WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Israel Vazquez will make a special appearance at Santa Anita Park, the historic thoroughbred racing track in Arcadia , Calif. , this Saturday, Feb. 2. Vazquez, who battles Rafael Marquez for a third consecutive time on Saturday, March 1 at the Home Depot Center in Carson , Calif. , will present…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing The Paradise Theater was filled with boxing action last night with a triple co-feature promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing. This marked the eighth installment of “Punchin’ at the Paradise†in the Bronx, NY. Elvir “The Kosovo Kid†Muriqi 35-4 (22) executed the better of the hard-hitting…
Alfonso S. Gomez (18-3-2) is speaking out about his upcoming fight against Miguel Cotto (31-0-0), saying that the 12-round battle for Cotto’s WBA Welterweight belt will give him the chance to achieve his life-long goal of a world title while silencing his critics once and for all. The April 12 HBO World Championship Boxing event…
Frank Maloney Promotions stages a sure-fire barn burner tonight at York Hall as British Light Heavyweight Champion Tony Oakey and nemesis Peter Haymer come to grips in a bad blood grudge match two years in the making. Oakey, 24-2-1 (6), came out on the losing end at the same venue, falling short by one point…
The amazing Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas will take part in his 102nd bout when he climbs through the ropes to meet Finnish national boxing hero and former European champ Amin Asikainen at middleweight tonight at the Toolo Sports Hall in Helsinki. 36 year old Campas, 91-10 (73), will be making his first European appearance…
Stoke’s boxing enigma, Gary Reid, will travel to Nottingham on 7th March to enter the ring against Derby’s Scott Haywood in a light-welterweight clash. Reid and Haywood will appear on the same bill as Jason Booth who defends his Commonwealth bantamweight title and Rendall Munroe as he attempts to secure the European super-bantamweight title. Sky…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing NOTE: WEIGHTS – Alfredo Angulo weighed 152 pounds and Ricardo Cortes tipped the scales at 153 pounds during Thursday’s weigh-in. Mickey Bey., Jr. and Roberto Acevedo, who will be fighting in the co-feature Friday night, will weigh-in tomorrow morning. The Mille Lacs Band Of Ojibwe Indians Department of Athletic…
It was standing room only at the Southside Boxing Club in Youngstown yesterday as undefeated middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs), and trainer Jack Loew hosted a media workout. Reporters and TV crews from all over Ohio descended on the only gym Pavlik has ever known to speak to its favorite son…
This Friday, February 1, sees comeback kid Tony Oakey put his career on the line once more when he steps up against English light heavyweight champion Peter Haymer, who came away the winner in a hotly disputed decision over the British Champ when the pair fought in June, 2005. Oakey is known for his guts,…
After a very successful trip overseas to Macau China, Sal Musumeci President and CEO of Final Forum Boxing is ready to take Heavyweight Champ, Derric Rossy to the next level. “Not many people know this,” said Musumeci,”Hasim Rahman was the original opponent for Macau. For whatever reason, the distance, the opponent whatever Rahman’s people didn’t…
“The Viper” Is Running Out Of Patience! “To have patience is the ability to wait for things that you wish to happen, happen! You sit, you toil and you tarry. You don’t complain, you don’t cry and you don’t grumble. Soon that patience runs its course and frustration sets in. Logical becomes illogical, rational becomes…
In anticipation of the impending rubber match between super bantamweight world champions Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, Showtime will re-air both scintillating boxing matches between the offensive-minded sluggers in their entirety on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The instant classics—titled Marquez-Vazquez I & II—will also air on SHO2 on Friday, Feb. 1 at…