This past Friday night at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT, welterweight Jessie Feliciano challenged reigning USBA titlist Delvin Rodriguez and stopped the heavily favored Dominican in the eighth round. Also on the bill, southpaw welter Said Ouali stopped rival Irving Garcia in the second round. Round one: The highly anticipated bout between Feliciano and Rodriguez starts…
Last night in front of a packed house of hometown fans at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, super middleweight Carl “The Cobra” Froch put a quick end to the challenge of Russian southpaw Sergey Tatevosyan, blasting out the import at 2:54 of the second round. British and Commonwealth Champion Froch started off the bout…
Hot Super Middleweight Showdown From Denmark! HBO’s hit late-night boxing series showcases an emerging super middleweight star when HBO Boxing After Dark: Mikkel Kessler vs. Librado Andrade is seen Saturday, March 24 at 9:45 PM ET/PT from Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will be ringside for the event,…
After losing his first title match via highly controversial split decision, Cestus Management’s 140-pound contender “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis is back in training. The Greek powerhouse, who is out to prove that his only loss is a fluke, is slated to face Kendall Holt in a WBO Junior Welterweight title eliminator which will be broadcast live…
Tonight Thompson Boxing Promotions will present two of its unbeaten rising stars in separate bouts at the Doubletree Hotel in Orange, CA. Super Featherweight Dominic Salcido of Rialto will face brawler Barbaro Zepeda in an eight round bout, while hard-hitting Colombian Yohnny Perez faces Oscar Andrade in an eight round bantamweight bout. Proceeds raised from…
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Estrada-Manley at Mohegan Sun 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada, coming off of his first pro loss, promises to unveil a new, relatively svelte physical look April 6 for his six-round fight against Alvin Manley (11-1-2, 3 KOs) at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
In response to a suggestion from Arturo Gatti’s promoter Main Events this week that he is out of the mix for a July 14 match, IBF super lightweight world champion Lovemore “Black Panther†Ndou hit back at the politics in boxing that hurts the sport. “I’m always in the mix!†Ndou said, from his Sydney…
The future good citizens of Nottingham will roar on local favourite Carl Froch tonight when he faces Sergey Tatevosyan in a 12 round international super middleweight contest at the Nottingham Arena, after event sponsors GoldenPalace.com donated 100 tickets to his favourite charity. Over the last year Froch has become a patron for the ‘Help A…
The Countdown clock is ticking with six weeks remaining before the highly anticipated “The World Awaits’ super fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather, Saturday, May 5 from MGM Grand in Las Vegas live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to offer media members a schedule of weekly international media conference…
Back in the United States after a disappointing weekend in France, former undisputed world cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell has plenty to say about the circumstances surrounding his 12 round decision loss to Jean-Marc Mormeck in their highly anticipated rematch. “I had a lot of respect for Mormeck before that fight and I considered him a…
Connecticut heavyweight prospect, Tony Grano, the 2005 United States Amateur Heavyweight Champion, returns to the ring Friday night at the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut. Grano (7-0-1, 6 KO) risk his undefeated record, when he takes on Missouri’s John Turlington in a six-round undercard attraction. The bout will be Grano’s second in a one-month…