Sports Plus Events proudly announces that British super featherweight champion and fellow Yorkshireman Carl Johanneson will be just one of the guests who will attend the benefit dinner for former world featherweight champion Paul Ingle in Paul’s hometown of Scarborough, England on Friday, November 2, 2007.
Unbeaten middleweight Darren Barker believes Carl Froch is a future world super-middleweight champion and could beat Mikkel Kessler. The Barnet boxer, who challenges Australian Ben Crampton for the Commonwealth crown on a Hennessy Sports show at the York Hall on November 14th, sparred with Kessler in Copenhagen last month.
Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Prizefigher and event sponsor Union State Bank will present “Fighters and Families,” a symposium discussing boxing families on Tuesday night, November 20, at the South Street Seaport Museum.
Fresh off an outstanding “3 Gallos/Solo Boxeo” event in front of a packed Cicero Stadium, Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions will team up with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions to return with “Latin Thunder”, another evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, November 16th.
Big time boxing returns to the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA on Thursday, November 15th when Top Rank Promotions presents “Downtown Showdown,” featuring former two-time heavyweight champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman against veteran Sherman “The Tank” Williams in a ten round main event. The fight will be televised nationally on Versus “Fight Night Live,” hosted…
Nearly two years to the date after Martin Power claimed a hotly disputed points decision to retain the British title over Ian Napa, he steps back into the fray to try and regain a title he never lost in the square ring on Friday, November 30, at the Newham Leisure Centre in London, England. This…
Nearly two years to the date after Martin Power claimed a hotly disputed points decision to retain the British title over Ian Napa, he steps back into the fray to try and regain a title he never lost in the square ring on Friday, November 30, at the Newham Leisure Centre in London, England. This…
There was scattered action across the globe this weekend with former world champions, current European titlists and many hot prospects making appearances. We’ll start with Saturday in Buenos Aires, Argentina where 34 year old ex-WBA Lightweight Champion Raul Horacio Balbi, 55-8-1 (33), rebounded from his failed bid to unseat WBA 140 lb titlist at the…
IBF 122 lb Champion Steve Molitor was stretched the distance for the first time in five contests last night at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario when the 27 year old from Sarnia battled Thailand’s Fashan 3K Battery to a wide points win on an Allan Tremblay/Orion Sports promotion. Once again, it was Molitor’s patient application…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was some great undercard action on the Frank Maloney/VIP bill at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England on Friday night. Young Jack Arnfield made an impressive start to his pro-debut when he made short work of Cambridge-boy, Louis Byrne in the first round…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The Robin Park Arena was packed last night for the shared Frank Maloney/VIP promoted fight night, billed as “National Service’, in which Jamie Moore defended his British Light Middleweight title against Andrew Facey. Mooresy, described as “The Fighters Fighter’ was to face Andrew “Smiley’ Facey…
IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Steve Molitor puts his belt at risk for second time when he meets experienced Thai fighter Fashan 3K Battery at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada on an Allan Tremblay/Orion Sports promotion. Southpaw Molitor, 24-0 (10), burst onto the world scene with a big win over previously unbeaten European Champion Michael…