Risum Boxing: Kim Poulsen Spotlighted On Danish TV
Denmark’s boxing “Golden Boy”, Kim Poulsen, was featured yesterday on Danish TV with a short piece as build-up to his rematch with Tony Jourda on Friday in Aarhus.
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Risum Boxing: Lineup Set For April 4 Aarhus Show
The full undercard is now complete for Friday’s promotion in Aarhus, Denmark where former world title challenger Allan Vester, 26-6-1 (5), takes on African champion Hassan “The Hitman†Saku, 9-3 (8), at welterweight, and super middleweight Fawaz Nasir, 12-2 (7), squares off with Tanzanian puncher Maneno Oswald, 27-16-1 (21), in the featured bouts.
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Boxing Prospect Yan Barthelemy Added To Woods vs. Tarver Light Heavy Showdown
Undefeated bantamweight phenomenon Yan Barthelemy, Cuba’s 2004 Olympic gold medallist, will be back in action on Saturday, April 12, against the rugged veteran Pedro Rincon Miranda, 30-16 (25), from Colombia in a six-round bout.
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Cruiserweight Contender BJ Flores Guest Hosts Friday Night Fights
Undefeated cruiserweight sensation BJ Flores will be the in-studio guest on Friday Night Fights this week. Airing on ESPN 2 with host Brian Kenny this Friday night, April 4, Flores will offer analysis, insight and perspective on the televised portion of the card including the main event featuring heavyweight prospect Jason Estrada vs. Lance Whitaker.
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Return Of Ex-Boxing Champ Spadafora Postponed Until April 25
Michael Acri Promotions’ has postponed the April 6 professional boxing card at The Avalon Hotel in Erie, PA, headlined by the 2008 debut undefeated former IBF lightweight champion “The Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora.
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Raul Marquez – Bronco McKart
Former world junior middleweight champion Raul Marquez continued his middleweight resurrection last Saturday at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, scoring a ten round win over Bronco McKart.
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Frank Maloney Presents Spring 2008 Boxing Schedule
The first bill takes place on Friday, April 18 with Gary Woolcombe defending his British light middleweight title at London’s famed York Hall with chief support featuring heavyweights John McDermott and Pele Reid clashing for the vacant English crown. Also on the card will be undefeated Commonwealth light welterweight champion Ajose Olusegun and on her…
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Boxing Perspective: Paul McCloskey
Saturday, March 29. For the first time in his career Paul McCloskey was taking charge of a ship, one which belonged to a fleet of Brian Peters’ promoted boxing events taking place in recent weeks. McCloskey was calm in the build up. One assumed that with his first big occasion looming ahead of him, the…
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An Education In Olympic Boxing
As Professional Boxing enjoys a long overdue resurgence and our current champions finally receive the exposure they deserve, there are other men who anonymously prepare to become champions themselves. These men are the less famed and less credited amateur boxers who toil at their trade without payment or recognition. As the final qualifiers draw to…
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Heavenly Art: The Wonder Of Nicolino Locche
Some time back, when the secretive lair was finally penetrated and the crown jewels sparkled in the sudden sunlight, I realised with a sense of wonder that every great thing ever said about Nicolino Locche was true. There he was, moving casually and almost contemptuously around the ring, an imperious master of his trade, taunting…
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Boxing Veteran Jaffa Ballogou Set For Ring Return
Former WBC Super Middleweight International Champion and WBA title challenger Jaffa “The African Assassin†Ballogou, 45-6 (39), has announced he will to return to the ring in the near future. Ballogou, who had been sidelined by promotional issues since his last fight in June 2006, is close to inking with a new promoter and plans…
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Hennessy Boxing: Thaxton Rates Romanov Better Than Khan’s Opponent
British lightweight champion Thaxton (Norwich) challenges European lightweight champion Yuri Romanov (Belarus) at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on a Hennessy Sports show on Friday, April 4th. Sky Sports 1 televise the action live from 9.30pm. Thaxton rates Romanov a far more difficult opponent than Martin Kristjansen (Denmark), who Commonwealth champion Khan boxes on…