Arena Box Promotion have announced that Cuban amateur stars Guillermo Rigondeaux and Erislandy Lara have joined what is arguably the fastest growing stable in Europe. Both have signed five year contracts. The two disappeared from a Cuban boxing team in Rio de Janeiro recently and there have been wide speculation as to what has happend…
Sports Network have teamed up with Event Travel to offer fight fans exclusive packages for Joe Calzaghe’s mega fight with Mikkel Kessler on November 3, 2007. Set for the magnificent Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, the fight will see Calzaghe’s WBO and Ring super-middleweight titles on the line, with Kessler’s WBA and WBC crowns also…
The slugfest that was Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez will continue on Saturday, Aug. 4, live on SHOWTIME when World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight champion Marquez makes his first 122-pound title defense against the belt’s previous owner, Vazquez, in “La VENGANZA!†at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. This is a highly anticipated rematch…
CES Boxing puts on a packed card August 10 at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI headlined by top cruiserweight Matt Godfrey, who faces fast handed ex-heavyweight Derrick Brown in a dangerous bout.
“Takin’ It To The River,†featuring WBC No. 2 rated cruiserweight Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey, continues the “The Budweiser Night at the Fights†series, promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc., on August 10 at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Former IBA Cruiserweight king Bobby Gunn 17-3 {14 KO’s} has had his scheduled August 11th fight moved to the 25th of August. The fight, which will be taking place in Fairfax Virginia, was moved due to lack of time to find a quality opponent, as he was indifferent about the level of the current oppositional…
Bahamian heavyweight Sherman “The Tank†Williams has been waiting years for the opportunity he’ll finally get August 18 when he fights unbeaten “Baby†Joe Mesi in the 10-round co-feature on the “Pinnacle FiteNite†pay-per-view event live from South Towne Exposition Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Williams (33-10-2, 19 KOs) had an up-and-down career until…
Junior Witter will be “living the dream” when he defends the WBC light-welterweight title against Vivian Harris in his home city of Doncaster on Friday, September 7. The former European, Commonwealth and British champion faces the New York-based mandatory challenger on a Hennessy Sports show to be televised live by Sky Sports at The Dome…
As the August 4, 2007 showdown between undefeated super middleweight prospect Don “Da’ Bomb†George and seven year fight veteran Shay Mobley rapidly approaches, Mobley took an unexplainable verbal shot at “Da’ Bomb†during a recent press release which was posted on a internet website.
Boxing’s sleek thoroughbred – undefeated welterweight sensation Andre Berto – the fight game’s version of three-year-old Triple Crown race winners Street Sense (Kentucky Derby), Curlin (Preakness) and Rags To Riches (Belmont Stakes), invades America’s horse country when he squares off against Cosme Rivera on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights this Friday, July 27 at Saratoga Springs…
Risum Boxing’s three Kenyans, David Kiilu, James Kimori and Samson Onyango, will all return to action on August 4 in Nairobi, on a show promoted by Ashira Oure Promotions. The show will be staged at the Pal Pal Gymnasium, and sanctioned by the Kenyan Professional Boxing Commission. Opponents are still being sought.
The League of Women Voters of Houston the Houston Area and Voter Registrar Paul Bettencourt, the Harris County (Texas) Tax Assessor/Collector, are pleased to announce that WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Diaz has been deputized as a Volunteer Voter Registrar. Mr. Diaz completed the prescribed training program at the Harris County Tax Office and received his…