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…
**With Slideshow** © Martin Warr / dkp Last night in front of 7,000 fans at a packed Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico, Don King Productions put on a huge show headlined by WBC Heavyweight Champ Oleg Maskaev’s title defense against Interim Champ Samuel Peter and IBF Lightweight Champ Juan Diaz’s title defense against challenger…
An intriguing matchup took place on the undercard of the David Haye vs. Enzo Maccarinelli bill in London last night featuring British Super Feather Champion Carl Johanneson and Commonwealth king Kevin Mitchell. Johanneson looks very awkward next to the favourite, Kevin “Mighty” Mitchell, as they come out for the first round of this contest for…
In his first fight in hometown Aarhus in more than five years, Danish super middleweight Fawaz Nasir will be facing a tough challenge in former IBF Continental Africa champion Maneno “The Tanzanian Tyson†Oswald on the April 4 promotion at the NRGI Arena staged by Team Vester in cooperation with Risum Boxing.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre, Nottingham, England – promoter Frank Maloney staged an exciting night of 11 contests. The main event was Rendall Munroe challenging Spanish Kiko Martinez for the European Super Bantamweight title, billed as “The Matador Versus The Bull.” The other main…