Octavius James, CEO of One In A Million Inc., has announced an impressive under card of local standouts to support Mia St. John’s main event bout on April 20th at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, IN. Jimmy “The Fighting School Teacher†Holmes (14-0-2, 7 KOs) of DeMotte, Don Moore (10-0-1, 8 KOS) of Gary…
Flashy Frankie Figueroa, the New York State Junior Welterweight champion, will add some hard-punching Latin flavor to DiBella Entertainment’s March 22 Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub card at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City when he steps into the ring against the veteran Antonio Ramirez.
The current pugilistic epoch is irrevocably tarnished by contentious decisions, “safe” matchmaking and a marked absence of irrefutable champions. There is little connection between claiming to be the “best” and actually validating such an assertion. There is however, a gladiatorial schism, rising from the mediocrity, willing to risk being carried away upon their shield if…
Everyone is familiar with the saying, “the show must go onâ€. This past Saturday night at Madison Square Garden should NOT have been one of those nights. Sultan Ibragimov was originally slated to challenge Shannon Briggs for the WBO Heavyweight title, but Briggs was forced to pull out due to a case of pneumonia. The…
WBO Heavyweight Champion Shannon “The Cannon†Briggs has released the following statement in response to today’s press release from mandatory challenger Sultan Ibragimov’s camp that claimed, among other things, Briggs was “running†from him.
“Al Certo and I have been training very hard for this fight. At the crack of dawn, he has me out in the snow doing my roadwork. My sparring has been intense with some of the best guys we could find. They are preparing me for everything that Holyfield will throw at me.†“Evander Holyfield…
Fresh off a 46 second annihilation of Javier Mora on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden, number one WBO Heavyweight contender Sultan Ibragimov is looking forward to getting his shot at champion Shannon Briggs on June 2, in his home country of Russia.
Tony Grygelko’s Seconds Out Promotions, co-promoting with Goossen Tutor Promotions, is bringing Showtime’s “Showbox: The Next Generation” series to Minneapolis on April 6 at The Target Center. “Heavyweight Invasion,” headlined by a 12-round title bout between Travis “Freight Train” Walker and George “El Torito” Garcia for the vacant IBA Americas heavweight championship, features Minnesota native…
Well traveled Russian spoiler Leva Kirakosyan pulled off yet another upset on Saturday night by stopping hometown hero Antonio Joao Bento in the third round and annexing the European Super Featherweight title, recently given up by Alex Arthur, as a result. Kirakosyan came into the bout riding a ten bout win streak and had previously…
Argentine flyweight Omar “El Huracan” Narvaes retained his WBO title Saturday night at La Palestre in Le Cannet Cote d’Azur, France by posting a unanimous decision over former French Olympian Brahim Asloum over twelve rounds. It was the tenth defense for the 31 year old southpaw but it wasn’t an easy one. The champion started…
Jon Thaxton has warned Amir Khan that he is a long way from challenging for his British Lightweight Title. The popular Norwich boxer makes the first defence of the title he won by out-pointing Lee Meager in a gruelling clash last December at the prestigious Norfolk Showground on Friday March 16 live on Sky Sports….
World cruiserweight contender Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey loves cheese steaks but that’s not why he’s training in Philadelphia for his April 6 main event fight on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights against his 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials teammate, Felix “Bad News” Cora, Jr., at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Godfrey will defend his NABA title…