When British heavyweight titlist Scott Gammer puts his crown on the line this Friday, March 2 against hard punching former champion Danny Williams, it’s sure to be an all-action fight for as long as it lasts but the two men will also be heralding a new initiative in live internet broadcasting. While UK viewers can…
Click for larger image © Joe Miranda Sycuan Ringside Promotions’ Israel “El Magnifico†Vazquez participated in an open media workout Monday as he continued to wrap up preparations for his upcoming WBC super bantamweight title defense Saturday, March 3, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Fresh off his championship performance in Denmark, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero wants to greet his newly hired trainer Freddie Roach, who will be in San Francisco on Tuesday February 27th, for the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather “The World Awaits” press conference.
ESPN’s Friday Night Fights was live form Scranton, PA this past Friday and the newly renovated Scranton CYC Center was filled to the rafters with fight fans eager for the promised action that the fight card offered. The featured bout of the evening was between two hard-hitting cruiserweights as journeyman Darnell “Ding-A-Ling Man” Wilson took…
Five-time world champion and reigning WBA cruiserweight title-holder Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill crosses the Atlantic on Saturday for his March 31st fight against Henry “The Gentleman” Maske, headlining “The Rematch” pay-per-view event, at Olympia Hall in Munich, Germany.
Hennessy Sports promoted John O’Donnell, who fights for the English welterweight championship on March 23rd, has been described as the outstanding rising talent in Britain by British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch. O’Donnell, 21, faces Stuart Elwell (9-0) for the vacant belt on the Hennessy Sports “Cobra’s Hood’ event at the Nottingham Arena…
Frank Maloney Promotions will stage Ian Napa’s (13-5) challenge of European bantamweight champion Simone Maludrutto (24-1, 10 KOs) on March 9 in London. “Ian has lost some big fights that I thought he won,” said Napa’s trainer Brian Lawrence. “But this time he’s had proper notice and Maludrutto will find out that it’s going to…
Tickets in all price ranges remain for Saturday’s terrific fight card at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Priced at $25, $50, $75, $100, $150 and $200, they are on sale at all TicketMaster outlets and on-line at TicketMaster.com. Tickets also may be purchased at The Home Depot Center box office from 10 a.m.-6…
By The Professor Veteran trainers and boxers will tell you that in this game you have to stay ready because you never know when an opportunity will present itself. Aiken, South Carolina born featherweight Johnnie Cortez Edwards (11-0 7kos) has recently found this to be sage advice. Edwards, know as Cortez to his friends, gets…
On March 9, American heavyweight prospect Malcolm “Showstopper” Tann, 22-2 (12), is scheduled to take on journeyman Wade Lewis at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, MI. SaddoBoxing recently caught up with Tann and got his thoughts and opinions on a myriad of topics. Only at SaddoBoxing! SaddoBoxing: You had to pull out of…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This past Thursday night, Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing presented a night of fights entitled “David and the Rising Stars†at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The former heavyweight title challenger David Tua improved to 47-3-1 (40) in his fifth consecutive win since his return…
Last night in Springfield, Virgina, Oliver “The Atomic Bull” McCall continued his march on another world title shot with an eight round decision over former opponent Marion Wilson. The two met in 2005 and Wilson was disqualified in the sixth round for holding and the veteran from South Carolina was nearly thrown out again tonight…