On Saturday, April 5, 2008, promoter Jamie Sanigar presents a night of fine Welsh boxing topped by an International Masters Bantamweight clash between Matthew Edmonds and Eugene Heagney as well as the greatly anticipated return of Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Jamie Arthur at Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. Local hero Edmonds is coming off an…
Joe and Marvis Frazier announce their latest project; Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s Broad Street Girls Boxing Team. With their Philadelphia gym undergoing a resurgence, Joe and Marvis Frazier find themselves in the enviable position of having a large group of their fighters turning professional this year.
Five professional and three amateur bouts are scheduled to carry on the tradition created years ago of great fights being held in Oklahoma City on Tuesday nights. The event April 1, which is the second boxing event being promoted by CatBOX Entertainment at Remington Park, the last one being in November, 2007, once again promises…
By Per Ake Persson French junior middle Christophe Canclaux is still waiting for his shot at the WBA title held by Joachim Alcine, who´s now sidelined with an injury. Canclaux will stay busy with a fight lined up for either March 22 in France or will be on Sauerland´s show in Neubrandenburg April 12.
Ahmet Öner and Gary Shaw, the owners of Arena Box-Promotion in Hamburg, Germany, and Gary Shaw Productions in Totowa, NJ, respectively, announced a new joint venture today where GSP will be Arena’s exclusive US promoter.
He’s put in his time in the gym, he’s learned from the tactical mistakes of the past, and now former junior welterweight champion Juan Urango is ready to re-take his crown. But first, the “Iron Twin†must get by South American Champion Carlos Wilfredo Vilches on Wednesday, April 23rd, as ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights returns…
Clampitt fighting on for love of sport Manfredo-Benfield headline Friday night’s “Rumble at the River†at Twin River Event Center, RI Three-time world champion Jaime “The Hurricane†Clampitt, 2007 Canadian Female Fighter of the Year, defends her IWBF lightweight crown against GBU junior welterweight title-holder Belinda “Brown Sugar†Larcuente in Friday night’s 10-round co-feature on…
Gerry Cooney, one of the great boxers of his era and the former heavyweight contender from Huntington, Long Island, will headline “A Salute to Irish American Heritage” at Empire City at Yonkers Raceway on on Tuesday night, March 11.
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Thursday night at the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom in New York City, local fans were treated to what Star Boxing’s Joe DeGuardia called, “the rebirth of Mighty Mike†Arnaoutis as he put on a boxing exhibition to win the vacant USBA Junior Welterweight title. Back in 2006,…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series hosted their latest installment last week at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Gary Stark, Jr was looking for revenge in the main event in his rematch against journeymen Andres Ledemsa after he suffered a surprise knockout loss to him in…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing “The Battle of Britain” At a packed O2 Arena in London in the early hours of Sunday morning – in excess of 17,000 fans eagerly awaited the much anticipated fight between England’s David ‘Haymaker’ Haye and Wales’s Enzo ‘Big Mac’ Maccarinelli. Billed as “The Battle…
**With Massive Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England, Rendall Munroe – the Boxing Binman from Leicester – faced champion Kiko Martinez of Alicante, Spain for the European Super Bantamweight title on a Frank Maloney Promotions show billed as “The Matador Versus The…