While most eyes in Las Vegas are looking forward to the upcoming mega fight next week, Crown Boxing Inc. and the Orleans Hotel and Casino showed this past Friday night that there is more to an entertaining night of boxing than million dollar promotions and endless hype. In the Mardi Gras Ballroom of the Orleans…
One of the biggest fight weekends in years will begin this Friday on Showtime when undefeated “Fast” Eddie Chambers faces Dominick Guinn in the main event on “ShoBox: The New Generation” from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. Showtime will televise the heavyweight showdown at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast. Former two-time…
Undefeated USBA super bantamweight champion Mike “Machine” Oliver headlines “Battle Zone 3” in a 10-round non-title fight against Vernie Torres on May 4 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Hartford-native Oliver (18-0, 7 KOs), rated No. 8 by the International Boxing Federation is coming off of a close title-defense 12-round decision victory against Gary Stark, Jr. Torres…
The Northwest Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship is on the line when Vili “The Tongan Warrior†Bloomfield, who is an Everett, WA native and weighs in around 225 lbs. will face Eric “Night Train†Boose, who hails from Puyallup, WA with a ten win one loss record. The 27 year old Boose, will come in around…
By Per Ake Persson Swedish heavyweight Aldo Colliander has been added to Arena Box Promotion’s big show in Ankara, Turkey, June 16. Colliander thus joins an impressive line up of heavyweights: WBC International champ Sinan Samil Sam takes on ex-world titlist Oliver McCall in the headliner with WBC Latino heavy ruler Juan Carlos Gomez in…
Fight Of The Century? Floyd Mayweather Jr and Oscar De La Hoya will climb through the ropes on May 5 for what could be the fight of the century. Whether or not this will be the case come May 6 remains to be seen. We have the pound for pound king in Mayweather against the…
David Haye’s dream of becoming the first British boxer to hold the World Heavyweight and Cruiserweight titles moved a step closer at Wembley Arena last night as the 26 year old South Londoner outclassed the talented Tomasz Bonin. Bonin seemed stunned by Haye’s power-punching and the 33 year old Pole was down within a minute….
By Ben Lettman On the undercard of David Haye’s heavyweight debut against Tomasz Bonin on Friday night, welterweight Craig Watson scored three knockdowns against Robert Lloyd Taylor on his way to a one sided points victory at the Wembley Arena in London. Watson, famous for scoring a knockdown against Amir Khan in the amateurs, knocked…
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. Fighting out of Staten Island, Stark…
Hennessy Sports promoted John Murray is not surprised that his British lightweight rival Amir Khan rejected an offer to fight him this Saturday on potentially the biggest event in boxing history, despite the Olympic Silver medalist’s false claim that he “played’ with him in sparring. Undefeated Manchester star Murray, 22, will have his 21st professional…
Mia St. John, IFBA Lightweight Champion of the World, Tony Burton, “Duke” in all six Rocky films, and Jake LaMotta, The Raging Bull, will be doing a public autograph signing May 4th and 5th in Las Vegas. That’s the same weekend thousands of fight fans will be in town for the De La Hoya -vs-…
Denver’s prodigal son Stevie “Lil’ But Bad” Johnson isn’t the only Colorado native returning home to fight May 18 for an IBA world title on the “Rocky Mountain Mayhem: Return of the Champ” card, promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado. While it’s been 6 1/2 years since Johnston…