Just three months after his knockout victory over Arturo Gatti, Alfonso S. Gomez, 17-3-2 (8), will face off against veteran Ben Tackie, 29-7-1 (17). The welterweight bout headlines a Contender special event at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA, to be aired live October 16 on ESPN. “Tackie’s a tough fighter who has been…
Vivian Harris was in confident mood at a press conference on Wednesday ahead of his fight against WBC Light-Welterweight Champion Junior Witter on Friday. Harris (New York/Guyana) challenges Witter (Bradford, England) for the most prestigious world title at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on a Hennessy Sports show. Click for larger image© Jane Warburton…
Multi award-winning boxing promoters Branco Sports Productions (BSP) will be invading the popular Carousel Casino and Entertainment World just north of Pretoria on Friday, September 21. Still riding high after the overwhelming success of the IBF Junior Lightweight World Title fight in Matlosana / Klerksdorp last week between Mzonke Fana and Javier Alvarez, the BSP…
Mike Stewart, of New Castle, DE, and Robert Frankel, of Denver, CO, meet in the 10-round junior welterweight main event Friday evening, Oct. 5, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at 7.30 p.m.
Fans that have already purchased nearly $1 million worth of tickets to see a boxing match featuring “Ferocious†Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo “El Matador†Mayorga at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 will now be able to put those tickets to use on the rescheduled date of Friday, Nov. 23. Vargas’s doctor ordered…
Boris Grinberg, manager of WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, couldn’t believe it when the news hit on Tuesday that WBA titlist Ruslan Chagaev was getting ready to go back into training, with his sights set on a title defense before the end of the year. “This is disgraceful,†said Grinberg, whose fighter, Ibragimov, was scheduled…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The WBC executive offices received the following communication from Medical Control Chairman Luis Escalona: Dear friends, These lines are to inform you that all W.B.C. safety requirements have been complied with for the upcoming fight between:
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing “Nigerian Nightmare†reports to camp a full eight weeks before his October 6 title challenge. The hungry tiger has waited so long for this meal that he is already sharpening his fangs, months before the kill. Mandatory #1 Heavyweight challenger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter…
Famed pugilists Oscar De La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard have made a “friendly” bet on two bouts between fighters from their respective camps, making the September 15 “Fireworks” boxing event, featuring Juan Manuel Marquez against Rocky Juarez in the main event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on pay-per-view, that much…
Promoter Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions will present a sensational fight card on Sunday, September 16, 2007, in the Pendreille Pavillion at Northern Quest Casino, located at North 100 Hayford Road in Airway Heights, Washington. In the 10-round jr. lightweight main event, former two-time WBA featherweight world champion Freddie “Lil Hagler” Norwood, 41-1-1 with 22 knockouts, of…
Nadeem Siddique is being inspired to take boxing more seriously and rise to the top by his old friend Junior Witter. Siddique is unbeaten in 19 fights but admits he has only just started to take boxing seriously, despite winning British Masters and Midlands Area Titles up at welterweight. The Bradford lightweight faces Tom Glover…
After winning the web war with his mandatory challenger, Junior Witter is confident of victory again when he defends his WBC Light-Welterweight Title against Vivian Harris at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, 7 September. ‘The Hitter’ makes his second world title defence against former WBA champion Harris (New York/Guyana) following an exchange…