One night before the Super Bowl, a world championship doubleheader will transpire on “Super Saturday’’ on SHOWTIME. In SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING’S main event, two of the light heavyweight division’s brightest stars will clash when exciting Tomasz Adamek (31-0, 20 KOs) risks his WBC belt against hard-hitting southpaw and WBC No. 2 contender “Bad’’ Chad Dawson…
World light welterweight contender Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi opened training camp three weeks ago in Vero Beach, Florida in preparation for his ring return February 17 against Edner Cherry in the 10-round main event on HBO live from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Malignaggi (21-1, 5 KOs) hasn’t fought since June 10,…
The doors are opening for Scott Belshaw, the hugely impressive and unbeaten Belfast based heavyweight. But he clearly recalls one door that was unfairly slammed shut as he prepares for his first bout on British soil. Belshaw, known as “The White George Foreman”, stepped away from an immensely promising amateur career to join the professional…
“Blood, Sweat & Guts,†presented by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, features five 12-round title fights Friday night (Jan. 26) at Destiny Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. IBF International cruiserweight champion William “KO King†Guthrie (35-3-2, 28 KOs), former IBF light heavyweight champion, has been added to the all-star card in a 12-round bout against Marlon “Rumblin’ Hayes…
John Duddy: “It’s going to be a great night the 16th of March in Madison Square Garden, the arena of all arenas. I thank Anthony (they shook hands). I respect him in and out of the ring. He has a hard lifestyle (working nights and single father of two children). We’re hungry fighters. (Yory Boy)…
Robert Macleod, trainer of Commonwealth Bantamweight Champion Tshifhiwa Munyai, sits in a quiet corner of a small pub near the Elephant and Castle in London where the pair await Munyai’s second title defence. Just hours earlier they had flown in from South Africa and were feeling the effects of the climate change as they prepare…
Hamburg, Germany 24 January 2007 “I’ve been back in the gym for a couple of weeks and I feel great. My injuries have healed and after much hard work and with the approval of the doctors, I am cleared to continue my boxing career. “I am returning to the ring to get my WBC Heavyweight…
SHOWTIME continues to live up to its billing as America’s No. 1 Boxing Network as it delivers yet another compelling match-up on Saturday, March, 3, 2007. In one of the most highly anticipated fights in years, Israel Vazquez will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title against International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion…
The stakes will be higher than ever for Juan Lazcano and Vivian Harris on Saturday, Feb. 10th, when the two highly regarded contenders battle it out in a 12-round WBC super lightweight elimination bout which is the co-featured attraction of the “Battle At The Bay†card at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Former WBC Super Middleweight Champion Glenn Catley continues his comeback after an over three year absence when “The Cat” headlines the next Chris Sanigar promoted bill scheduled to take place on February 24, 2007 at Filton College Wise Campus in Bristol, England. Catley, 28-7 (20), stopped tough journeyman Hussain Osman this past November over three…
Enraged would best describe normally easygoing WBC mandatory title challenger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter at the reportedly imminent announcement of former champ Vitali Klitschko’s return to the ring. Peter’s foul mood comes in reaction to news that the returning Klitschko will be allowed to step over him, their mandatory number-one contender, and immediately face…
Undefeated, hard-hitting James Kirkland (17-0, 15 KOs) and unbeaten Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (17-0, 10 KOs) will risk their unblemished records against Billy Lyell (14-3, two KOs) and Michael “Cold Blood” Clark (36-4, 17 KOs), respectively, in the co-featured bouts Friday, Feb. 2, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” SHOWTIME will televise both contests at 11…