By Per Ake Persson Former WBA heavy champ Nikolai Valuev will return September 29 and it could be in a European title fight against Vladimir Virchis. The fight has July 30 as deadline for purse bids or agreement. Virchis´ manager Oleg Hug wants his man to be moved towards a world title but the question…
Following his seventh round TKO of Arturo Gatti last weekend in Atlantic City, Alfonso Gomez shared his thoughts on the win, his opponent, and who he wants to face next. Gatti announced his retirement after the fight, which took place July 14 on HBO. “I walked into the ring 100 percent confident due to my…
Former welterweight champions Vernon Forrest and Carlos Baldomir will fight July 28 at Tacoma’s Emerald Queen Casino, in the state’s biggest professional boxing match in nearly two decades. With Floyd Mayweather, Jr. electing to keep his World Boxing Council welterweight title instead of the WBC super welterweight title he won from Oscar De La Hoya…
On July 28 at the Burg-Wächter Castello in Düsseldorf, Germany, Fight Production and Risum Boxing’s Fawaz Nasir (11-1, 6 KOs) from Denmark gets an excellent chance of making an instant impact on the European super middleweight scene, when he challenges Lukas Wilaschek (17-0, 6 KOs) for the International German title.
Parsons, TN – TheDailySports.com Boxing Promotions announced today that Thursday Night Fights, scheduled for August 30, 2007 at the Decatur County Convention Center, located at the Decatur County Fair Grounds, will be the first of four scheduled professional boxing events set for Parsons, Tennessee. The four-fight series will run throughout the remainder of the year….
Somehow thanks just doesn’t see to be enough…. At the start of 2007, most of us had the same questions. Was it going to be a year to remember as promised by the promoters, or was it going to be another year of proposed fights that never seem to materialize with just enough excitement thrown…
Tonight at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, Matchroom Boxing puts on a solid card featuring the sterling main event of British Light Welter Champion Colin Lynes putting his belt at risk against ex-British Welter titlist Young Muttley and they also will be competing for the vacant European Light Welter title. This contest cannot fail to…
By Brian Kennedy In what looks like the perfect match-up on paper, Johnnie “Lumberjack” Edwards looks to continue his winning ways when he takes on Olivier Lontchi on Friday, August 3rd. The fight takes place at the Pierre-Charbonneau Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and will be part of a GYM Promotions televised card to be shown…
Ghanaian Boxing superstar Ike “Bazooka†Quartey (37-4-1, 31 KO’s) is ready to start fighting again and is prepared to take on all comers. While he is busy preparing for the opening of his new hospital in Accra, he has already begun intense training back at home in preparation for his next battle.
Holden Productions brings nationally televised world class professional boxing back to Springfield on Friday, August 10th when heavyweight contenders Rob Calloway and Terry Smith collide in a 10 round match-up at the Springfield Expo Center. The event marks the first televised show in Spingfield since the April 7th Showtime event headlined by the late former…
Bad Dog Productions, Florida’s newest and fastest rising boxing promotional company, in association with Seminole Warrior’s Boxing will be holding a press conference for the upcoming pro boxing card,”Ring of Fire”, the first of four scheduled events at the Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel. The july 27th show will feature former World champion Glen “The Road…
One of boxing’s biggest pound for pound punchers was back in action Wednesday night in front of 6,000 fans at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia as light heavyweight Danny Green introduced former American reality TV star Otis Griffin to the rough and tumble game that is world class boxing. Riding an 18 fight win streak,…