Ticket for Saturday’s “Johnson vs. Gonzalez” Fight Night for Climate Change at the Lake Charles Civic Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, are selling quickly, as anticipation builds for the all-action light heavyweight shootout.
Former IBA Cruiserweight Champion Bobby Gunn, 18-3 (15), will be returning to the ring on March 22 to headline a card at the Fort McDowell Casino in Fountain Hills, AZ. Gunn, who turned pro in 1989, is happy to return to the state where he had many of his early career bouts.
World super middleweight challenger “The Pride of Providence†Peter Manfredo, Jr. returns to the ring March 14, headlining “Rumble at the River,†against Shane “The Irish Hitman†Benfield, in an Italian-Irish themed pro boxing show at Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Cerveza Tecate, one of Mexico ’s leading beer brands, announces the launch of a marketing campaign to support its first major boxing match of the year, a bout between Juan Manuel Marquez (48-3-1, 35 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (45-3-2, 34 KOs ).
He was deceiving to the eye. His smile was crooked in a goofy teenager fashion; his curly hair always looked in desperate need of a trim. Other than a flat nose, one would never have guessed this kid was a professional fighter. Even those who did know of him could have never guessed the young…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a hard day at the office for Blackpool light middleweight Brian Rose, this past Saturday night at Blackpool Tower. Forcing a draw against tough fighter Manocha ‘Manoo’ Salari – it wasn’t the result Rose would have liked in front of his home-crowd. But, with his birthday the…
HP PAVILION THURSDAY, MARCH 20 AT 7:30 P.M. BAY AREA FAN FAVORITE, ANDRE WARD, RETURNS TO THE RING TO KICK OFF THE 2008 AMERICAN METAL & IRON FIGHT NIGHT AT THE TANK SERIES Bay Area native and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward (14-0, 9 KO’s), will return to HP Pavilion for the fourth time…
By Per Ake Persson When Universum´s heavyweight veteran Luan Krasniqi, 30-3-1, pulled out of a possible European title fight against Matt Skelton, there was obviously a plan behind it and in today´s edition of Bild Zeitung, it´s all explained. Universum have applied for another voluntary defence for WBA champ Ruslan Chagaev – against Krasniqi.
Hennessy Sports in association with Golden Palace.net are proud to announce that British Champion Jon Thaxton will be fighting Yuri Romanov, the current European Lightweight Champion and number one contender for the WBA title. The fight will take place on the April 4, 2008 in Norwich, England and will be broadcast live on Friday Fight…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presents an all- star card featuring two of Star Boxing’s more popular fighters in Co-Main Events. “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis (17-2, 9 KO’s) the Pride of Greece, collides with Dominican power puncher Harrison Cuello (15-5, 11 KO’s) in a 140-pound contest for the vacant USBA Junior Welterweight Title.
The press gathered intently yesterday as Rafael Marquez (37-4, 33 KOs) hosted an open media workout to showcase his skills that he will display to eager fight fans and thousands watching Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, March 1 when he battles to regain his WBC Super Bantamweight Championship and Ring Magazine Belt title against current…
Fireworks detonate once again when former WBC lightweight champion Jessica “Ragin” Rakoczy (27-2, 10 KO’s) battles Belinda Laracuente (23-20, 9 KO’s) in a rubber match for the NABF title at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA on February 29, 2008.