flyweight title fight takes place on the Eve of Mexico’s Independence Day and will be a major highlight of this year’s fiesta.
Antonio Tarver and Chad Dawson will hold a press conference tomorrow to announce the long-awaited battle of 175 pound kingpins when the two warriors square off for light heavyweight supremacy on Saturday, October 11, live on Showtime Championship Boxing. The two light heavies have been waging a grudge match through the press ever since Dawson…
On August 29, 2008, at the Laredo Civic Center in Laredo, Texas, a sold-out crowd of over three thousand hard-core, ravenous boxing fans were treated to a great night of boxing as Recon Garza Promotions, in association with Los Dos Laredos Boxing Productions and Cestus Management put on the “Friday Nite Rumbleâ€. The fight card…
This Friday sees a good show in suburban Brisbane as the OPBF Heavyweight and the Australian Light Welterweight titles are up for grabs at Mansfield Tavern in Mansfield, Queensland. Towering heavyweights Colin Wilson, 34-23 (20), and Nathan Briggs, 19-5 (16), have fought twice already with Wilson taking both contests by knockout in 2005 and 2006….
The Jim Murray Memorial Foundation (JMMF) will honor Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the legendary sports icons of the 20th century whose very name epitomizes boxing and conjures the image of a champion, with its “Great Ones†award at the Tenth Anniversary “Tribute to Living Legends of Sports and Media†on Thursday, October 30, 2008,…
In recent years, when talk turned to boxing’s most promising prospects, the name Vicente Escobedo has usually been part of the conversation. On Friday, September 26, Escobedo will return to the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California, to face local fan favorite Dominic Salcido on TeleFutura’s ‘Solo Boxeo’.
Raymond Serrano, 7-0 (5), Star Boxing’s 19 year old welterweight phenomenon, scored a first round knockout over veteran Jimmy LeBlanc, 11-15-4 (3), on Friday night at the New Alhambra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Serrano came out very aggressive and started landing big shots against and seemed to be on a completely different level then the much…