“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oscar, his family, and all of Oscar’s fans and friends in San Antonio,” voiced Joe DeGuardia, CEO of Star Boxing. “This is very tragic, no one ever wants to see something like that. Oscar is a tremendous fighter and more importantly a tremendous person. It is hard to…
Undefeated WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto will host an open media workout in Caguas, Puerto Rico today, Friday, July 18. This will be Cotto’s final day working out in preparation for “The Battle!â€, the four-bout pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by Cotto’s world title defense in a thrilling matchup against two-time world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito.
Jill Diamond: How have you been preparing for the fight? Akondaye Fountain: This has been a long and hard training camp, with the dates changing back and forth I never broke training camp. I had great sparring with top female and male fighters, Valerie Mahfood being one of them, whom is fighting Christy Martin July…
Question: How do you see this title defense with Antonio Margarito on July 26? Miguel Cotto: This is just another fight for me. It’s a fight that Margarito wants to take my title – and that makes it big enough for me. Margarito is a great fighter. I have trained to win this fight and…
Mexico No. 1 Cerveza Tecate brings Freddy “El Riel†Hernandez facing Edvan Dos Santos in welterweight bout Cerveza Tecate presents another thrilling Friday boxing night from Tucson, AZ, as part of its continued efforts to bring the power of boxing to fans across the nation. This week’s edition of “Solo Boxeo Tecate†will be broadcasted…
The highly talented Velasquez twins, Carlos Ivan, 7-0 (6), and Juan Carlos, 8-0 (4), return to the ring July 23, 2008 on a Golden Boy Promotions show that ESPN 2 will air live from the Morongo Resort and Casino in Cabazon, CA. Carlos Ivan will be showcased as the co-feature to the main event, which…
Undefeated boxer Akaash “Kash The Bash” Bhatia is one of Britain’s top prospects and the red hot featherweight will be in action tonight, Friday, July 18, on the eagerly anticipated bill of Danny Williams vs. John McDermott for the British heavyweight title at Goresbrook Leisure Center in Dagenham, England.
Bernard Dunne’s rehabilitation continued Saturday night in Dublin’s National Boxing Stadium. A near full house greeted the “Irish Rover” in his second return to the ring since the traumatic ordeal against Kiko Martinez eleven months ago. The atmosphere was jovial all night. Fans were treated with the ringside presence of Matthew Macklin, who contributed greatly…
Today, the EBU announced that Sinan Samil Sam is the new European heavyweight champion. “The Bull from Bosporus†had faced Italian warrior Paolo Vidoz in a 12 round-battle in Ankara , Turkey , on July 4. The fight ended in a controversial draw after one of the judges had changed his scoring of the 12th…
By Per Ake Persson The EBU have declared Sinan Samil Sam as winner in the fight for the vacant European Heavyweight title against Paolo Vidoz on July 4. The fight was scored a draw but one of the judges – Frenchman Robin Dolpierre – first had the final round 10-9 for Sam, then crossed out…
Promoter Art Pelullo of Banner Promotions and Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves will present a sensational world championship fight card on Friday, August 22, 2008, at the Sommet Center, located at 501 Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee. The main event and co-featured bout will be televised live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights.” In the 12 round…
Let’s Get It On Promotions and the City of Fallon, NV are pleased to announce “History in the Making” on August 29, 2008 at the Churchill County Fairgrounds. Headlining the show are the locally popular Hinkey brothers, Derek, 5-1 (5), and Tyler, 4-0-1 (3). Both brothers are coming off of KO victories against undefeated opponents…