Icebergs in San Antonio? There is going to be a whopper at The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas this Saturday night! Justin Fortune, trainer of boxing’s pound-for-pound most exciting fighter, the reigning “Fighter of the Year” and Congressional candidate Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, 40-3-2, 33 KOs, from The Philippines, warned undefeated top-rated contender Jorge “Coloradito” Solis,…
“Armed and Dangerous? He’s more like Armed and Shameless” Apparently, word of boxing’s best kept secret made its way to Robert Allen’s training camp. The former world title challenger abruptly withdrew from next week’s scheduled showdown with Jameson “Jamie Kang” Bostic, Team Bostic found out earlier Wednesday. Surely, Allen (38-5-0-1 NC, 27KO) has a good…
The Club Venetian Banquet Center in Madison Heights, MI, presents another in it’s popular Fight Nights, featuring live, local, amateur boxing, on Friday April 27, 2007. A full evenings worth of sports entertainment features amateur boxers from gyms and training centers throughout the Great Lakes region. Participants and pairings will be released on the day…
Staten Island’s Gary “Kid†Stark, Jr. (18-1, 8 KO’s) will take center stage in the main event vs. Miami’s Andres Ledesma (13-5, 8 KO’s) on Wednesday night, May 2, when DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City. The highly anticipated undercard features DiBella…
It is a story made for a Hollywood script. The bratty kid, just nine years old, comes to the boxing gym every day, badgering the Hall of Fame trainer for a chance to be involved in the fight game. The trainer embraces the youngster’s passion for boxing even though he is not yet a teenager….
Recently SaddoBoxing had a chance to interview Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole Warrior Boxing. Warrior Boxing is rapidly becoming a recognized force on the boxing landscape, promoting such notable fighters as Edison Miranda and Glen Johnson. Mr. Margules took time out of his busy schedule to share the plans and aspirations of Warrior Boxing…
By Simon Jackson Joe Calzaghe has confirmed he cracked the scaphoid bone in his left hand during his convincing third round stoppage of Peter Manfredo Jnr on Saturday night and is expected to next fight in July. Calzaghe successfully made the 20th defence of his WBO Super Middleweight title in front of a record crowd…
Carl Froch has offered to end the search for Joe Calzaghe’s next opponent and has told the Welshman that fighting him in London this July will make him more money than if Russian Denis Inkin was in the other corner. British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Champion Froch, 29, is currently ranked third by the WBO and…
Light middleweight Jamie Moore’s much awaited fight this Friday against former two time world title challenger Sebastian Lujan will be supported by a solid undercard from Frank Maloney Promotions at the Altrincham LC in Manchester, England. The main co-feature pits bitter rivals Chris Edwards, 10-12-2 (3), and Dale Robinson, 19-3-1 (9), in a rematch for…
(IBO Editorial) The I.B.O. congratulates Wladimir Klitschko on his stunning victory over Ray Austin in defense of his I.B.O. Heavyweight Title. The continuing and growing pattern of the best boxers such as Ricky Hatton and Wladimir Klitschko fighting for I.B.O. Titles is partly the result of the I.B.O.’s belief that top-flight boxers, promoters and managers…
The World Boxing Council officially announces today that the proposed fight between the WBC heavyweight world champion Oleg Maskaev and former WBC world champion and current WBC Champion Emeritus Vitali Klitschko will not take place at this time as the representatives of Maskaev, Klitschko and Samuel Peter did not reach an agreement to that effect.
Potteries boxing promoters, Impact Boxing, have today announced that their next event will take place on 12 May at Stoke’s Fenton Manor Sports Complex for the first time. The seven-fight bill will feature local favourites and regulars on Impact shows Jimmy Doherty and Danny Johnston. Shelton’s Imran Khan together with Burslem based light-heavyweight Justin Jones…