LEE SAMUELS, TOP RANK: The champ is here. He just had a tremendous media day in his home town in Puerto Rico, a tremendous turnout of fight press, print press, cameras, Internet, it was just phenomenal. Ricardo Jimenez is with him in Puerto Rico. Bob Arum, of course, is here in Las Vegas with me….
Freddy Hernandez, 147 vs. Ben Tackie, 148, ten rounds Daniel Jimenez, 131.5 vs. Angel Chacon, 132, ten rounds, Jose Manuel Ortega, 146 vs. Randy Dodds, 139, six rounds Victor Polyakov, 162.5 vs. Marteze Bryant, 164, six rounds Jorge Gonzalez, 157 vs. William Deets-Quintana, 159, six, Jose Angel Rodriguez, 151 vs. Damon Antoine, 150, six rounds,…
Duva Boxing will present Friday Night Fights: Staten Island Knockouts on Friday night, June 29, at the St. George Theater (34 Hyatt Street), in conjunction with the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation. Duva Boxing president Dino Duva announced today that part of the proceeds from event ticket sales will go to the Atlas Foundation, which assists…
Undefeated Irish middleweight sensation James Moore, former heavyweight contender Seamus McDonagh, standout boxer Maureen Shea, another former heavyweight contender Renaldo “Mister†Snipes, and authors Jack Cavanaugh, Bobby Cassidy Jr., and Peter Wood on the discussion panel Fighting Irishmen: Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820-Present will present “Writers and Fighters,” a panel discussion on the “Sweet Science” on…
12 Steps The Key For Boxing Beauty IFBA Lightweight Champion Mia Rosales-St. John insists the easiest to quit smoking is by using the 12 steps program, saying,”Go to Smokers Anonymous meetings and use the 12 steps program, it really does work.” St. John has also thrown her support towards the smoking ban which comes into…
British based middleweight Geard Ajetovic of Prescot, England traveled to France on Tuesday and surprised his more seasoned opponent Robert Roselia, with a hard fought split decision victory at the Parcs Des Sports in Pont Audemer. Going into this bout, reigning IBF Intercontinental Super Middle Champ Roselia, 26-4-1 (14), was chiefly known for ending the…
Today, a representative of the Government of Albania will join Elvir ”Kosovo Kid” Muriqi with his family, friends and supporters in a press luncheon and reception honoring the young Albanian whose family left war torn Albania to pursue the American dream. On Star Boxing’s June 9th World Championship Doubleheader, Muriqi (34-3, 21 KO’s) battles Antonio…
Hanley’s light-welterweight hopeful Gary Reid took time out of his hectic training schedule to talk about his forthcoming Commonwealth title clash with unbeaten Ajose Olusegun. The bout is scheduled to take place at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on 15th June. “I can’t wait to get into the ring with Olusegun,†said Reid, “He’s the…
This match-up between two of the premier heavyweights in the world and fierce rivals, Shannon Briggs and Sultan Ibragimov, will finally take place when they square off for Briggsʼ WBO Heavyweight Championship on Saturday, June 2nd at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Briggs vs. Ibragimov, a 12 round WBO Heavyweight Championship bout, that is presented…
Final details have been announced for the huge Chicago Solo Boxeo “Test Of Courage” professional boxing event at Cicero Stadium this Friday night, June 1. Said Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, “It’s an action packed card from start to finish. We’ve got 52 rounds of scheduled boxing over 8 fights. “From the first…
With summer right around the corner, it will be an evening of hot boxing action when DiBella Entertainment presents another installment of Broadway Boxing at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City on Wednesday night, June 20, headlined by knockout artist Jaidon Codrington vs. Omar Sheika in the 10 round super middleweight…
Undefeated “Awesome†Chad Dawson (23-0, 1 NC, 15 KOs), of New Haven, Conn., will make the first defense of his WBC light heavyweight title against hard-hitting Jesus “Chuy’’ Ruiz (19-4, 17 KOs), of Long Beach, Calif., by way of Guadalajara, Mexico, in the co-featured bout on Saturday, June 9 on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed…