Jose Antonio Rivera, a former three-time world boxing champion in two different weight classes, announces the formation ofRivera Promotions, a Worcester-based promotional company dedicated to rebuilding the sport of boxing in Central Massachusetts and throughout theNew England area. Mr. Rivera is partnering with John Zablocki, a local veteran of the sport who is taking a…
Montell “Ice”Griffin (48-6, 30KO’s) grew up idolizing the Greatest of All-Time, Muhammad Ali. As a child, he watched Ali train at his father gym and learned to mimic his style-many people even thought Griffin was his son! Griffin’s problem? His height peaked at 5’7”. Neigh Sayers told Griffin he would never succeed, he was too…
For many years, young southpaw Chad Dawson was known as “Bad†Chad . On Feb. 3, 2007, “Bad†Chad became “Awesome†Dawson . On that night, Dawson captured his first world title, the World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight crown, with a brilliant and decisive 12-round decision over fellow unbeaten defending champion Tomasz Adamek of…
“The Brawl In St. Paul: A Father’s Day Special,†featuring bitter rivals Matt “The Predator†Vanda and Kenny “KO†Kost in the 10-round main event, will be held June 15 at “The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul (MN), Seconds Out Promotions president Tony Grygelko announced today. Vanda (36-3, 21 KOs), former IBA Americas…
The “Little Prince” Aiming For the Big Prize If someone was to mention the possibility of a Norwegian world champion, they would more often than not be laughed out of the room. All this could be about to change though as 28 year old Geir Inge Jorgensen aims to take the boxing world by storm….
By Simon Jackson Tony Oakey gets the opportunity to win the title he craves when he fights Steven Spartacus for the vacant British light heavyweight title on May 18 and promoter Mick Hennessy believes contests like this are precisely what the division needs. “It could kick-start the division,” said Hennessy ahead of next Friday’s bout…
Mickey Steeds is confident that reinventing himself at cruiserweight will lead to bigger and better things. The Isle of Dogs boxer has competed at heavy throughout his career, but makes his debut in the lighter division on the Hennessy Sports “SENI:BOX’ promotion at ExCeL London in Docklands this Friday. Despite notching up 11 wins and…
Los Angeles, Cal., May 14, 2007 – As he begins the most intense training camp of his career, Alfonso S. Gomez (16-3-2, 7 KO’s) took time out to speak about his upcoming match against rugged blood-and-guts veteran Arturo Gatti (40-8, 31 KO’s). The 10-round bout takes place July 14 in Atlantic City as part of…
David “Kid Dynamite’ Walker believes he can still be a force to be reckoned with as he makes his comeback at welterweight on the Hennessy Sports “SENI:BOX’ event at ExCeL London in Docklands on Friday, May 18th. The Hennessy Sports boxer was last in action against Manchester’s Jamie Moore in a fourth round stoppage loss…
Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, has announced details of “Test Of Courage”, the next installment of world class professional boxing set for Friday, June 1 at Cicero Stadium. Headlining “Test Of Courage” is an excellent ten round welterweight bout between highly regarded prospect Freddy Hernandez, 21-1 (17KO’s) of Mexico City and former world title challenger, Ghanaian…
Risum Boxing had a successful evening Saturday May 12, when Kim “Golden Boy†Poulsen and Fawaz Nasir scored decisive wins at TURM Erlebniscity in Oranienburg, Germany. Both Danes were coming off close and questionable losses in their previous fights, so victories were essential to bring them back on track. Poulsen (4-1, 1 KO) had been…
Diego “Chico†Corrales 1977-2007: Forever A Champion It was sometime in spring of 1997 when I watched a young undefeated kid from Sacramento, California take out his much more experienced opponent via second round TKO stoppage. The prize? Some minor title that doesn’t come to mind right now, but it mattered none to him what…