July 6th marks the return of Let’s Get It On Promotions to professional boxing. “Heavy Hands,†the company’s first show, will be held at the Eldorado Hotel/Casino and promises to be an exciting event.  The original Let’s Get It on Promotions was a partnership between legendary referee Mills Lane and promoter Tony Holden. In…
Congratulations to long-time Showtime Sports photographer Tom Casino on winning the 2006 Boxing Writers Association of America award for Action Photo of the Year (2006) – his third consecutive BWAA award. The winning photo (below) entitled “One Order of Ribs, Please” features Jose Antonio Rivera delivering a vicious body shot to Alejandro Garcia on Showtime…
By Per Ake Persson Danish paper Berlingske writes that Mogens Palle have offered Frank Warren no less than five million USD for WBO Super Middle champ Joe Calzaghe to face WBA and WBC counterpart Mikkel Kessler in Copenhagen in September or later. Warren had previously went public with an offer for three million USD for…
Chicago’s 8 Count Productions has announced details of “Mano A Mano”, the next action packed evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, May 11 at Cicero Stadium. In the main event, undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tavoris Cloud will take on Las Vegas native Jim Strohl in a scheduled ten round bout. Cloud, 14-0 with…
NABO middleweight champion Joey Gilbert was in Atlantic City for Friday’s fight card at Bally’s. The WBO No. 6-ranked 160-pounder from Reno, Nev., recently provided color commentary for the 2007 Powerade Collegiate Nationals Boxing Championships, which was part of CSTV’s second annual Collegiate Nationals event. The event, which is a great showcase for amateur boxing,…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing From Dudley Concert Hall in the heart of the West Midlands, UK, came championship boxing on Friday night as Howard Eastman faced Evans Ashira for the vacant Commonwealth Middleweight title on a Hennessy Sports and GoldenPalace.com shared promotion. Evans Ashira, “The African Warrior”, originally from…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There were cracking support bouts on the Eastman – Ashira bill Friday night in Dudley, England. Dean Hickman (West Bromwich) vs Gary Reid (Stoke): This was the main undercard bout of the evening and the best fight on the bill. Reid had lost to Hickman…
Former Clwyd ABC teammates Justin “Ritchie’ Jones and Aaron Thomas will share the same bill when they appear at Impact Boxing’s next event, scheduled for 12th May at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke. Burslem based Light-heavyweight Jones, who drew last time out when making his pro debut, will step between the ropes to face…
The Theatre at Madison Square Garden will be the home to New York’s 80th Annual Daily News Golden Gloves Finals on April 19 and 20. Over 500 amateur boxers entered the tournament this year and during the finals, 33 champions will win the coveted Golden Gloves in the open, novice and women’s divisions. In honor…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last night in the “ShoBox” main event on Showtime, WBO No-1 ranked junior welterweight contender Kendall Holt out boxed WBO No. 2 Mike Arnaoutis, at Bally’s Atlantic City. Holt won a unanimous 12-round decision. Two judges scored the WBO title elimination bout 118-109. The other…
Boxing came to the Western Cape in a very big way last night as local man Mzonke Fana overcame last year’s disappointment against Marco Antonio Barrera to upset reigning IBF Super Featherweight Champion Malcolm Klassen by split decision at Oliver Tambo Sports Centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. This was a battle royale between…
It was prospect night on Friday evening’s 8 Count/Golden Boy shared bill from Cicero Stadium in Chicago with heavyweight Otis Griffin and bantamweight Abner Mares coming through victorious in WBO NABO title contests. Featherweight Johnathon Oquendo was not so lucky as the previously undefeated man from Bayamon, Puerto Rico was disqualified in the sixth round…