The hottest smaller-weight boxer in the world, WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares, headlines the July 13th “The Gladiators” pay-per-view event live from the Gomez Palacio in Durango, Mexico. Mijares (31-3-2, 12 KOs) captured the WBC Interim title last September by 12-round split decision (114-113, 114-113, 113-114) against Katsushige Kawashima (30-4) in Japan. The crafty…
Saturday, June 16 at 9:30 PM ET/PT, from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT The main event features a 12-round junior welterweight championship showdown, as Lovemore N’Dou (45-8-1, 30 KOs) of Sydney, Australia puts his title on the line against the flashy and popular Brooklynite Paulie Malignaggi (22-1, 5 KOs). N’Dou is a veteran…
Duva Boxing will present Friday Night Fights: Staten Island Knockouts on Friday night, June 29, at the St. George Theater on 34 Hyatt Street, in conjunction with the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation. Duva Boxing president Dino Duva has announced that part of the proceeds from event ticket sales will go to the Atlas Foundation, which…
The documentary feature film “Orthodox Stance”, about Brooklyn’s Dmitriy Salita, a 25-year old immigrant from the Ukraine, who is both a top professional boxer and a rigorously observant Jew, will have its World Premieres at the Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland, now through Sunday, June 17, 2007. The film is produced…
Crown Boxing, a Las Vegas company that has been promoting professional fight cards for the past two years, has announced that the Crystal Clear Sports Network will televise future bouts. Crown Boxing matchmaker Frank Luca said his company will launch its affiliation with CCSN on June 15 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino with a…
Quotes from He’s Baack! Witness The Return of a King: Jones vs. Hanshaw†Los Angeles press conference at the historic Los Angeles Sentinel, the West Coast’s largest African American newspaper. Ken Miller, Editor, Los Angeles Sentinel: “It’s an honor to welcome the media for this historic occasion, for arguably one of the greatest athletes not…
The “fight†doesn’t stop for many boxing legends when they retire and a large proportion of them fall on very hard times when their ring careers are over. Nobody is more aware of this than Branco Sports Productions and has consequently dedicated their “Triple Header Championship†extravaganza at the Orient Theatre in East London on…
By Per Ake Persson The Mikkel Kessler vs Joe Calzaghe megafight is now close to a deal reports both Team Palle and Danish newsagency Ritzau. It appears that Team Palle have accepted all demands from Sports Network with further details being worked out. One obstacle might be the date: Team Palle wants it in November…
After compiling an impressive 5-1 record against fighters from Thailand in Golden Boy Promotions’ inaugural Boxing World Cup in October of 2005, the warriors of Mexico are back to defend their title against the Philippines’ finest in the 2007 World Cup, the sport’s only international competition. In the main event of the evening, WBO Junior…
Hennessy Sports have regrettably cancelled their promotion in Montreal on July 6th following the unfortunate withdrawal of John Murray from the headline contest. The lightweight – who made history by becoming the first ever Brit to win a WBC World Youth Championship – was due to defend his title against tough Texan prospect Noel Rodriguez,…
The path to the summit is clearly mapped out for Carl Froch, the future face of world boxing. The Nottingham “Cobra’ has three Championship fights in the pipeline, including a challenge for the WBC Title currently held by Mikkel Kessler. First up for the 29-year-old is a mandatory defence of the British Title he has…
Photo ©Tom Casino/Showtime The Albert brothers, the first family of sports broadcasting, gathered with friends and colleagues from Showtime at Room Fifty5 on the West side of Manhattan last night to celebrate youngest brother Steve’s Trifecta. Steve Albert, perennial host and play-by-play man for the acclaimed series Showtime Championship Boxing, received the Sam Taub Award…