Former two-time world heavyweight champion Chris Byrd will serve as special guest commentator on the Friday, May 4 edition of ShoBox: The New Generation (SHOWTIME, 11 p.m. ET/PT). Byrd has worked previously as a guest boxing commentator for Fox Sports and KingVision and will be making his SHOWTIME debut. On May 4, he will join…
With a combined record of 69-1, 47 KOs, This Saturday’s Acelino Freitas – Juan Diaz world lightweight title unification fight has the potential of being the division’s biggest title unification since Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo first clashed. Coincidentally, the two year anniversary of that epic fight is around the corner on May 7….
Classic fights, career defining moments and hard-hitting action from the most compelling and unforgettable prizefights of 2006 are recapped in “Showtime Championship Boxing: 20 Years Later†premiering Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
The two premier active Jewish athletes in America were at Shea Stadium yesterday, as undefeated boxer Dmitriy “Star of David†Salita and Mets slugger Shawn Green met for the first time. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Salita now fights out of Brooklyn, NY. Salita’s impressive ring record of 27-0-1 includes 15 victories by way of knock…
The Theatre at Madison Square Garden held the last night of finals for New York’s 80th Annual Daily News Golden Gloves tournament this past Friday. The nearly sold-out Theatre held the last fifteen bouts in the open, novice and women’s divisions. Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Christian Concepcion (blue) faces…
Frank Maloney has put together a stacked undercard to support “Heavyweight Hayemaker”, David Haye’s heavyweight gamble against Polish hardman Tomasz Bonin, on Friday, April 27 at London’s Wembley Arena. Chief support bout sees ex-WBU super middleweight titlist Tony Oakey looking to complete his comeback by challenging the reigning British light heavyweight champion Peter Oboh. Oakey,…
Hennessy Sports promoted John O’Donnell and John Murray arrived in America on Tuesday ahead of their appearance on the Oscar de la Hoya-Floyd Mayweather undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 5th. The “Golden Pair’ flew in to Los Angeles – the home of de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions – with…
A former paper boy will attempt to make headlines of his own on SHOWTIME when undefeated “Fast†Eddie Chambers (28-0, 16 KOs) faces Dominick “The Southern Disaster’’ Guinn (28-4-1, 19 KOs) in the 10-round main event Friday, May 4, 2007, on “ShoBox: The New Generation” live on Showtime, 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west…
Rap artist 50 Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) will lead “Pretty Boy†Floyd Mayweather into the ring for his WBC super welterweight championship fight against “The Golden Boy†Oscar De La Hoya on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on pay-per-view. 50 Cent will be performing his new song “Straight to…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing The Theatre at Madison Square Garden held the first night of finals for New York’s 80th Annual Daily News Golden Gloves Finals this past Thursday. The nearly sold-out Theatre held seventeen bouts in the open, novice and women’s divisions. John Duddy, Emile Griffith, Zab Judah…
Click for larger image By Brian Hughes MBE and Damian Hughes “When God asked us both “which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray Robinson†I guess I didn’t raise my hand fast enough†Charley Burley When Author Brian Hughes MBE announced he had written a new book about the great Sugar Ray Robinson,…
On the 27th of April Britain’s premier cruiserweight David “Haymaker’ Haye makes his second trip to the land of the giants as he tackles WBC number 11 ranked heavyweight Tomasz Bonin at Wembley arena. Haye of course already has one appearance in the unlimited weight class under his belt, a hastily arranged third round blow-out…