The strength, speed, power and stamina of the thoroughbred will be on display at Saratoga throughout its upcoming summer racing meet. DiBella Entertainment’s undefeated “thoroughbred” – future boxing champion Andre Berto – will showcase all of those qualities and more in Saratoga on July 27 when the welterweight star takes on Cosme Rivera on ESPN2’s…
The judges and referee for the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Lamon Brewster World Heavyweight Championship on Saturday night, July 7, have been named. Sam Williams of Michigan will serve as the referee, and the three judges are Michael Fischer of Germany, Denny Nelson of Minnesota and Alfred Buqwane of South Africa.
Traditionally, July 4 is the day reserved for explosive displays of festive fireworks. This year, however, Golden Boy Promotions is reserving Saturday, September 15, the eve of Mexican Independence Day, for a dazzling array of fireworks as they present four main event caliber fights on the same show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and…
He’s bold and he’s brash. He’s cocky and confident. There is an air of the young Cassius Clay in the personality of super middleweight prospect Ron Johnson. The 9-1, 168-pounder even has the nerve, the temerity, the gall and the chutzpah to grandly label himself “The American Dream.†Doesn’t that bring back memories of the…
George Peterson must have seen something special in the young man who came to his gym as a teenager. This was his future world champion, the boxer that he would put his heart and soul behind and help guide to a title shot. As a veteran of the professional boxing world, Peterson had a plan…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing ESPN2 “Wednesday Night Fights†was in New York City this past week showcasing an extravagant night of Black-Tie Boxing from Cipriani’s Wall Street. The elegant event brought out a host of celebrities from the world of boxing including Monte Barrett, Iran Barkley, Shannon Briggs, Vinny…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the G.H.Carnall Leisure Centre in Davyhulme, Manchester, England, southpaw light middle Thomas McDonagh faced Alexander Matviechuk in a Wally Dixon promoted fightnight billed as “The Northern Invasionâ€. “Stormboy’ McDonagh entered the ring with trainer, Brian Hughes, to big support from the local…
Two aging warriors put their boxing futures at risk in a do or die slugfest in front of 6,000 fans last night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, TX, and after ten rounds, Evander Holyfield stood in the winner’s circle for the 42nd time over the course of a 22 year career. Opponent…
The Universum house fighters were all victorious last night at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany with headliner Felix Sturm retaining his WBA Middleweight crown with a twelve round points decision over the far less experienced Uruguayan import Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba. Alcoba fought like a man who was well aware of the difficulty that…
Stoke’s Scott Lawton (20-3-1) will defend his English Lightweight title against Dean Hickman (15-3-1) on 29 September at Stoke’s Fenton Manor Sports Complex. The British Boxing Board of Control made Hickman the mandatory challenger to Lawton’s title late last year and the fight was originally scheduled to take place in February this year. Lawton was…
IBA middleweight champion “Ireland’s†John Duddy closes training camp this week in the Pocono Mountains, where he’s been preparing for his first pro fight in Ireland, headlining “The Homecoming†July 14 in Dublin. Derry City, Northern Ireland-native Duddy (20-0, 15 KO’s), now fighting out of Queens (NY), takes on former IBF Mediterraneo light middleweight title-holder…
Popular Puerto Rican prospect Ivan Rodriguez returns to the ring in a rematch against Vineash Rungea on Friday, July 13 at Chicago’s Congress Theatre as part of “Summer Sizzle”, an evening of world class professional boxing, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.