Featherweight star Ricardo Rocky Juarez and rising boxing sensation Jose Andres Hernandez will square off in 12-round grudge match for the WBA Fedelatin Featherweight Championship vacant title, as the featured undercard televised bout for the highly anticipated May 5 super fight between “The Golden Boy†Oscar De La Hoya and “Pretty Boy†Floyd Mayweather as…
Mike Gonzalez will face Mexican Jaime Alvarado in the main event this Saturday at Rumble In Par A Dice 2007, an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions at the Par A Dice Casino in Peoria, IL.
Green Machine Promotions have pleasure in announcing a IBO world title elimination bout between Danny Green and Puerto Rico’s Manny Siaca on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia. In what promises to be one of his toughest bouts yet, Green 23-3 (21 KO’s) tackles the highly rated KO specialist Siaca, 20-6…
By Per Ake Persson Cuban defectors and Olympic Gold Medalist winners, now signed to Arena Box Promotion, Odalinier Solis, Yuriorkas Gamboa and Yan Barthelemy will all turn pro at the Arena gym in Hamburg April 27. The three were to have to made their debuts in the US in April but those plans have been…
In one of the most underrated divisions in boxing, undefeated NABA Cruiserweight Champ Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey, 14-0 (8), will face off against Felix Cora ,18-1-2 (9), this Friday, April 6 for the vacant NABF title and a shot at a possible world title fight later this year. The fight is headlining a card entitled…
By Simon Jackson The announcement last week that the 2007 F.A. Cup final was to return to Wembley after an absence of six years may momentarily have left a void in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium’s sporting calendar but local hero Joe Calzaghe has quickly helped to plug any gap. Calzaghe, 42-0 (31), makes a dream appearance…
Two number one ranked middleweight contenders will clash for top challenger status in the division when Edison Miranda (IBF top rated contender) and Kelly Pavlik (ranked first in the WBC) collide in “The Right to Fight†on Saturday, May 19 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The thrilling middleweight contest will be the co-feature on the…
Krysztof Wlodarczyk vs Stan Cunningham, the rematch, for the IBF cruiser title goes ahead May 26 in Katowice, in the south of Poland, in the biggest, 12 000 seats, sporthall in Poland. Welter Rafael Jackiewicz defends the IBC 147 lb title in the chief support. Jr middle Damian Jonak goes for the WBC Youth interim…
On April 11th, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returns to the Paradise Theatre (Bronx, NY) for a special edition of “Punchin’ at the Paradise 3†to be televised on ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights. NABF Super-Welterweight Champion Andrey Tsurkan (24-2, 15KO’s), a Ukrainian born Bronxite, defends his title against Sammy Sparkman (19-5-1, 8KO’s) of Columbia TN in…
This Saturday, April 7, the pride of Providence, Rhode Island, Peter Manfredo Jr. will face the daunting task of dethroning WBO Super Middleweight Champ Joe Calzaghe at the massive Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. This will be the first attempt at a world title for the 26 year old Manfredo, 26-3 (12), while Calzaghe, 42-0…
When English flyweight champion Chris Edwards meets Dale Robinson at Altrincham Leisure Centre later this month, for one of the two pugilists Friday the 13th will a lucky day after all. Not only will the prestigious British flyweight title be at stake but also the Commonwealth title. For Edwards it provides the opportunity to match…
Two bouts on the undercard of this Friday night’s “Heavyweight Invasion” card on April 6 could be a preview of a Minnesota showdown revival in the not too distant future. A potential “Twin River War” fight in the near future is brewing between two local fighters in separate six-round bouts, St. Paul featherweight Allen “The…