Evoking memories from the historic days of Madison Square Garden, the name ALI will once again be on the marquee at the “Mecca of Boxing” Saturday night, November 11. Following in the iconic footsteps of her legendary father Muhammad Ali, who graced the Garden’s ring in 8 epic battles, WBC …
Read More »Celestino Caballero’s boxing future
Opportunities are not limited to just the 122-pound division for new World Boxing Association super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero. Not when he stands an amazing 6-foot-1-1/2-inches tall. “There are plenty of possibilities, more than that are immediately apparent” said Glenn Quiroga, president of Sycuan Ringside Promotions, which co-promotes Caballero along …
Read More »Boxing Info: Boom Boom Mancini
Youngstown icon Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini returns home October 20th to handle color commentary for the pay-per-view broadcast of the inaugural “Mike Tyson’s World Tour” stop at the Chevrolet Centre. The first leg of “Mike Tyson’s World Tour” in Youngstown, presented by Sterling Promotions, will be broadcast live in North …
Read More »Boxing Press Conference: Friday the 13th Mayhem
With a combined knockout percentage of 78%, it goes without saying that the featured fighters on the Seminole Warriors Boxing show on Friday, October 13th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida, are going into battle with just one thought in mind – “The Knockout!”
Read More »Jimmy Lange wins via 10th round KO
Needing a strong performance to get back on the winning track, popular Northern Virginia middleweight contender Jimmy Lange didn’t disappoint the 3,614 boisterous fans Saturday night at the Patriot Center, using an impressive surge late in the fight to record a ten-round technical knockout (2:45) over tough veteran Tommy Wilt …
Read More »Boxing News: Richel Hersisia to explode on Brazilian in Struttgart
Hersisia and Schmitz working out at the Universum Gym in Berlin – Click for larger image As rumoured, Dutch heavyweight king Richel Hersisia, 27-1 (21 KO’s), returns to the ring after nine months out of action due to a shoulder operation on Universum Box-Promotion’s “Heavyweight Explosion’ card in Stuttgart, Germany …
Read More »Boxing Info: Lou Del Valle in co-feature “Mike Tyson’s World Tour”
Former world light heavyweight champion Lou Del Valle has been added to the inaugural “Mike Tyson World Tour” stop October 20 at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. Legendary “Iron” Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs), former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, headlines against veteran Corey “T-Rex” Sanders (23-10, 15 …
Read More »The Contender Special: Peter Manfredo Jr – Joey Spina
Ten members of recently concluded television reality series, “The Contender – Season 2 (C2),” plus original Contender champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora, will attend a private solidarity dinner Friday night, October 13 – on the eve of “The Contender Special – Put Up or Shut Up” – to support …
Read More »Boxing Legend Johnny Bos To Be Honored
By Mike Marley He’s a legend. It says so on his telephone voice mail. His name is Johnny Bos and he has been a cult figure around big-time boxing for about 40 years now or since he was a 15-year-old teenager from Sunset Park, Brooklyn, who wanted to meet his …
Read More »Boxing Photos: Tshifhiwa Munyai – Lee Haskins
**MASSIVE RINGSIDE BOXING GALLERY** Click for larger image © Bernard Miller / presquevu.com Maloney Promotions put on another entertaining scrap this evening and if the Commonwealth Bantamweight dustup between champion Tshifhiwa Munyai of South Africa and southpaw challenger Lee Haskins at London’s York Hall didn’t reach the epic proportions of …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Photos: Casamayor – Corrales – Darchinyan – Donaire
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The World Boxing Council Lightweight title was only Joel Casamayor’s to win on Saturday night; and win it he did. Casamayor became a world champion for the third time by defeating Diego Corrales in a close and hard-fought split decision …
Read More »Post Boxing Quotes: Nikolai Valuev – Mike Mollo – Paul Briggs
Nikolai Valuev: “The victory wasn’t easy tonight and Monte Barrett really tried hard. I haven’t fought in the U.S. for a long time so this was a whole new thing for me. To be honest, I was a little nervous. I need to settle down more. “I knew after the …
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