A new book focusing on an unknown chapter in the life of one of boxing’s greatest heavyweight champions has been published in America by Jack Bacon & Co. Jack Dempsey’s first trip to Nevada came as he clung to the underbelly of a train, a dangerous practice known as “riding the rods†and utilized by…
This Friday, February 22, CLIP Boxing and Heavy Hitter Promotions will proudly present Night of Knockouts 2 at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center (Michael Guido Theatre).
In Marketing The Upcoming Boxing Heavyweight Unification Bout Between IBO & IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko And WBO Champion Sultan Ibragimov New York, NY – February 19 – Leading New York based marketing firm, Global Advertising Strategies has been chosen to drive the multicultural media and advertising campaign for the upcoming 12 round heavyweight unification bout,…
With less than two weeks left before his second title defense, two-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, 21-1-1 (14), prepares for the biggest fight of his life when he battles Jason “The American Boy” Litzau, 23-1 (19), at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA on February 29, 2008.
Professional boxing returns to the Days Inn and Conference Center in Allentown, PA on Saturday, March 15 when Rob “The All American Prizefighter” Calloway puts his WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight title on the line against rising undefeated prospect Juan Carlos Robles in a ten round main event sponsored by King’s Promotions in association with Major…
Former IBF world title-challenger Allan Vester and charismatic super middleweight contender Fawaz Nasir will headline a card in their hometown of Aarhus, Denmark on April 4, when Team Vester, in cooperation with Risum Boxing, promotes at the NRGI Arena. Opponents for Vester and Nasir, as well as the undercard, are in the works, but the…
It was a great achievement for Branco Sports Productions at the weekend, when S.A Boxing Annual Awards took place in Bloemfontein. Unprecedented in the history of South African Boxing, Branco Milenkovic walked away with nothing less than six annual awards, all related to the BSP stable!
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing: Since becoming the undisputed supper middleweight world champion, you have won the British Sports Personality of the Year Award and were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award; has anything changed for you? Joe Calzaghe: “Not much changes me, Iʼm still the same guy down to earth, but I do…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was a great atmosphere inside the famous Blackpool Tower, in Blackpool, England, on Saturday night night as Steve Wood’s VIP Boxing promoted a seven-fight card billed as ’Power at the Tower’. At the foot of the Tower the Circus Arena is a stunning venue with tiered…
In a battle of ex-heavyweight champions looking for another crack at world honors, former WBA titlist Nikolay Valuev won that organization’s official eliminator by outfighting past WBO beltholder Serguei Lyakhovich over twelve rounds at Neurmberg Arena in Nuremberg, Germany. At 7 feet tall and weighing 321 pounds, Valuev proved simply too big for Lyakhovich to…
Last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik outworked former titlist Jermain Taylor over twelve rounds to win a non-title rematch at 164 lb. Although Taylor fought a far smarter fight this time, he simply wasn’t active enough to win over the judges and dropped a 117-111, 116-112 and…
In Germany this evening, two former world heavyweight champions, looking to put themselves back into title contention, collide. Russian giant Nikolay Valuev, the former WBA Champion, takes on former WBO kingpin Sergei Liakhovich at Nuremberg Arena in a fascinating contest that neither man can afford to lose. The clash will be the first time that…