Undercard Stacked with Local Talent- White, Holmes & Moore May 30, 2007 (Merrillville, IN)- Octavius James, CEO of One In A Million Inc., has announced a stacked undercard of local standouts stepping up the competition for the June 8th “Warriors†boxing event from The Hudson-Campbell Sports Center in Gary, IN. Presented by One In A…
Chicago’s Club Aquarius will host the open to the public weigh-in on Thursday night, May 31st, at 7pm for the Solo Boxeo “Test Of Courage” professional boxing event set for Cicero Stadium on Friday night. Club Aquarius is located at 2459 N. Pulaski on the Northwest Side of Chicago. The menu at Club Aquarius features…
Undefeated Jewish fighters Dmitriy Salita and Yuri Foreman will be among the celebrities at Jewish Stars: A Celebration of Jewish Heritage to benefit the Jewish National Fund on Monday night, June 4, at La Carne Grill kosher restaurant, 340 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Ann Wolfe, 24-1 (16), is one of the premier Women boxers in the world, having won world titles at light middle, super middle and light heavyweight since turning professional in 1998. At 36 years of age, Wolfe is still dangerous, but the aging lioness is aware that her time is coming and has become frustrated…
Jones Hails Smoking Ban Midlands based light heavyweight Lee Jones Jr., 2-0, believes the impending smoking ban this summer will give people extra incentive to quit, “I think that for those who are almost strong willed enough to quit but not quite, the public ban will give them that extra push to stop,” he said….
Fresh off a fishing trip in his native northern Florida, undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tavoris Cloud spoke about his move in the rankings to #15 in the IBF and #26 in the WBC. The 25 year old Cloud’s record stands at 15-0 with fourteen knockouts after his brutal first round stoppage of Jim Strohl on…
Welterweight Gilbert Venegas traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico this past Friday and battled highly regarded tough veteran Jesus Soto Karass to a draw in an outstanding battle broadcast internationally on Telefutura’s Friday night boxing series, Solo Boxeo Tecate. The high action, hard fought fight took place at the Isleta Casino Resort in front of a…
Undefeated Russian middleweight prospect Victor Polyakov returns to action in Chicago this Friday night, June 1 at Cicero Stadium as he takes on Puerto Rican prospect Rene Luis Sierra in a six round bout at “Test Of Courage”, another evening of world class professional boxing presented by 8 Count Productions.
Risum Boxing’s three Kenyan boxers, Samson Onyango, David Kiilu and James Kimori all scored victories on Saturday May 26 in Nairobi, Kenya, on a show promoted by Ashira Oure Promotions. For Onyango, it was his first fight in five months, after three cancelled rematches against Kenyan champion Mohammed “Chicken†Orungi. Onyango instead fought another rematch,…
Due to a cut suffered by Cesar Canchila during training, former IBF minimumweight world champion Daniel “El Olympico†Reyes (38-4-1, 30 KOs) of Colombia has stepped up to face NABF Champion Giovanni “The Aztec Warrior†Segura (17-0-1, 13 KOs) of Mexico in a 12-round WBA light flyweight world championship eliminator on Friday, June 8th from…
SaddoBoxing was fortunate enough to interview Bobby Rimmer, formerly assistant trainer of Ricky “Hitman” Hatton and now turned owner of Bobby Rimmer’s Boxing Academy/Stalybridge ABC in Manchester, England and full time trainer to some hot young talent. Click for larger image© Mike Cleary SaddoBoxing: First off, it’s been almost a year since you opened your…
By Simon Jackson Joe Calzaghe has expressed his desire to hang up his gloves after three “super fights” which will enable the unbeaten Welshman to step away from the ring while still at the peak of his profession. Calzaghe extended his unbeaten record to 43 when he stopped Peter Manfredo Jnr six weeks ago at…